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I have only seen pictures of Gracie and already miss her. I wish I would have never sold my Deuce. Hope to see posts on Gracie at her new home.
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You'll love this one Merle since it involves "Seat Time". We saved another M135 with a bit of a twist.I have only seen pictures of Gracie and already miss her. I wish I would have never sold my Deuce. Hope to see posts on Gracie at her new home.
"No harm/ No foul" and no one got hurt:You'll love this one Merle since it involves "Seat Time". We saved another M135 with a bit of a twist
She's an after-market dumper.
.The brother decided we needed a pole barn for the 1950's farm equipment that has been sitting under piled tin for 70 years. I like throwing down when someone has energy for a project so yesterday we had a spot cleaned, poles up and one beam on in just a few hours. I was grabbing pictures but didn't know I was capturing the arrival of one of the craziest storms I've seen in a while. I knew you ol' deuce boys would like the visual.
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After a lot of water and lightning it was a shiny new day today with Goose jumping in and keeping this landscaper from falling on the ground. The poor truck sat in the same spot all summer and the first thing I do when I have time to visit is walk all over her. I think it's time to get greasy, down on one knee and drop in her new power-pack! Can you believe it's our ten year anniversary this year?
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Yikes, clouds looking REAL strange make a body want to run and hide!yesterday we had a spot cleaned, poles up and one beam on in just a few hours. I was grabbing pictures but didn't know I was capturing the arrival of one of the craziest storms I've seen in a while. I knew you ol' deuce boys would like the visual.
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I guess power auger on skid loader??? That's my guess, he IS industrious though, just ask Goose!!Yikes, clouds looking REAL strange make a body want to run and hide!
Now, plowboy, just how did you dig all those postholes in a day:
- Raw labor?!
- Or did you all use a power auger of aome kind?
Meow.........We're set up with the Cat, auger, forks and didn't touch anything heavy with hands. The Cat can drill, set the posts, place beams, fork material to the roof.....and it never gets tired. We don't get a chance to use it much around the farm but it jumps in once in a while when our primary toy is busy.Yikes, clouds looking REAL strange make a body want to run and hide!
Now, plowboy, just how did you dig all those postholes in a day:
- Raw labor?!
- Or did you all use a power auger of aome kind?
.Meow.........We're set up with the Cat, auger, forks and didn't touch anything heavy with hands. The Cat can drill, set the posts, place beams, fork material to the roof.....and it never gets tired. We don't get a chance to use it much around the farm but it jumps in once in a while when our primary toy is busy.
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We have some serious decisions to make at the G749 farm. Our old farm house across the road from the G749 farm just came up for sale through a horrible accident so we're all still in shock. The neigbbours were in a bad highway crash, survived and are recovering but they won't farm again. They have 5 acres with sheep and chickens and I now smell like sheep and chickens as everyone pitches in to watch the property.
I live in the big City......I like people, convenience, my neighbours,......., but the farm has amazing water from an abundant well......but it's 40 miles away from work........but it's across the road from our food production farm and the trucks.....but I just got my house in the City set up like a show home.....I only have one more side to put windows in and it'd be all new........but the lousy new drivers in the city and the decline in love one feels when out and about makes one think about not being here........but there's work here and it's close.....we can work anywhere........maybe not as much..... fuel costs play in when you're commuting 80 miles a day .......get a bike........time for a career change maybe.....you'd need to drive East in the Morning and West at night.......We could finally start that full food production greenhouse......raise chickens,,,,,,,I don't want to raise chickens.......I do like food....how's the 5 year outlook on the economy LOL.......outlooks?, how do we do any forecasting with this gong show happening..........cancelled contracts from layed-off folks loosing their jobs.....a questionable economic future......possible decline in global food production due to cosmic happenings and volcanic dust makes a greenhouse look handy......tough to predict a future when the present is murky......let's bounce some ideas off the team!
Who here has moved from the City to an acreage and would never go back?
Who has lived on an acreage then moved to the City as is happier than a pig in a big apple?
Would you fellas come visit so we won't be lonely?
It's real nice for 210 days of the year.
