With warmer weather comes the time to prepare for the upcoming season.\u00a0 It is also a time to clean-up everything that has been neglected or left out of place during the cold winter when feeling your fingers is a problem.\u00a0 Such has been the situation with my shop.\u00a0 With a back-log of restorations and a host of equipment repairs to get done this year I have kicked myself into gear.<\/p>\n
First on my list is putting my IH 412 plow back into mobile condition so I can get it out of the way.\u00a0 It is in the process of being rebuilt and refinished.\u00a0\u00a0 I broke down the old tail wheel and rim last night and need to get it back together this weekend so that I can get it out of the way for a bit and out back for sandblasting once the ground firms up.<\/p>\n
Second project is to disassemble the front end of my Super A.\u00a0 I bought this little offset a couple of years ago and it has been a nice little tractor for garden plowing and cultivating.\u00a0 The only major problem is that someone could not get one of the cultivator mounting bolts out and torched it off.\u00a0\u00a0 To make matters worse they stripped the one next to it.\u00a0 Thus the left hand cultivator gang cannot be secured properly.\u00a0 To repair this requires disassembly of the entire front end of the tractor and some time spent on the mill at work.\u00a0 While I am at it I will replace the lower seal in the steering box and make sure nothing is broken or worn out.<\/p>\n
Finally on the immediate list, once those issues are resolved is the restoration of a John Deere B for my father.\u00a0 This tractor belonged to my Great Uncle and has been at my place for well over a year awaiting it’s turn in the shop.\u00a0 It is a clean straight tractor and aside from a few leaks to contend with will be a simple refinish.\u00a0 I am not much of a John Deere man but I am making this concession…<\/p>\n
With any luck I can get some of these lingering projects knocked out and the shop freed up of clutter.\u00a0 But as I have realized, there is always another project or job awaiting and if you don’t stay on top of being organized it will get away from you in a real hurry…\u00a0 So take your time and keep it organized as you go.\u00a0 It will pay off in the end.<\/p>\n
J.A.Root<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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