I may be looking at a new tractor before the summer's out, I've narrowed it down to three makes at this point. Ah time will tell. Nice watching your new Kubota and that grapple doing yard chores with you Wendell.

Man that grapple is nice Wendell. It takes the work out of it for sure. Take care.

Nice seeing you again Wendell, the Kubota with grapple is huge time and effort saver

long shot here and kind of off-topic..do you happen to know the spark plug wire order for the 30 from the distributor? Is it the same as the 20 and 40? i cannot for the life of me find a digital copy of the owner's manual. Thanks in advance!

I have an l4740 kubota with grapple ,forks and bucket. By far the grapple is on the tractor the most. There is a learning curve on the grapple. The third function with the button control is difficult to open or close slow but with some practice you learn to bump the buttons to get the desired results.

That's a slick way to load and unload buddy let the machines do the work glad you are enjoying your beautiful new tractor very nice take care have a great weekend

With a little more seat time that grapple will be like a third hand. You’ll be amazed at what you can do with it. You’ll be able to pick the fleas off the dog with it. 😁 cool video tractor man.

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After moving logs by hand all those years, do you feel spoiled because of the grapple on the tractor?

Oh, I think anyone would be spoiled if they had a hydraulic thumb on their machine 😁

Beautiful red cedar for lumber 🪵. 😊

I had lost you in the shoal in here but now here you are , did you trade all them old tractors for this brand new machine. Nice and free cedar….CHEERS

It's the same in southern Missouri it's ceader don't bother calling it anything else lol that grapple would be vary handy to have around looks like it would be a great help moving logs around

The carriage will be going back and forth quite a bit to make any lumber from such small diameter logs. Hopefully you have a high dollar niche market that makes it worthwhile. I think you'll get the feel of that grapple soon enough. You're fairly smooth on the lever and before long you won't have to even think about what you're doing, muscle memory will take over. I have to admit, I'd sure like to have that unit and the problem of learning it.

Finally! Finally I get to 44 Headquarters! Funny how in this heat you work at something, eat some dinner, perhaps work at something another hour or two, sit down to check out the latest and wake up to make the days PotOJO and tip the west! And of course the notifications that don’t come through for who knows why! Anyway, I’ve got catching up to do fer ser! Making firewood, expanding the woodshed, making extra space and wondering how I accumulated all the things in my shop takes up time. But arriving at 44 Headquarters is like going home! Anyway, I’m in the catching up department. Where does the time go? It’s like that old PA. Dutch saying, “The faster I go the behinder I get”! Ain’t so? Anyway, the old Ford has and does lots of 44 service and is still in great shape,,,,,hope we are too, eh? Shortly I’m going to be working on my friends Miata? That how you spell it? The m little two seater sports car? A 2001. My good friend Dances With Gnomes I call him has a back convertible window issue, it leaks! That’s because the glass back window separated from the canvas top and there’s a 1” opening, which creates a fine water spout inside! Well Rich-Dances With Gnomes is legally blind and no, he hasn’t driven for 8 years but loves to ride. So he had new tires and a battery and inspection so I sported about, finding it much harder to get inside and out than years back and Dances With Gnomes and DaveyJO went off to the Amish Harness shop to see if Levi could fix up the convertible top with some buggy materials and some glue. But ALAS, he saw that sewing glass and canvas together just plum weren’t gonna work,seeing how over the years in the sun and all the canvas shrunk about an inch away. So off to the Amish Walmart we traveled and in that little Mr. Bean sized sports car we seemed like we came in a flap Jack between two Ford 250 FWD king cab trucks! Lucky the drivers saw us and didn’t step on the car! After purchasing some waterproof guerrilla 4” tape, I was ready to seal this problem away,,,,,,,,,but I’m now waiting with my CuppaJO, which I’m tippin your way, in this cool of the morning, to begin the surgery on this tiny car, dwarfed by my Honda Ridgeline, both sitting in me drive even as I button these werdz! Anyway, I’ll let you know how it goes and seeing this truck fixem Tractorman44 vid, I’m greatly inspired to get out there and do some fixen meself! But first I will need to refresh me CuppaJO in order to have the strength to scrape, stretch, brush, clean and weatherproof tape the area needed no to leak when it rains. Anyway, more later! This heer is DaveyJO reporting from my holler to your holler with Squeezez Pleezez with a later description of this days/dazes events! Off I go to the JOpot to plan the steps for the most efficient and accurate way to approach the mornings project before the heat wilts my tutu! Catch Youz later fer ser! P.S. knot respond cibble four inconceivable spelinzinz!

