When we bought our place in 1985 We were the only house on the east side of the road for nearly a half mile either north or south and only had one across the road we can see in the winter.
Then along about 1987 we see they are building a huge house south of us. It is a deceiving house that looks huge as it has no basement and a small loft with a bed room the rest is all open wasted space to heat.
A guy who lived in a burb of Detroit retired from a Ford factory and decided he wanted to move up north where he could have some horses.
George was a funny fellow but I liked him a lot as a neighbour and as a retired fellow.
He saw me working up my garden with one of my old tractors a model 30 Massey Harris. Asked me to work his yard so it could have grass seed spread for a lawn. I used my 30 to work up the front both sides and back yard area then spread the grass seed packing it in.
Couple years later he had a pole barn built, they scraped a flat spot down in a hill side for it. every time it rained water ran thru it. I take my Massey Mustang with a front loader over there scoping the hill down useing it for fill to raise the floor up in the pole barn where it should have been done. A trench had been dug from the house to the barn to run electric and water to the barn. I filled that in for him also.
George brought his horse home from the boarder a nice mare that was raced on a circle dirt track with a jockey aboard. He got a couple foals out of her a filly and a colt. He was funny in thinking a horse pasture had to have board fences like you see in books about blue grass horse farms in Kentucky. So most of his acrage was going back to brush and deer pasture.
Asked me to work up the area so it could look like pasture that some day he would have post driven and boards installed for a fence. I used my 555 Diesel to pull a lot of Autum Olive bushes and the Mushtang to brush hog down a bunch of other brush. Put my 44 Standard to work pulling the Massey Harris # 27 plow turning over the dirt grassy side under. Put the 44-6 to work pulling a old IH disk to work the soil nice and smooth then since it was mid summer we let it set till early Sept.
Again got the 44 Standard working pulling a old IH field cultvator to work the soil once again. Went over it with the 44-6 and the disk so it was ready to plant.
Hooked the Massey Pacer to the Massey grain drill filled the seeder box with the Pasture mix seed George had bought. Since I do not have a big culipacker I spread a chain across the back of the drill to cover the seed good. Got it all planted it rained a couple days later then you could see seed had sprouted to start a good looking pasture. When spring came it really took off and was really a deer pasture then.
George then decided he wanted a tractor of his own with a front loader to move horse manure, a brush hog to mow the pasture with and snow plow or back blade to move show with. I had been cleaning his drive way with my Mustang with a back blade the the front loader.
He would go out looking at tractors and find one that took his fancy and next day call and see if i would go look it over with him. One of the first was a Indrustal IH had a nice front loader but the hydraulics squeeled like a hurt pig plus no PTO to run a brush hog.
Finally he asked me to go on a Friday to look as some consigned tractors for a sale on Saturday. Two of the most decent tractors were Allis Chalmbers, one a model CA with a snap coupler 2 bottom plow, a snap coupler disk and a set of cutlavtors to go with it. the other was a Allis D17 It was just the tractor no equipment for it.
I told Kare he was probably going to get the CA, So I was in shock when he called me Saturday evening to see if I could go trailer his tractor home on Sunday. I was even more shocked to find out he had passed on the CA as being small and haveing equipment to do a garden with it sold high. The D17 was not pretty to look at but it ran really nice every thing worked.
I gave him a old two section JD spring tooth harrow I had so he could drag the grass down in his field. Should have given hin instructions on how to use it. turned to short so the rear tire grabbed the hitch and had the harrow in his lap PDQ. Can I come and remove it from the seat.
I say I can get it the next day as I have to get to work.
Next day I go over there and remove the drag from the back of the D 17. used the front loader on the Mustange to lift it off. Wonder he didn't get hurt would have been my fault because I had not taught him.
To be continued.
Al
Then along about 1987 we see they are building a huge house south of us. It is a deceiving house that looks huge as it has no basement and a small loft with a bed room the rest is all open wasted space to heat.
A guy who lived in a burb of Detroit retired from a Ford factory and decided he wanted to move up north where he could have some horses.
George was a funny fellow but I liked him a lot as a neighbour and as a retired fellow.
He saw me working up my garden with one of my old tractors a model 30 Massey Harris. Asked me to work his yard so it could have grass seed spread for a lawn. I used my 30 to work up the front both sides and back yard area then spread the grass seed packing it in.
Couple years later he had a pole barn built, they scraped a flat spot down in a hill side for it. every time it rained water ran thru it. I take my Massey Mustang with a front loader over there scoping the hill down useing it for fill to raise the floor up in the pole barn where it should have been done. A trench had been dug from the house to the barn to run electric and water to the barn. I filled that in for him also.
George brought his horse home from the boarder a nice mare that was raced on a circle dirt track with a jockey aboard. He got a couple foals out of her a filly and a colt. He was funny in thinking a horse pasture had to have board fences like you see in books about blue grass horse farms in Kentucky. So most of his acrage was going back to brush and deer pasture.
Asked me to work up the area so it could look like pasture that some day he would have post driven and boards installed for a fence. I used my 555 Diesel to pull a lot of Autum Olive bushes and the Mushtang to brush hog down a bunch of other brush. Put my 44 Standard to work pulling the Massey Harris # 27 plow turning over the dirt grassy side under. Put the 44-6 to work pulling a old IH disk to work the soil nice and smooth then since it was mid summer we let it set till early Sept.
Again got the 44 Standard working pulling a old IH field cultvator to work the soil once again. Went over it with the 44-6 and the disk so it was ready to plant.
Hooked the Massey Pacer to the Massey grain drill filled the seeder box with the Pasture mix seed George had bought. Since I do not have a big culipacker I spread a chain across the back of the drill to cover the seed good. Got it all planted it rained a couple days later then you could see seed had sprouted to start a good looking pasture. When spring came it really took off and was really a deer pasture then.
George then decided he wanted a tractor of his own with a front loader to move horse manure, a brush hog to mow the pasture with and snow plow or back blade to move show with. I had been cleaning his drive way with my Mustang with a back blade the the front loader.
He would go out looking at tractors and find one that took his fancy and next day call and see if i would go look it over with him. One of the first was a Indrustal IH had a nice front loader but the hydraulics squeeled like a hurt pig plus no PTO to run a brush hog.
Finally he asked me to go on a Friday to look as some consigned tractors for a sale on Saturday. Two of the most decent tractors were Allis Chalmbers, one a model CA with a snap coupler 2 bottom plow, a snap coupler disk and a set of cutlavtors to go with it. the other was a Allis D17 It was just the tractor no equipment for it.
I told Kare he was probably going to get the CA, So I was in shock when he called me Saturday evening to see if I could go trailer his tractor home on Sunday. I was even more shocked to find out he had passed on the CA as being small and haveing equipment to do a garden with it sold high. The D17 was not pretty to look at but it ran really nice every thing worked.
I gave him a old two section JD spring tooth harrow I had so he could drag the grass down in his field. Should have given hin instructions on how to use it. turned to short so the rear tire grabbed the hitch and had the harrow in his lap PDQ. Can I come and remove it from the seat.
I say I can get it the next day as I have to get to work.
Next day I go over there and remove the drag from the back of the D 17. used the front loader on the Mustange to lift it off. Wonder he didn't get hurt would have been my fault because I had not taught him.
To be continued.
Al