Howdy Mike. Man, trees can get out of hand in a hurry. It will be nice to be able to keep that mowed down. I thought about converting my WD45 to electronic a few years ago but I never did. I'm kind of leery of them because of bad experiences my uncles had with them several years ago. But, I know people who have had good luck with them too, so who knows. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I hope you have a good weekend

Couldn’t give me a call to help ya cut down the big trees, jerk.

It's making itself heard! At least it's moving, finally. Definitely need the T/A for that job!

A shame you don't have a nelson muffler on the 17

Happy new year mike!!!

You've got quite the collection of vises. That little wilton vise that tilts is a new one to me, I've never seen one quite like that. One thing is sure: you can never have too many vises. Or tractors for that matter. Happy New Year Mike!

Ah-Ha ! The blacksmith's vise is similar to the one I have that's mounted to a truck wheel. I commented about it on a previous video when you had your portable vise outside. They are sturdy units.

Howdy Mike. I've had to do quite a bit of patching on decks for our simplicitys. I think the 42" deck that was on Dad's old mower was about 2/3 deck and 1/3 patch by the time we finally scrapped it. I don't sharpen my blades often enough, and when I do it takes a lot of grinding to get them usable again. Deer processing party! Thanks for sharing, Mike!

Good stuff, these old mower decks eventually need a little help to keep going. I've got an 83 Simplicity that sprouts a new crack or hole every couple of years.

I wonder if you have head of my sons baling business Heath Barrett he costom bales aroun Knoxville area He runs AGCO and Massey baler he has a big stalk bale business too just wondering we have run all ACs too Scott my oldest son collect ACs and have 11 as of now He just purshased a D15 industrial with shuttle clutch and heavy loader l am always watchin!!!!!!!

Like your portable vise, they sure are handy. Mine is a third generation handdown. It started out set in concrete at my Grandpa's farm where he started in '44, when he remodeled the buildings it came out of the concrete and he mounted it to a 6" pipe and welded the pipe to a 30's era International truck front wheel. When Grandpa sold his farm in '83, the vise came to my Dad's farm. After Dad passed in '98 it came to my place. If that vise could only talk, the stories it could tell, lol.

The welded slat looks good! Time will tell how well it holds up. Thanks for putting the link to John Gaard's channel in the last video, I need to do a lot of work on the Oliver plow and the John Deere plow that I have. I used the Deere plow last spring, I did not do a good job with it but it wasn't ready. I still have a lot to learn about moldboard plowing. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I hope you have a good weekend!

Howdy, Mike! I'm glad those lift links are finally freeing up. I hope that slat welds ok. I've really never tig welded. Would it be worth welding a piece on the back of that slat to reinforce the weld joint? It may not be worth the headache of welding more on hardened steel. I'm looking forward to seeing how the distributor conversion goes. I thought about converting my 45 a few years ago but I finally figured out my points problem and it has been good since then. Hope you have a good one, Mike!

Nice looking 856

Howdy, Mike! I'm glad that tap worked out with getting the beaming screws working better. I found a place that has 1"-14 left hand taps, I'll email you a link. Thanks for the shout out and the link too! Man, that coulter was really off! It's hard to say what's been done to these things in the last 60 years. Thanks for sharing, Mike! If I don't talk to you before then, I hope you have a Merry Christmas!

Thats a cool plow.

G day Boy quite the muffler for w4 Ths

I've never seen one of those before that's really cool!

Hey Mike. Hopefully that tap made it ok. Fed Ex said they delivered it. Those upper link threads do look pretty rough. I wonder if soaking the lower yokes and the sleeves in vinegar might help break the rust up enough to get them apart? Electrolysis would be nice but getting it set up would probably be a pain. I'm sure you'll get them apart, they just haven't been convinced yet. Hope you have a good one!

Yep, that's how I remember it too, lol. When I was a kid, just for fun we would try different ways to get on from in front of the rear tires, just to make it challenging. Of course I am far removed from that kid stage now and quite content to get on from the back as you demonstrated.

I'm not much help as to what the lift links should be. My model 63 is the same as your 63's, solid link on one side and adjustable link on the other. I had a model 52 plow a few years ago, and it did have adjustable links on both sides. But I can't remember if one side was physically longer or just adjusted longer. I have a spare 1"-14 tap, somebody cut it off to try to make a bottoming tap out of it. I'll send it to you if you want it. I feel your pain about the radio, we have similar problems here. Hope you have a good one, Mike!

Howdy, Mike! I've never thought they were hard to get on and off of. My grandpa could still get on and off of his in his 80's. He did have a flip up seat on his. I won't say I think they are the most comfortable to ride though, the clutch pedal position is a little weird to me but I still love the tractor. Your 856 sure sounds sweet 🎶🎶 Thanks for sharing, Mike!

That’s actually a 64 not 74.

G day from Ont When we bought used WD {45} dealer came up to adjust plow I don't remember but it took him quite awhile r they that hard to adjust Ths

I’m like you, I never thought it was difficult to get on a WD series tractor, but I have heard it over and over that certain people would never buy one for the sole reason of it’s too hard to get on and off. When getting on a more modern tractor you still have to swing the right leg a long way over to get into the seat. Not much difference to me. Thanks for the video.

