yep , that will work , I have seen that done around 1964 under a 60 chevy one ton stake truck when dad was building our house for mom and us,.Dad had the back end of the rebar hiked up high with a rope, and it was still hanging out 3 ft and He flagged the end .. for a 8 yr old kid , witnessing that inginuity. I thought my daddy was pretty sharp for a guy that only went to the 5th grade ,. and I don't think I ever employed that idea on anything besides a harrow between the front and rear axles on a tractor with a cultipacker behind ,. I made durn sure the harrow would not come loose and ruin the rear tractor tires ,. it workt good . farm and rural living does indeed create wiser people because of the peculiar circumstances our life style thrusts upon us to survive and therefore flourish,, with each battle won , it builds confidence and courage tenacity for most any redblooded young man or gal,. I recall when they were pouring the basement walls back in 64 ,. a red headed kid brought a 60 Ford concrete truck with the allis chalmers motor runnin the mixer tank ,.when all was done , and the kid handed dad the bill,. Dad asked him if he was in school and what grade he was in ,. he said he was sophomore and had his permit to drive ,and his daddy had a guy off work with a broken leg , and they needed to get the concrete mixin and haulin done, while the concrete stayed green so it would not cold seam , they were runnin 4 different truks , and besides they wanted to finish concrete work so they could pik corn tomorrow ,. he put that truck anywhere Dad needed it ,. a yr later this same kid went over to Hull -Dobbs Ford in Louisville to test drive and perhaps buy a 65 XL 500 Galxie with a 390 4v , 4 speed ,. and he did buy the car and raced it at the local county drag strip,. funny story, he likes to tell to this day , the day he showed up a t Hull Dobbs he had bought a big truck transmission in the back of a 1950 Ford buzzard baitpikup truck , and was not very clean with a little oil on his bibed overhauls ,. but he and his brother had a wad of cash that would choke a horse between them, and they wanted to test drive a 390 Ford if they found one on the lot ,. The salesman sized them up,.and told them they could only ride with him to test drive ,. but he wanted to makesure they were serious about buying and could actually afford to buy the car ,.at which time Ol' Buck produced a wad of hundred dollar bills that made the salesmans eyes bug out. Buck said he understood and couldnt blame the man ,, and he was serious about buying , but really wanted to see how the Xl run out. and he wanted a firm price of how much the Xl would cost TODAY in HARD Cash MONEY ,, the poor salesman said he would get with his manager and figure that out . Buck asked him how much earnest money of he needed to let them drive alone the white XL , they agreed on a hundred dollar bill as collateral , and Buck and his brother Jim took off with the white XL 500 for a test drive,. they drove the XL to corydon ind to show his daddy, and get his approval, even though it was Bucks own money, his daddy asked Buck and Jim if the salesman knew they were driving out that far ,. and the boys looked at one another and said Nope , we Never told him we were taking it home to show ya daddy, we just go that idea when we come across the river ,, the old Dad pikt up the phone and called Hull Dobbs long distance,. the manager answered the phone , and he quikly recognized who was on the other end . both parties started laughing, The manager told the Dad , That He Just Dressed DOwn The poor salesman Good , and was about to call the police and report a stolen car since it was closing time .. he had no idea who the boys were and did not see them at all but he had done business with their daddy many times,.. the dad handed the phone over to Buck and whispered Boy you Fix This , cause you started it and make it rite , and don't haggle on the price, pay the man, whatever he says ,. well buck done a quik apology and then asked and agreed on the price then and there ,. the manager told him to keep the car overnite and since they had left the keys in the old Ford pikup they were gonna pull it in the shop and lok it down for the nite,, anmd theybwould settle up in the morning ,Which They Did,.,. That white 65 XL 500 FORD seen a lot of miles for the following 20 yrs , besides racing nearlky every weekend locally, they all used to go to Bristol and Daytona with it every yr to watch the races .. those Folx knew how to live Large,,. and they certainly learned from mistakes and were not stupid , they worked hard every day to keep that from happening
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Product Review: Lead Substitutes - by Mike Schordine. Lead was oriinally added to gasoline as an upper cylinder lubricant. It lubes the valves and seats. If you rebuild the motor, you could use hardened seats and valves, and unleaded fuel. But if your old tractor runs good, a simple lead substitute added to the gas is a perfectly reasonable solution. And, if you are like me, your tractor is under cover, but it sits outside. So with every temperature change, the humidity in the air collects in the fuel tank, in the form of water.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
