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Whoever invented these fkn press in grease zerks can definitely take the manufacturers who use them and go POUND SAND..😡
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Well.. I'll be a monkeys uncle 🤩😎
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Shit spreader 🤌
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Canola seed delivered. The system works😎
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This tractor was my grandpa's... I should probably pull it outta the Bush someday before a big fkn tree falls on it🤔
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She's a beaut! 😎
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This is pretty damn nice..... @TSmith1867
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Fuk..... really!? That was not what I was expecting to see on the internet today..🫤
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AC's not working worth a shit today... Hot and muggy😑
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🧐 Guys... They're getting smarter 😬
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Be like these cows. Ungovernable.
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Don't spend 4 hrs trying to save a $50 part.. cut the bitch off and get after it👍
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2 years
My dad passed away a few days ago, not unexpectedly. The last 6 months have been tough. This will hold his ashes, my bother loved woodworking, he'll build a wooden box this will nest into. May he guide us through the next growing season from above 🙏
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😳 oh?
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There you have it. It's alive! 1930 Dodge Brothers truck.👌
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10 months
Now, there's a handy tool.👌
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Little run-through on my visible combustion educational engine. This time, it was running on 2 stroke mix, just because it was handy, but it will run on almost anything flammable, from grain alcohol to paint thinner and acetone.. it's fkn awesome, idc what you think😁
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Lil project I got going on for grandmas golf cart. ⛳️ 👍
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4 years
Fucking EH! Just got out of the registry, the VIN of my #RatRod is a good number. And got a request for CVIP. Now, find a shop to give me the stamp of approval, and I'll be hopefully enjoying this project after a 11 year build, legally on the road 🤩🤩
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Make sure you clip your buckets on guys... A neighbor. This guy walked away... barely.
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I think I could drive it 4 miles home... Hopefully next summer when it warms up a bit.. Should probably fill the engine to the very top with atf now and let it sit like that for a few months 🤔 As it sits, it's complete and not seized, so that's promising
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Well well well... local hutterite colony got a laser welder 😳 And, yes, it's just as cool as it sounds.👌
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Pretty nice inside the valve cover, this is 1995 cummins C8.3 This is uncleaned as I lifted it off the engine. Just over 7000 hrs.
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2 years
Happy place. This guy is 5th generation on this land, and 4th generation touching theis steering wheel. 😍
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Come with me, Mickey 😏
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Every once in a while, a guy can get lucky! My local little old-school truck repair shop, owner goes deep into the back parts room, comes out 3 minutes later holding a brand new old stock exact replacement 😀 👌 Then, he tells me to take it home and test it before paying.
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Been too long since I took my junk for a little ride to town.. 😎
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Elizabeth May... Trudeau foundation. 🙄
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2 years
What in God's name is this sticker telling me to do!? 😂
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Oh.. look what showed up at the auction site..🤔🤌
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She idles! 🤩👌
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Check this out. 😎
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2 years
I'd really like to get side glass put in for this summer.. Outta the quonset into the shop!
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I don't know the family of the people buried here in the early 20's but it's a grave yard at the highway where my turn off is, someone knocked the thing down with a sled in the winter years ago... bothered me every time I drove by... Fixed that. RIP.
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Ummmm .. I did a thing ... again 😏
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Never seen anything like it.. i love it👌
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To be fair I don’t like it or dislike it……
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How long do I delay the inevitable.... 🤔
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Even an old wore out jalopy of a grader is fun to have on the farm 😎👌
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It's that time of year folks. Everyone that lives on the farm be extra careful out and about doing stuff in the yard. 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
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I feel the need to bring this old girl home someday....🤔
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Gonna get this guy going again too🙂
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How stupid are we as a society, to not be allowed to use a vented Jerry can..😡
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Grandpa's old W6. Very nice running and starting engine design. If you have an old Farmall of this vintage, you already know this🤌
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I'm gettin the hang of it! 😎
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Wtf is this!?😳
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Made a little noise... now it won't start..🤔
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We lovingly refeer to this truck as ole smokey.. yea, smokes when it's cold, but clears nicely, it ALWAYS starts. International mechanical 466 diesel. It's amazing how they could go from producing such a great engine to making the new version electronic... and it being so horrid
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Wife got me a new shirt.. 😂😑👌
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11 months
I hate faceless corporations.