G day I shpuld buy to see. THs

I am a Farmall & Allis guy. 1951 Super C fast hitch NF - 1954 WD45 gas WF

Howdy, Mike! KZbin seems to be having issues, I can't see what I'm typing right now. Tried to comment on your other videos today but having the same problem. Nice looking tractors there! Thanks for sharing, Mike!

That CA really sounds sweet! I think a C or a CA would make an awesome mower but I've got way too much crap to mow around and too many low trees to get under. That fuel tank cleaned up nice! Good idea on the heat gun, I'll have to try to remember that! That 3 bottom slat plow really looks nice, it must not have plowed a whole lot. The 4 bottom would look really cool behind a D17 but I bet it would be a load for one. The guy who bought my WD45 new pulled 4 14's with it, I think it would struggle with that load here. 3 14's seems like a better match for it, and I don't want to hurt it for no reason. I had a 3 16" plow for a couple years that was really nice but it was a larger frame model 80 plow so it didn't fit real well and it was so heavy I couldn't keep the front wheels on the ground unless I left the loader on. I know what you mean about videos taking a while to do. I have no idea how some people can crank them out like they do. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I hope you have a good one!

You weren't kidding, that's a crap load of tires! I'm not looking forward to putting new tires on my 45, they have ok tread on them but they are getting a lot of cracks. Hopefully they will last a few more years. Thanks for adding them all up, Mike!

Nice tool box! With that big of a shop it will be nice to bring your tool box over to where you are working so you don't spend all your time walking across the building to get tools. I guess that's the lot of a loader tractor, it doesn't seem to mind. I hate going out on black friday too, I think I've only done it once, and unless I need something really bad I don't care if I ever do it again! Thanks for sharing, Mike!

Enjoyed the video thank you

Howdy Mike! Been in Michigan at the in-laws for a couple days, working in the shop tonight having a few barley pops and catching up on videos. Bummer about the tube, sounds like it had seen better days anyway. I like using time warp too, keeps things moving. I like your hood prop. My dad used to keep a piece of broom handle in his car for the same reason. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving

Gd day from Ontario. Watching with ploughs , horse & buggy neighbours , they were takin moldboards off & outting on horse plows had a meter to tell how much they were pulling, found allis to be very easy pulling. But the price of shares were crazy for them. Ths

I too have an 856 with an M&W turbo on it. My favorite here. Also have 20.8x38's on it. I put an Iron Bull ROPS on it. Makes it nicer to run mowing hay. Had a friend rebuild the pump on it and let's just say it isn't stock anymore. Really don't need all that extra power but it is nice to have on the discbine in our hills. It still runs cool yet. I have all red now but when we had the dairy I had a 170 Allis. Was quite the workhorse for its size. Beautiful shop.

Like your hood prop for the Buick, guaranteed not to fail, LOL.

Hope you're having a great Turkey Day!

Was a good video 👍

All start with the valve stem at the bottom less chance taring it off

Nice looking Olivers your right about the 1600

I've never seen that many mounted corn pickers in one place, very cool old iron.

That was a job, man that rim is in nice shape! I need to get a bead breaker so I can do tires with the wheels on the tractor. The rims on the Oliver aren't very good, but new ones are 750 bucks each, so I'll probably try to patch them if I can. Good work Mike!

Looks like a good time! That 4 bottom is really neat, the 1750 sure knew it was back there! I'm looking forward to working on my 4340 plow, probably won't be this winter, but I'm hoping I can at least get some tires on it so it's mobile and not just sitting in the way. The 770 is going to need some more weight on the rear to pull it anyway. Your slat plow was sure doing a nice job! Thanks for sharing, Mike! Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!

Would of liked to saw some footage of the case corn picker in action on the 730 or 830 case. I have a 730 case corn picker special

Good work, it's fun to see a sampling of the tractors I grew up with. We had a 400 in the 70's, it was our loader tractor, and originally the big horse on the farm. In the mid 80's Dad got an AC 6060, I was a teenager at the time and had a lot of fun with it. Saw a WD through the door opening on the right of the picture, I grew up with one of those too. Ours was a 53 that my Grandpa bought new, I learned to drive on it and spent many hours on it. We still have it today, 3rd generation.

Luckily your tank is sort of squarish to work well that way. I have a Farmall Cub that has the tank as part of the hood, would be a little bit trickier to pull that off, lol.

Nice way to clean a tank and get some work done in the process. The tank on my Oliver is rustier than I'd like. I put an in tank screen on the inlet for my sediment bowl and haven't had any trouble more trouble from rust. That's a nice 185, those are good sounding tractors. Thanks for sharing, Mike! I hope you have a good one!

I have a CA tank you can do next. lol. My son’s puller build has some nasty old gas and a little not a lot of surface rust.

Hey Mike! My grandpa had one of those garden seeders. He had trouble pushing his so he tied a rope on the front and he would use a grandkid for pulling power. I don’t remember seeing it after he passed away, I don’t know what ever became of it. Really handy little planters. Thanks for sharing, Mike, that brought back some good memories. Hope you have a good one!

That little Cub runs like a sewing machine! It looks like you have a lot more fun using that tiller than I do with my old Troy Bilt. Thanks for sharing, Mike!