Now that everything is dried out it's time to start some field work!
Last fall, I plowed up and disced part of a field with our '59 Massey Ferguson 202 tractor and single-bottom plow. We left it for the winter, so now I'm using our disk harrow to break up the grass that sprung up. when I am done, we are going to plant some grass for hay.
I still have to clean up a bit of the plowing left from last fall and long-forgotten furrows from the previous owners, but one things for sure- I am NOT going near the far end of the field, at least for now. the mountains are still giving off thaw water, and that water is running all the way down to that corner of the field. That is turning the area into a mud bog that is barely transversable by foot, much less machinery...
I had been working on one of our non-running cats, a 1936 Caterpillar Twenty Two. It had not been running for a while (Even before we got it) so the engine was a little stiff. I was getting some pops out of it before I set the project aside for Final exams.
After finals, I hooked our running twenty-two up to it and towed it over to our shop. I had made a attachment for a large drill to crank it over, but that was shelved once I found out the engine was stuck. I pulled the cylinder head, and had Dad whack a piston with a block of wood and a sledgehammer while I stood on the hand crank. We finally persuaded the engine to move again after five minutes of whacking the pistons. I soaked the pistons and cylinders in oil, and proceeded to throw the engine back together.
after reassembling the motor, I gave it a whirl. It hit off and ran like a clock!
I'm going to have to change the oil and fix up the radiator (It leaks like a sieve) But we should have another cat in the family by the summer!
Last fall, I plowed up and disced part of a field with our '59 Massey Ferguson 202 tractor and single-bottom plow. We left it for the winter, so now I'm using our disk harrow to break up the grass that sprung up. when I am done, we are going to plant some grass for hay.
I still have to clean up a bit of the plowing left from last fall and long-forgotten furrows from the previous owners, but one things for sure- I am NOT going near the far end of the field, at least for now. the mountains are still giving off thaw water, and that water is running all the way down to that corner of the field. That is turning the area into a mud bog that is barely transversable by foot, much less machinery...
I had been working on one of our non-running cats, a 1936 Caterpillar Twenty Two. It had not been running for a while (Even before we got it) so the engine was a little stiff. I was getting some pops out of it before I set the project aside for Final exams.
After finals, I hooked our running twenty-two up to it and towed it over to our shop. I had made a attachment for a large drill to crank it over, but that was shelved once I found out the engine was stuck. I pulled the cylinder head, and had Dad whack a piston with a block of wood and a sledgehammer while I stood on the hand crank. We finally persuaded the engine to move again after five minutes of whacking the pistons. I soaked the pistons and cylinders in oil, and proceeded to throw the engine back together.
after reassembling the motor, I gave it a whirl. It hit off and ran like a clock!
I'm going to have to change the oil and fix up the radiator (It leaks like a sieve) But we should have another cat in the family by the summer!
Labels: acreage, Bulldozer, discing, Farm, fields, hay, renovations, restoration, seed, seeding, tractors
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