Today was a work day at the home and the 1952 8N Ford was pressed into service. We were cutting cedar trees, well actually one tree, and found some limbs were hard to pull away from the tree due to grape vines. Some of the vines were easily 1 ½ inches or more in diameter. A solution was to bring out the tractor. A strap was hooked onto the limb and then onto the bar across the 3 point hitch. I found first gear was needed to get enough slow traction to pull the encumbered limbs free of the tree. Pic 1195 shows the tree behind the tractor. Pic 1197 shows a side view. I need to lose weight. The temperature was probably ninety degrees at the time.
Tractor Boy
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It was a cold, wet, dreary day in Central Texas. Perfect weather in which to replace the light switch I replaced last week. The first replacement was blowing a 20-amp fuse in less than a second when turned to the farthest right position. Fortunately, I had added a separate fuse holder to the circuitry when the replacement did not have a fuse position. I spoke with the nice folk at Farmall Cub Forever and ordered a three position six-volt switch which arrived a few days ago. This time I took pictures so you can see what I was doing. Again, I replaced one wire at a time. The switch has a protrusion which fits in a notch in the console, and I replaced it so the two were properly aligned. I discovered it was easier to take the console off this time, and I did not need a small monkey to reach in the confined space. I did; however, forget that I placed a piece of board between the hydraulic housing and the hood/fuel tank. So, when I started up the Cub to see how well it would run, there...