What gasket material did you use for the transmission? Is there any way to prevent water from getting back in there?

Thanks for the video, need to adjust my 460 wheels, did not know how to do this

Did you make that scribe

Job well done!

85 Ford with 85K miles. Good old truck. Love the bumper sticker. God bless

I f you moved the end of saw table an inch or so back on the saw end the belt would center on the pully better .

Hey , can you change the does on these for like bead rolling ?

Very Nice Written Story Sir !!!

1985 is the year that I join, OUTSTANDING Informative video and WHAT NO CALIPER GREASE !!! LOL Be Well Mon Ami 👍🧐👌Cheers 🍻🍻

I love your videos, it’s like a grandpa I wish I had, but never did

Hi, tractorman! What's your email address? I would like to discuss a collaboration with you!

Hey Tractor Man 44, are you and the misses going to be around your place for the week or so? Give me a call and I will tell you what I have on my mind.

I love your videos. You are the Bob Ross of tractors. Thank you! I will be ordering this setup for my 1965 Ford 3500 3cyl gas tractor. Wish me luck.

I am glad that you made it home safely and got the truck fixed now. I also wanted to tell you that I recently tried the parbuckle technique, that I saw you do in a few videos, to load a log. I was amazed how well that worked! Thanks for showing me.

Here's me now thinking I can do this after one viewing. Good video.

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So good to see you Wendell!

Great work! Are you up for a similar job in Virginia...?

Glad there was no damage buddy and you got the load home everything worked out take care have a great week

I've never seen one of those fall out lol. I've worked on and have had several old Fords. I have a 79 F150 and 97 F350.

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Man, glad you were able to limp it home Mr Wendell!! I love hearing the history of the old ford!! My buddy had an 85 one ton SRW, 460 and a granny 4 spd. He had to do a front wheel bearing, and found those slide retainers loose then too!! Glad you got it back together, really enjoy seeing the ole truck out working still!! Thank you Mr Wendell for bringing is along!! 😁😁👌🏻👌🏻

I have a 1978 F350. Just went through the brakes recently on it. One of the calipers started hanging up was time to go through the whole system. It’s an old truck, but it gets done what I need done.

Glad to hear you could still limp the truck back home Wendell 🙂👍

Hey i need your help again .what r the parts under the ignition ( chamber ) between the key and the bbattery where the fuse is .can u do a video on that .i cant get my tractor to anything .no power to start. Is it the ignition or .one of those other parts inside the ignition casing area

Happy you weren't in an accident. As always my friend I liked and shared. All my very best.

One of the best things about your video, your bumper sticker!

I’m stick to my 1942 Chevy truck , Wendell you need one ☝️ good brake on the front for sure . 😊remember STICK on the ICE 🧊, SAW in the WOOD 🪵 and RUBBER on the ROAD . THINK SAFETY and always put SAFETY FIRST . 😊

Always something to do! Im glad that's all it was 👌

I’ve never seen that style of caliper retainer before. That’s kinda neat to see. Always enjoy your videos. Hopefully next time back to Tennessee I can buy you a beer or coffee and shake your hand.

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You are an amazing man, from the last good geration. Thank you sir

hi there well done best to all john

Love the old bullnose Fords.