Wife Says NO to Antique Tractor Mailbox, But Husband Says YES!!

[@CaseyLaDelle]

So what do you think, will the antique backhoe mailbox stay, or go to the scrapyard?? And winter is coming, so get 10% off your Yankum gear now! bit.ly/CHRyankum

[@TheVernatics]

Mailbox!

[@Buzz420]

If yall don't see more content by Casey, the mailbox lost. Personally, I wouldn't want any issues with Mrs. LaDelle. She looks like she could whoop ya easily 😂

[@myworldzvue8248]

I don't understand how that is a mailbox. Are you having the loader bucket altered to hold the mail or is the mail just going to set somewhere on the Backhoe? If it is just a yard ornament to help find the driveway easier cool. With that said it is ugly and its momma dresses it funny.

[@Buzz420]

@@myworldzvue8248 personally, I'd use the bucket & mount the mailbox to it. I've seen old motorcycles, cars, equipment & everything else used as a mailbox base. There's always a mailbox attached to it. You can't just leave mail on a tractor

[@ckm-mkc]

@@Buzz420 AFAIK, it was not in Casey's driveway but a customer....

[@vandyFixer]

Am I the only one who initially thought that it was Casey that had the plan to use the tractor for a letterbox at his place? Then I realised that at least Casey is smart enough to do what his wife tells him on the, most likely rare, occasions that she puts her foot down.

[@daviemaclean61]

No, that's what I thought too! It is the sort of thing he'd do to be fair.

[@joshlutz2785]

Yeah, I’m in the same boat. I really thought it was him.

[@Mighty_Ogrelord]

Casey is a master of click-baity titles, however in contrast to a lot of other channels the thing that is announced in the title actually does happen in the video one way or another.

[@waltergrasmick5615]

I thought it was him too.

[@thinfourth]

I assumed it was Casey

[@larrywilliams1630]

The loader bucket for the mailbox and the backhoe for planting flowers. Now they are both happy.

[@russellhltn1396]

I give it a 60% chance it will end up in your collection.

[@carlbloomquist708]

So on those hydraulic control valves, on the opposite end of the valve bank from where the control handle attaches, there will be a plastic or aluminum cap over the return spring… Which, per its name “returns“ the valve spool to center when you let go of the valve handle. Occasionally, water will get inside that cap, and then freeze. This ice prevents the spool from being able to move, one way or the other, or sometimes both. When you run some hydraulic oil through the valve, the warm oil will melt the ice and then the valve spool works normally. Might take a look at that.

[@moenaguib2947]

Exactly, this happens, and is one of many problems that mysteriously goes away when the mechanic shows up.

[@TACTICALNOMAD]

@CaseyLaDelle, HF is a Harry Ferguson Tractor. My cousin had one on his dairy farm when I was a lad. Great tractor. Harry invented The Harry Ferguson Hydraulic System, which led to the partnership with Massey Harris forming Massey-Harris-Ferguson Ltd., which is now known as Massey-Ferguson.

[@travisgamble8765]

When I worked for the local telecom, I was responsible for construction in rural areas on the network. I had the lower a 100 pair cable telephone wire as the town was putting a new culvert in where the cable was at the moment. They contacted the next town over for a backhoe to use and up showed a close copy of what was on your deck. The guy running it said it was from the mid-60s and started digging and we started to get the job done well. Not even slop on the pins in the bucket! However, cable exposed and literally on the last swing of his bucket he snagged the damn cable. Spilt it. Cut it right half at 6:00 at night and early November. No light. I had to set up my little tent, block off the little street, use my truck's headlights for work lights and grab my spice kit and spend over 3 hours patching that all back together. That sucked. But, I was impressed by that little old backhoe. I really wish I had one. It was a little rig that punched above its weight and the town nearby had had service from it for decades without any serious problems. Amazing what regular maintenance does for the longevity of equipment! If they don't want it Casey? I'd fix that thing. It's worth putting some money into as those little backhoes are handy as heck. They beat those little lightweight Chinese excavators that have been flooring the market lately. Although I don't know if the tractor working my job was a Harry Ferguson or was a Case with a Harry Ferguson backhoe kit attachment on it. Either way, for such a little machine, it did great work. I hope you don't have to scrap it. Please get it running and send it down the road or put it to work at your place. It'll always start in winter. I think there's even a spot on it to squirt ether in. Good video Casey! - Tash from Saskatchewan, Canada It was nice to see that again and brought back kind of crappy memory of just a little slip by the operator that cost me 3 hours of work but that was my job. It did everything it was supposed to do.

