ID This One

[WHX?? 48,813]

Possible CL score if we can come to terms. Who am I not to even try on a round hood?

Seller says a 653 but not sure. I am leaning towards a 702.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 7 by WHX??

[rjg854 11,356]

got to try on that one Jim, with hydraulics even, nice  

[ri702bill 8,311]

I'm leaning towards a 753 or 854. (frame & front axle at least), 702 style 1 piece gas tank & cast iron dash, 854 style HY-3 plow / cylinder mount, AND a later style (perhaps 8 speed) Unidrive. The rear track width is rather wide. A "FrankenMutt". And the not-quite-finished 70's aftermarket steering wheel conversion! Look at the color of the Kohler - not OE Wheel Horse....

If it runs well and sold as a package for less than a month's Grocery Bill, then it is worth looking into.

Edited August 7 by ri702bill

[Mike'sHorseBarn 2,998]

2 hours ago, ri702bill said:

I'm leaning towards a 753 or 854. (frame & front axle at least), 702 style 1 piece gas tank & cast iron dash, 854 style HY-3 plow / cylinder mount, AND a later style (perhaps 8 speed) Unidrive. The rear track width is rather wide. A "FrankenMutt". And the not-quite-finished 70's aftermarket steering wheel conversion! Look at the color of the Kohler - not OE Wheel Horse....

If it runs well and sold as a package for less than a month's Grocery Bill, then it is worth looking into.

 

I tend to agree. Don't dicker with the man Jim, just go get it! 

[rmaynard 15,434]

4 hours ago, WHX?? said:

 I am leaning towards a 702.

 

Definitely not a 702 front axle.

[Keaton 433]

not a 702 tool box either, engine original that have a year on it possibally

[WHX?? 48,813]

1 hour ago, rmaynard said:

Definitely not a 702 front axle.

Yep missed that completely. The one piece tank jumped at me hence the 702 thought.

I had also initially thought his asking price (700) was abit high but the HY, weights & plow kinda add up. The 7 hr round trip is a kicker tho. 

[Mike'sHorseBarn 2,998]

35 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

The 7 hr round trip is a kicker tho. 

 

We all know idiots who have driven longer than that for a horse! That's no excuse! Why just this week @Pullstart was encouraging me to drive to Georgia for a tractor! 

 

Edited August 7 by Mike'sHorseBarn

[ri702bill 8,311]

9 minutes ago, Mike'sHorseBarn said:

 

We all know idiots who have driven longer than that for a horse! That's no excuse! Why just this week @Pullstart was encouraging me to drive to Georgia for a tractor! 

 

Gotta remember, that to Kevin, the MI to GA trip is just another "Milk & Bread Run".....

[Pullstart 62,834]

1 hour ago, ri702bill said:

Gotta remember, that to Kevin, the MI to GA trip is just another "Milk & Bread Run".....

I can neither confirm, nor deny… 

[adsm08 2,046]

3 hours ago, Mike'sHorseBarn said:

 

We all know idiots who have driven longer than that for a horse! That's no excuse! Why just this week @Pullstart was encouraging me to drive to Georgia for a tractor! 

 

 

I drove out to Beavertown Sunday for a catfish. Why not drive to Georgia for a tractor?

Edited August 7 by adsm08

[squonk 41,054]

So much for being "Tractor Heavy!" 

[EB-80/8inPA 1,640]

2 hours ago, adsm08 said:

I drove out to Beavertown Sunday for a catfish

That’s funny, I was tooling around Beaverville myself on Sunday.  So what did that catfish want you to do for him there, if I might ask?

[WHX?? 48,813]

6 hours ago, ri702bill said:

to Kevin, the MI to GA trip is just another "Milk & Bread Run"..

Well he's got a sugar mama whos the bread winner too...

Fixed income here Squonky says.

6 hours ago, Mike'sHorseBarn said:

That's no excuse!

Ouch think I just got cattle prodded...

 

8 minutes ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

 tooling around Beaverville

Me thinks you guys were taking the  skin boat to Beaver town... 