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We have a garden
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and the ground grows fantastic potatoes....if ya like potatos'
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....but I'm sure we don't have any cattle.....yet.
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I was thinking about you in the Congo today Merle. Working in the boiling sun on hot aluminum and making sure things are just right would have been amazing. Then there's that part about "I wish I never sold my Deuce" that came to mind.I have only seen pictures of Gracie and already miss her. I wish I would have never sold my Deuce. Hope to see posts on Gracie at her new home.
.I was thinking about you in the Congo today Merle. Working in the boiling sun on hot aluminum and making sure things are just right would have been amazing. Then there's that part about "I wish I never sold my Deuce" that came to mind.
I know now that I am just making sure I hang on to certain trucks long enough to get them in the right hands. I'm very satisfied I just sold my 7th deuce and hope I never need to say...... I wish I never sold my___________.
Thinking about hot places was the only way to stay warm when some 'new fellas' on the MV scene smelled a deuce for the first time.
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It's not just any deuce these fellas found high above the 55th parallel in northern Canada. It's an M216 CDN in great shape. Since these fellas are new to the MV world, they hadn't met the MVPA, just began surfing SS....and have just started machining new parts for the G749.....machining parts for the G749.......but they were as excited about the old 6x6's as everyone of us.
After machining a GMC 235 into the old M216.....that's right, .....fit in what you have is always a solution.....even if it's a little small...... these fine young Canadian boys went shopping for spare deuce parts. I keep G749 stuff listed online to make sure new hearts know it's out there and I got the call that someone needs an engine.
Then I got a picture of that sweet M216 sent to me and I knew that Goose had a plan....right from day one.... to have a photo beside each one of her sisters...or brothers...depending on who the Prime minister is at the time.
How long does it take 4 Canadians to load 2 engines and one 6x6 in some 'normal' temperatures for this time of year??? ........here's the proof.
Start,........ The game cam clock is out by daylight savings time and a bit of Apple moonshine so for the number guys.....we started at 1531h
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Finish......Goose is going north.......
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This wasn't going to be an easy task in cool temperatures, off grid, in the bush.......starting old Goose. I never turn a key unless it's plugged in, above freezing, or in a heated garage. Goose was popping and farting last time I put her to work so I wasn't sure she would want to drive on a trailer after 0' F for a few days...... but she did.
The cavalry came flying in to help so to Mattech........buddy........ you made working in the cold an absolute pleasure. Thank you. I couldn't have done it without you....and I owe you a what????? a clevis.?? When a fella is running a lifting machine and he's got good ground guys.....magic happens.
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Loading a 'power pak'...engine/trans combo........ in the back of Goose, ........start to finish,...... go!
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When your fellow countrymen pull in with propane torches, booster paks, spare batteries, straps, cables, chains and time........Goose things are going to happen.
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"...machining parts..."It's not just any deuce these fellas found high above the 55th parallel in northern Canada. It's an M216 CDN in great shape. Since these fellas are new to the MV world, they hadn't met the MVPA, just began surfing SS....and have just started machining new parts for the G749.....machining parts for the G749.......but they were as excited about the old 6x6's as everyone of us.
Plowboy, Brother; you're a mean man with a camera(phone)!With Goose loaded on a trailer and headed north for photos with a rare M216, lets do a recap,
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Yikes, Mattech; maybe you've been out there in the wilds of Alberta a little longer than is healthy!!gotta get something else up and running for you now...235 has me wanting to see it in a truck and running for sure...got my curiousity going hot and horny for sure...
Ahab, thank you. Most of the photos are selected from thousands of marginal pics. I just kept clicking with the decade old Olympus TG-619 camera, designed in Tokyo and made in China. There is a spin off from the education process here at SteelS with folks appreciating, front, side, rear, quarter, top and bottom shots of absolutely anything. A little landscape design suggests Color, texture, harmony, rhythm and balance are things we look for. Mostly it's just a lot of photo taking, but there is training out there..... https://getpocket.com/explore/item/6-common-photography-mistakes-to-avoid?utm_source=pocket-newtabPlowboy, Brother; you're a mean man with a camera(phone)!