[@Flying0Dismount]

Gotta repaint it, cosmetically fix all the obviously broken bits, fill the tires up with foam or put the thing on some sort of stand so that the tires at least look like they are holding air and not flat and then *MAYBE* it could look good as a lawn ornament/mailbox pedestal, but if he keeps it looking as it is, it will definitely be gone sooner than later...

[@johnguilfoyle3073]

Second Driveway on the left, past the Yellow Tractor.

[@timothyball3144]

That is quite the backhoe boom with the *cylinder* mounted underneath and the arm *cylinder* running all the way back to the swing frame.

[@CaseyLaDelle]

The more you looked at that thing the more interesting ideas it had on it

[@kencotton4645]

I think that the backhoe is so huge people won’t even notice a mailbox attached to it. They will just think it is an abandoned piece of equipment left beside the road.

[@richpeggyfranks490]

Haha. My thoughts exactly. Thx.

[@TheGrizz1717]

The only person who needs to know is the mailman. I'm sure it will keep inattentive drivers and snowplow operators from running over the mailbox 📬

[@darrellschubert4394]

Check the laws on mail boxes.if a car hits this an someone is hurt. Law suit, the mailbox should brake a part, I would Knot do a tractor mail box.

[@MarkS61]

Depends on how you position it. Back it up to the road with the bucket extended and mount the mailbox on the bucket.

[@mrsstoopid8723]

Going to love it. Especially when you put Christmas lights on it.

[@loribeck7496]

I would love to see how this mailbox turns out!

[@criticalevent]

Well the snow plow is probably not going to knock down that mail box, I'll give him that.

[@AceHardware-vu9bz]

Thanks for letting us watch all your videos and tell the boss she did a great job in her video

[@makeitdofarm3076]

I vote that you will be back to pick up the tractor. Though it would be a great landmark for people trying to find their driveway.

[@imagseer]

Or a surprise magnet for anyone driving the dirt road less than fully awake 🙂

[@abeld.4008]

Sounds like the Husband is tired of having his Mailbox run over and the constant replacement.

[@judithburke1539]

Something on this backhoe needs to be waterproof. I know that he lives in a desert, but it snows there and may also rain.

[@albertamidlyndroadsandrails]

Mailbox tractor. Neat idea, however having that old unit running again would be top notch. I'm sure there is some history to that tractor and getting hear its story would be great.

[@denjhill]

With a little customization it'll be fine. My neighbor has a crawler tractor about the size of a D2 set up on a low pile of rocks. He added some large metal wings to make it look like it flies. He did a good job of placement and now everyone knows about the flying D2. I can see the BH customized the same.

[@joespooner3966]

Well now if you are ever going by this place in the future. You will have to give us updates of if it's still there 😂 and pictures if it is 😁

[@g_force3857]

18 degrees…. 34 where I am right now and I’m sitting on the beach having a beer watching the surf…. Oh yea, 34 degrees Celsius 😂😂😂😂😂 Freeze on mate

[@ryanthomas2472]

Too damn hot! I hope your beer is cold!

[@om617yota7]

​@@ryanthomas2472 No joke, I'll take 18F over 34C any day.

[@jeffcrocker5214]

Happy wife happy life,Mr Casey

[@MikeMarsden-ms6oz]

I Just want to say I have done towing and you learn Relly quick what not to do.

[@BFT88]

I can’t wait to see the return video when you pick it up again 😅

[@PaulGraves-e2r]

I wonder if this guy has heard the saying Happy Wife Happy Life? You may be back in a couple of weeks to do what the wife says.

[@johnperun232]

Casey, I'm waiting for the crash You stuff at times is so twisted and funny and almost unbelievable, Outstanding Video and for sharing your crazy Content Have a Great Day 👍 Hope the wife doesn't catch you

[@AMASSEY1000]

I predict, The county or state will view it as a hazard and it will have to be removed.

[@nofnzs5507]

As long as the mail is always safe! Compromise with the wife and let her decorate it for ALL THE HOLIDAYS!!!🙃

[@donaldcampbell5277]

Yard art with a purpose is better than scrap any day.