 

2 hours ago, squonk said:

So much for being "Tractor Heavy!" 

But it's a round hood ... It's allowed

[adsm08 2,046]

1 hour ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

That’s funny, I was tooling around Beaverville myself on Sunday.  So what did that catfish want you to do for him there, if I might ask?

 

Guy I work with has a camp site up that way and has been fishing Walker Lake all summer. He's found a spot where the cats like to hang out. My son has recently decided that catching a cat is on his bucket list, so I went up to scout and find the spot myself before I take him, since he isn't always the most patient.

 

I was about 20 or 30 feet off the "sweet spot", but I still pulled in a few nice ones. Only kept the biggest one because they can be a pain to clean, but I do like to eat them.

[WHX?? 48,813]

9 hours ago, adsm08 said:

catching a cat is on his bucket list,

We have a river here that is just loaded with cats. Best thing to do with them is cut the tail off  and put them on a stringer and toss them back in. they bleed out and the fillets come out white and sweet. Good eats right there... deep fried ... pan fried Cajun... yum.    Bonus the blood scent  brings in more of them. Smaller ones are good eats too. I don't think they are hard to clean. 

[adsm08 2,046]

8 hours ago, WHX?? said:

We have a river here that is just loaded with cats. Best thing to do with them is cut the tail off  and put them on a stringer and toss them back in. they bleed out and the fillets come out white and sweet. Good eats right there... deep fried ... pan fried Cajun... yum.    Bonus the blood scent  brings in more of them. Smaller ones are good eats too. I don't think they are hard to clean. 

 

I've only ever caught two keepers. I gutted them, cut the heads off behind the skull, and just cooked them whole on the grill. Skin pulls off and you can just pull a fork across them and the meat falls off the bone.

 

There is a creek near me that supposedly has a good number of them, but they only bite after dark, and it's hard to find access to that creek where you won't get in trouble being there after dark.

[Handy Don 12,206]

8 minutes ago, adsm08 said:

hard to find access to that creek where you won't get in trouble being there after dark.

Interesting situation, for sure!

[adsm08 2,046]

25 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Interesting situation, for sure!

 

Years ago it wasn't too bad, but now most of the land along the creek has been bought and is somebody's yard. The rest is part of public parks that get gated and locked after dark because teens were causing trouble.

 

The only spot I know for sure I can get to safely and legally after dark is no good for fishing because unless the creek floods the water is never more than 2 inches deep right there.

[Handy Don 12,206]

1 minute ago, adsm08 said:

Years ago it wasn't too bad, but now most of the land along the creek has been bought and is somebody's yard. The rest is part of public parks that get gated and locked after dark because teens were causing trouble.

Those creekside homes are loving it until a huge rain dump puts the creek into the basement or the living room.

As housing density fills previously sparse locations, it does change the character a lot.

[adsm08 2,046]

Just now, Handy Don said:

Those creekside homes are loving it until a huge rain dump puts the creek into the basement or the living room.

As housing density fills previously sparse locations, it does change the character a lot.

 

I know. My town used to be mostly farm fields. Now it's more housing developments than farms and I hate it.

 

A guy who just quit where I work would talk about how his family built this development or that development in the area and I'd just give him the stink eye and politely remind him that I've been looking for the guys who built those developments so I could kill them for doing so.

[EB-80/8inPA 1,640]

2 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Those creekside homes are loving it until a huge rain dump puts the creek into the basement or the living room.

The hollows around places like Hallstead PA in 2006 got hollowed out but good.  Lots of homes lost.  The amount of dirt displaced was incredible.  Made the efforts of the county conservation districts’ E & S plans seem kind of laughable in comparison.

[EB-80/8inPA 1,640]

12 hours ago, WHX?? said:

Best thing to do with them is cut the tail off  and put them on a stringer and toss them back in. they bleed out and the fillets come out white and sweet.

A guy never knows what kind of useful knowledge he’ll pick up around here.  I suppose I ought to check in more frequently, like I used to do.  Heck, I might even have to take up fishing again!