The C that followed me home
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Topic: The C that followed me home
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Subject: The C that followed me home
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 9:56am
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Picked up this C on Saturday from a forum member from the far southern tropical area of Minn who made me an offer I couldn't refuse. We put it to work yesterday moving the chicken coop and giving rides. Runs great, really a fun little tractor to drive. I have a little work to do on the SunMastr deck I also picked up on the same trip, then it will go to work mowing. cheers, Creek |
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Posted By: David Gibson (OH)
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 10:12am
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That's a good lookin' little C. ------------- David Gibson http://www.darkecountysteam.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.darkecountysteam.com 1956 WD45 |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 10:31am
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The C was always a nice looking tractor - love those narrow fronts. This looks to be exceptional, very clean. Am I missing the battery box? Good Luck! Bill long
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Posted By: JohnCinMd
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 10:36am
| Looks good! Does it have original paint? |
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 11:30am
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It's the second time around for the paint, but it is a decent job and the battery box will maybe be a future project (good spotting, Bill). S/N puts it in 1941 - I hope I look that good when I'm 70 years old. I even managed to rearrange the shop and squeeze it inside with the G and the D17 - the narrow front makes it really easy to park.
Thanks,
Creek
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Posted By: 1946WP
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 4:41pm
| good looking tractor ,creek.thats all we used to farm with for years when I grew up' |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 5:38pm
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Nice lookin tractor! ------------- In Search Of: 1958 Allis Chalmers D17 Diesel serial #9643D |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 6:45pm
| Creek nice lookin, your wife says a little hard getting on & off so next one needs to be D10 ? |
Posted By: wkpoor
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 7:01pm
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Bill Long wrote:Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:35pm
| Creek that's a great looking C. I wish mine would look that good when I get them. |
Posted By: se iowa picker
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:56pm
| Thats a nice lookin c there |
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 10 May 2011 at 8:29am
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Mark -
D10? I'm thinking the next one is a CA......she's probably not thinkin' the same tho.
It is pretty nice for 70 years old, isn't it? I think I caught MNLonnie at a weak moment for him to let this go. I should have gone out and bought a lottery ticket on the way home!
cheers,
Creek
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Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 10 May 2011 at 8:31am
Sorry, I just had to, you kind of left the door open there...
cheers,
Creek
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Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 10 May 2011 at 6:57pm
| Awesome looking C you now own Creek. I agree the next should be a CA. I have one of each and they both have their specialties and are a blast to work with! |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 3:50pm
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Glad to see you made it home alright, now I have to get to work on the other C. ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: Boomer
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 4:01pm
| How's the steering? |
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 4:16pm
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Lonnie-
Made it home no problem, Herman even got over 12mpg. I was a nervous wreck by the time we pulled into WhoVille, I stopped about 12 times to check the chains after it got dark. Hate it when you can't see the load.
I'm working on making a set of casters for the front of the deck. Have to clean it up a bit and throw a little paint on the brackets. The PTO pulley has the 1 3/8 hole so I gotta find an adapter to the 1 1/8, I'm hoping they have one at the local hardware, otherwise I'll get one off the interweb. I am really looking forward to mowing - it's tough not to just throw the mower on and get going, but I want to paint that deck up a bit first so it looks as good as the C. Once I get the deck on it prob won't come off for a long while, so gotta do it up right first. Unfortunately the grass is not waiting.....
I've about worn out a 2lb hammer trying to get the pins out of the G plow. 50 years of sitting outside really has them froze up. The neighbor comes off afternoons this weekend I hope so I can bring them over to him to apply some heat. Once I get everything whipped into shape, I'll have to decide - plow with the G, mow with the C, or disk with the D17......what should I do today.....? I can't wait!
cheers and thanks again, I really appreciate it. See you on the 28th!
Creek
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Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 9:09pm
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My, it's tough having to choose among all those projects! Have fun, Creek!! ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: 1946WP
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 10:02pm
| lonnie & creek are you comming to blackberry auction on the 28th? |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 13 May 2011 at 7:08am
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I'm planning on it. ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 13 May 2011 at 9:07am
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Boomer -
It's my first narrow front end - steers great, it will be nice for mowing.
Bruce -
I'm planning on being at the auction if you promise not to throw rocks at me - I haven't been to a meeting in a long time, they seem to line up pretty well with my trips. The day of the auction I will have a couple customers from Finland with me, I have to deliver them to the Duluth airport in the afternoon, I'm hoping we can stay for most of the auction, I am sure they will enjoy it.
Neighbor is coming over tomorrow with his backhoe, we are going to run water out to the pasture and pig pen. After we get that in I will be free to run power out to my shop - finally! I have a couple of trips coming up, but hope to have the lights on and the beer fridge running by mid June!
cheers,
Creek
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 3:22pm
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Creek what kind of mower deck? The 'C' sure looks sweet. Where is this auction? Lonnie, what are you doing with the other C? Gonna sell it or fix it? Thanks guys, Ted ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Teddy (punchie)
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 3:47pm
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Nice looking little C NF , should do a great job mowing. We have a B WF , did good, but the bench set is a little hard on the back. I'm thinking of a C or a CA NF for raking hay, and a set that is not a bench set.
------------- Ac D-19, a Number of WD's, One WD45, Two 444 balers, Ac plows and etc. |
Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 15 May 2011 at 7:21pm
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Ted, I'm restoring it. Hopefully it will be done for Hutch. ------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker |
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 16 May 2011 at 3:14pm
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Ted -
It's a Sun Mastr 60". Pretty good shape. It was just up the road from Lonnie, he put me on to it. Has new blades and a fairly new round belt. I am making a set of casters for it and getting it fixed up a little before I put it on. Someone here mentioned using bed liner to paint mower deck underneath, I'm thinking about going that way.
The auction is 28 May in Blackberry, MN, southeast of Grand Rapids, you can go here to see the club site: http://theblackberryfarm.org/ - http://theblackberryfarm.org/
cheers,
Creek
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