[@tomg6214]

The bucket will be perfect for Amazon!!!😂

[@_hotrod_]

For sure gonna be one cool 😎 mailbox! That husband is a LEGEND 😂

[@terri-w4d]

As long as the Bucket can be put in a fixed fully upright position with a second mailbox on top of it that says "air mail only" it should be good.

[@40sVintageYT]

EDIT: I take it back, pretty sure that's actually a Ferguson TO30 or TO35, probably mid-50s. Still aftermarket backhoe and front loader, though, and still probably worth more than scrap value to the antique tractor guys. That appears to be maybe a Ford 8N (see edit above) with both a backhoe (maybe built by Sherman?) and a front loader added to it. It didn't come from the factory that way; those would both be add-ons, either aftermarket or home made. If you do go back and pick it up because the husband has come to his senses, they can probably get more than scrap price from it by selling it. Plenty of Ford N-series tractor people out there who love oddities like this.

[@beaverc2884]

Old tractor as a mailbox, sweet idea. Will it stay, depends on how determined and resourceful the wife is. 🤔😁

[@markbell5918]

Trail mater placed 2×6s on the inside of the fenders so Henan drive over the fenders without damaging the fenders. It would be a cheap efective way to haul the track jeep.

[@munsters2]

I might be wrong, but I thought the Postal Service had specifications on what type of pole the mailbox should be mounted on.

[@IsambardKingdom]

Before reading the ID tag - Surely you recognise that is a Ferguson Tractor

[@patriot2164]

She looks like an Ole Massey Ferguson ! LOL just as I was Writing this you Said it

[@jimg8164]

It sounds like you need a dedicated trailer for the track jeep more than a backhoe mailbox! LOL! 😅

[@lonniet.2816]

I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE TRACTOR MAIL BOX. CERTAINLY CAN'T MISS IT!

[@brandonlink6568]

Now we wait to see who spoils his fun, his wife or the local postmaster

[@matgaragepaul]

Around here the tractor would become an "attractive nuisance" pretty quickly. A friend of mine lives on a busy street, and told me it can put something like out front for sale, and no one stops. But as soon as he puts a little decorative fence around it and some flowers (yard art), every weirdo within 100 miles stops to see if it's for sale. Years ago I knew someone else that had an acreage. There was a tractor 'in the trees' that people would not stop bugging them about. Ended up building a small one car garage to put in it so people couldn't see it. And it wasn't a valuable tractor either, just a common John Deere B in rough shape.

[@uhavemooface]

A mail box really? I don't see it yet but I will hopefully. I hope you show us the mailbox after its finished being built into one.

[@ukpete47]

Enjoy the trip to the tip😅

[@barneygirl9643]

A nice new yellow paint job, plant some flowers around it and you have the nicest mailbox in the county! 😎❤️✌️🇺🇸 Yes, you do need a dedicated trailer for the track Jeep, so that it could stay loaded up to go at anytime. Your rollback is necessary for your daily business and like you explained, too costly to use just to haul the track Jeep and loading or unloading it every time is a big hassle! Best of luck finding a trailer on Marketplace! Thanks for everything you do for our viewing pleasure! ❤️😎🇺🇸

[@ZootSuitCooter]

I thought YOU wanted the tractor, but wifey didn't. lol

[@michaelwpaulin4876]

You make that look easy, Casey…. Certainly a one of a kind mailbox … Should make it easy to give directions….

[@jamiesuejeffery]

Nice touch to gift wrap the current mailbox to keep the customer's privacy. Oh, and remember this adage, "A happy wife is a happy life." That backhoe will back on the truck before Christmas.

[@dyson9422]

A neighbor of mine had a Ford tractor in his drive way that was beautifully restored.

[@americanrambler4972]

Cool new mail box! Looks great. If a classic Ferrari was a backhoe, it would look like this. Perfect for the mailbox task. However, Wife wins!

[@matthewgoodchild6763]

What a beautifull old tractor!! I hope its owner does some preventative maintenance so at some point in the future it would be possible to fix it up,maybee cover the exhaust and carb,grease up the rams and put it on blocks to save on the tyres. But it aint mine so up to the owner!🤞,and he’s right its a beautifull mailbox!!🙏❤️

[@MikeSargent-dh9wx]

Stuck controls on the roll-back: any chance there is some water in your hydraulic fluid, freezing and causing it to jam up, until it melts?

