Rare optioned wheelhorse

[WHNJ701 4,165]

Saw this ad for an 854 today with a sweet antenna

[ebinmaine 67,707]

I can't believe you didn't mention that custom exhaust

[ebinmaine 67,707]

Do we suppose that antenna meant that it had a radio directly attached to it at some point?

 

Or is that more like a forward pointing hard mounted joust machine?

[squonk 41,165]

Prolly used for picking up the Mets. Old folk in the 60's loved the Mets. My Grandmother would stay up all night watching the Mets play the Dodgers and Giants. 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

29 minutes ago, squonk said:

Old folk in the 60's loved the Mets

 

Young folk too!  I tried to never miss a game on the radio.

 

Dodgers... dem bums!  ha ha ha

Edited January 4, 2021 by Jeff-C175

[squonk 41,165]

17 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

 

Young folk too!  I tried to never miss a game on the radio.

 

Dodgers... dem bums!  ha ha ha

Grandmother also stayed up all night watching the Knicks. She'd be all wound up on Sundays after they got curb-stomped by the Lakers! 

[DennisThornton 4,769]

Had to balance it visually considering that exhaust!

[WHNJ701 4,165]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Do we suppose that antenna meant that it had a radio directly attached to it at some point?

 

Or is that more like a forward pointing hard mounted joust machine?

Tractor jousting that could be interesting...

[Pullstart 62,922]

I feel like plenty of tractors are subject to a joust... but maybe with a stall, barn door or tree... let alone the random house interactions...

[953 nut 55,338]

[tom2p 2,394]

It's fairly well known that Martian's and other extraterrestrials have a soft spot for Wheel Horse tractors 

 

( note the color of ET's finger )

 

can you blame them ?

 

one way to combat the theft of your prized Wheel Horse tractor by those pesky out-in-space burglars is to transmit radio signals to block their electronic transmissions - and signals originating from the tractor are your best bet !

 

Edited January 5, 2021 by tom2p

[Darb1964 1,044]

My family it was the red Sox on the radio all summer, no Yankee fan comments about the fall. My grand parents had them on in the barn doing chores, on the truck radio haying, a transistor radio always available. My mother's side,my father never missed a game,even when they were on the west coast. I still like the radio broadcast, brings back good memories. My kind of option!

They all passed before 2004, I know off topic just brought back memories.

[tom2p 2,394]

I've tried to listen to the radio a few times when cutting grass - especially because I can be on the tractor for 3 hours - but the quality of my headphones was lacking ... and I preferred instead to listen to the Kohler or Onan 'broadcast'

 

[WHNJ701 4,165]

Back in the day my walkman met it's end with the mower deck

[ebinmaine 67,707]

2 minutes ago, tom2p said:

I've tried to listen to the radio a few times when cutting grass - especially because I can be on the tractor for 3 hours - but the quality of my headphones was lacking ... and I preferred instead to listen to the Kohler or Onan 'broadcast'

 

I do the same thing driving truck. 

 

I listen in the morning commute in my own car. 

After that I almost never turn on the radio in the work truck. 

 

[ebinmaine 67,707]

1 minute ago, jabelman said:

Back in the day my walkman met it's end with the mower deck

You do know those don't go under the mower deck??

[SylvanLakeWH 25,608]

I listen to the sound of silence, somewhat enhanced, with my noise reduction, but not eliminating, ear muffs...

 

[roadapples 6,983]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

I can't believe you didn't mention that custom exhaust

I believe that's what they call a short stack....