[@andysmith8221]

I too thought it was your new mailbox! Couldn't get my head around how you thought you'd get away with it! Almost got to the end before realising it was some other, really brave, fella getting his wife the coolest mailbox in the state.

[@craigvanhousen559]

You'll be back to get it.

[@DavidJohnson-yd2jw]

You Know all mail boxes must be approved by the US Postal service. He might have a problem..

[@gaylonsteel]

Love your channel, especially the winter recovery's. And as you have sort of stated, a specialty trailer has its purpose and multi-use trailers/vehicles are definitely handy.

[@gaylonsteel]

Oops, you described use of dedicated trailer..

[@robertejohnsonii8508]

That old Ford backhoe would make an excellent mailbox stand. It would stop teenagers from vandalizing your mailbox.

[@andrewdillon7837]

Yep , MAGA signs would stay up longer,,,,😋

[@oliverohnemus5791]

Never underestimate or challenge the stupidity of the American teenager, they will figure a way if for no other reason than pure boredom. (Also why you should find a way to employ them in a productive manner)

[@OneStepHomestead]

The backhoe needs a bucket on the front and a sign saying mail/ packages.... and backhoe needs to look like it dug a hole and a sign that says bills

[@abeld.4008]

Wife will be mad at husband but will HATE Casey for being an accomplice.

[@drakcon650]

Casey I think I can speak for most of your subscribers when I say you are an entertaining kind respectful man . If there was an award for towing you win hands down

[@davidgates1122]

As it turns out, there are awards for towing. Ron Pratt recently received one at a towing trade show in Baltimore.

[@aaronveeser8925]

Yup... Back in a couple weeks...

[@chriscollingwood6650]

When it comes to putting TrackJeep onto your gooseneck trailer and the wheelcovers, would you be able to construct a fill-in ramp that matches the profile of the covers or is slightly higher and allowed you to drive over the wheel guardswithout damaging the them? You mentioned that you would be able to drive over some of the various trailers you have shown. If you make the in-fill removable you have the option of removing it in the summer.

[@cds9000]

My prediction: Everyone will surprisingly love it, until next summer when it fills with yellow jackets.

[@thomassmith8168]

Very nice 👌 on the controls

[@edwardhughes3240]

When she realizes that it makes deliveries so much easier, she'll appreciate it! Eddie

[@rythemzlatin]

A modified Bucket-into-Mailbox will be large enough for appliances ! The MRS. can be in charge of keeping an appropriate driver : SANTA , Reveler , Cupid , Leprecaun , de-hibernating bear , Easter Bunny , Graduate , Uncle Sam , Spooks , VET🇺🇸 , Turkey ( who did I miss ? ) . • Some fresh paint would likely help sway her .

[@robertutech1685]

Based on the fenders ,hood and rear axle flange, looks like a mid 50's Ford Tractor.

[@EatCarbs]

Not sure it's what I would want as a mailbox.. but that's cool 🤣🤣 I take it the action yard didn't work out for getting a trailer? Bummer. Hope you figure something out soon. Thanks for the video

[@michaelcauser474]

Please remember the old saying. We don't have problem, only challenges. Challenges always have a solution. And if the wife does get her way, there is a very good chance that the machine will end up in the collection of a certain recovery driver.

[@edadpops1709]

I think it will stay

[@danielcarney6193]

I think your next "toy"/ work vehicle you need, is a ramp truck for the track truck... A vintage one to match the Dodge or Willys. But that is just what I would buy.... so why I suggest it

[@ralphcooling7583]

Hello Casey you was saying you need a trailer for your track Jeep. Did you not buy way back a old slider bed can you not get some axles and fixed to that. Ralph in the UK

[@cribbsprojects]

This is a case of return business, Casey! Maybe a week, maybe 5 years... but evenutally that is going someplace else...

[@johnhelbig7110]

I spent my career in the tractor business and got to haul an occasional older backhoe. I first thought this was a Ford but then saw the grill and realized it was probably a late ‘50s or an early ‘60s Massey Ferguson. I’m guessing that is a Davis front loader and a Sherman backhoe attachment. Pretty great stuff back in the day!

[@rickcoleman8903]

In Missouri a mailbox that isn't a breakaway and causes injury if a person crashes into it you could be liable for injury.

[@judithburke1539]

Do you really mean that the victim has to pay for someone else's stupidity???? That's really stupid!

[@VincentReifenrath-h6h]

unique idea

[@jackwalsh1468]

I have found through the hard lessons of life. Consult and work with the wife/ significant other. "Happy Wife Happy Life" Rings true today as it will tomorrow. The Wife/significant other. Does keep score and never forgets, the day, date, year and time of any perceived offense. Always honor, respect and never disregard the wife/significant other's counsel. "I pity the fool" that does not regard sound counsel. . Drive on Casey!

[@geoffcowie8843]

You are lucky. Wife never really happy.

[@jackwalsh1468]

@@geoffcowie8843 I do feel very blessed with my wife.

[@jackwalsh1468]

@geoffcowie8843 My wife is a blessing for sure. I give her the credit for many good things in our relationship.

[@scottalpine]

I think she’ll dig it once it’s set up. It’ll look awesome.

[@northernspike7434]

Hydraulic filter or complete hydraulic fluid replacement time?

[@dougdean3134]

Will be back to place where she wants it!

[@noshsreqd]

Someone will come along and want to buy it to put it back to use.

[@GizmoKid]

Me too! I thought it was another for the Casey Collection. There is still time...

[@stevenjensen892]

for the fixture to side pull - ron pratt made his own - hard to describe but it has couple rollers that the winch rope/chain goes through - and he has couple pulleys with a few links of chain on it - the side puller and the links of chain go into the tie-down holes in the side of the bed - all depending on how you need to pull the load - maybe try and find one of his videos that he uses the flatbeb tow truck and needs to side pull something th see how he made his

[@trygvehaglund6519]

Methinks you'll be making another visit. (maybe) I can see a three part (mail / paper / large package) drop location created from the bucket. A question / thought: do the Collins dollies go wide enough to rig up through or under the tracks? Connecting to the wheel lift on the sneaker truck is the next trick..... Thank you for your honest and direct thoughts on the whole sponsorship program. Due to your integrity and long partnership, I bought an Ecoflow River unit to power the electric piano and audio equipment for the men's choir I'm part of so we don't have to hunt for outlets when we perform at senior housing locations. It works great! Keep up the good works that you do.

[@earlelfrink]

That is a purdy ole backhoe, I wish I had one like it for my mailbox.

[@gerardjohnson2106]

The "track jeep" needs a dedicated "ro-ro" drop deck trailer. Probably have to be a one-off build, but it would make the transport operation easier.

[@TheBest-ob1kj]

I think you'll be back!❤😂

[@Towtruck_Dustin]

I’ve had my levers freeze like that in the cold because of the hydraulics getting cold, so I started keeping a drop light over the valve body to keep it warm so it doesn’t gum up

[@goooch888]

Excellent mailbox post, Christmas around the corner, could really decorate that puppy up. 😊 New years, 4th of July, Halloween, and of course it becoming a very unique conversation piece. 😊

[@TheBest-ob1kj]

Wow! Good job.❤

[@seib6324]

I really like the idea. Butt, You know the old saying happy wife happy life. Ore you could just eat out a lot. LOL

[@JeffRichards-u8d]

I'm sure your wife loves when you go to the auction,lol

[@Toms4speed]

Well... just for the fun of it... I'm guessing you're going to be moving a shipping container full of the guys belongings. THEN coming back to haul off the tractor to scrap 😂. All jokes aside. Pretty cool idea. Functional yard art!

[@Niko-iw1sr]

Get a cheap flatbed trailer to keep the track jeep on full time and you can just tow it to jobs with the pickup truck.

[@avatarcowboy2435]

Casey - I would look into an 8ft wide bumper pull deckover trailer for the track jeep. Higher deck height than the lowest between-the-wheel wells type, but a good trade-off-imo. Sold my 7ft x 18ft carhauler trailer. I have an 8ft x14ft BP deckover dump trailer and a deckover GN flatbed and love 'em both! From a fellow Oregonian and huge fan.

[@shakes7333]

Words I live by being married......Id rather be wrong and happy then right and miserable 😊

[@larsharris]

I wonder if Postal inspector will approve. Plus insurance might object.

[@gizmofish57]

It sounds to me that you need a dedicated trailo..........ARG! Yep, you got it.

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

I for one love the idea of it!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

[@katreniaclark]

Casey, what happen to your goose neck trailer??? I kind of like it but it needs the front tires if a regular tractor and not truck tires in the front. I think you will be seeing it again.