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10 months
Good times were had today.😎
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7 months
Honest to God first start up of the season.. gott love the mechanical 12 valve and a VE pump.. I think it barely made 1 revolution before it popped off 🤌
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Been sitting for about 10+ years.. Think it needs anything more than a battery to drive it out?? 😏 We're gonna find out! 😎
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2 years
That looks like fun! Cat 16 speed automatic transmission 🤔 Ritchie Brothers.
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That was neat.
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Old school saw mill action. 😏
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Weeks of preventative maintenance... first 20 min working, and this is the thanks I get!? 🥴
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Looks half decent with a fresh coat of linseed oil...🤷‍♂️
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*calls mom's landline. ... Hey! Glad you picked up! 😊
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Coolness😎
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Rainin... 🌧
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1 year
$1.5 million I was expecting to see a fridge under the buddy seat.. but, alas..😔
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I just spent like an hour looking for this lil fkkr I dropped from the top and didn't hear hit the ground.😬🤦‍♂️
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2 years
Well.. There you go👌
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I don't even bother with intermediate steps anymore 🫤
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5 months
A little further in the bush and I found the plow.. now, I wonder if these two pieces of equipment were together since the beginning 🤔 Now, I think I gotta pull the plow out too 🥴
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These fkn plants.... been living here for about 10 years, never saw one, then about 3 years ago, 1. I took it down before it went to seed and incinerated it. Now there's like 3 that I've found..🤨
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Don't have time to play with the TIG very often.. but when I do it comes out pretty nice, dunno if it's strong, but it looks pretty😅
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Boys! -30 and she fired right up! I guess I get to haul grains today😬💰
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Not bad for a mechanic eh!? 😁 Winged the entire project, breaks down and build up with no tools required. .. it's a lemonade stand.. 😋 👌
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3 years
Fairbanks Morse 15 hp vintage grain elevator engine start up.
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1930 dodge brothers Got the dash all put back together (except ign switch) freed up all the push pull cables (all siezed) first try after sitting a few days.. fired right up! The old girl wants another go at life! 👌
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Hello zippy! 😎
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Well over 6 tons of stone. About 12 hrs. 1 dude. Looks nice.👌 It's kit from Dad had bought it at auction close to 10 years ago, maybe. I'm so stoked there were no missing pieces! 😂
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Get some red electrical tape, put a marker where your splices exist, you'll thank me later👍
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8 months
$700 for 28' of this door seal for a '95 Freightliner FL80 through the dealership..🥴🙄
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Would somebody go ask their grandpa or dad what they'd do to preserve these wheels!? I want to immerse in linseed oil for a week...? Tell me how to not ruin wheels that are almost a century old..😬
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Merry Christmas folks. 🎅
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Welp..sounds like they're really doing it..🤨 You won't own your new tractor, oh, you'll pay for it that's for sure. But, say you need to use your PTO, just pay a monthly fee and they'll unlock it for you.. I'm keeping my old junk as long as I possibly can.🖕😠
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Little visit to our local hutterite colony metal shop, they didn't want to pay $27 a foot for square stainless tubing... so, they're just making their own😏
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The highs and lows one can experience when taking on a project like this are amazing 😁👍 Pulled from the bush where it was sitting for at least 50.. 60.. maybe 70 years or more.
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And, once you get to your glamping destination, simply plug into the nearest current bush for a free recharge!! #natureisawesome
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Cybertruck towing a large travel trailer like it's nothing.
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Engineered perfectly to last only as long as warranty is offered. 👌 But fuck you if you would like a plastic straw or grocery bag..😡
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Thanks @generalelectric bought this deep freezer 2 years ago, used 20 months and the compressor is already shot. #throwawaysociety
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Took the ole service truck out, restocked, organized, and limbered up for the harvest season 👌
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Ohh fak!! This is the funniest thing I've ever heard🤣👍 Parade ready😁
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K This thing is waay heavier than i thought.....😳 And bigger. And the damn tree won't let go either..
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That was grandpa's grain moisture tester, went together with a few other farmers nearby, and purchased it collectively. I ended up with it in the end, and now I proudly display it, top shelf! (It only quit working a few years ago too)👌
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About time to get this old cow running..😎
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You don't know how nice a good compressor is till you don't have one.👌
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Couldn't help myself... I fired it up once more before bedtime .. She got momentum in the second video freewheeling for a couple minutes in shutdown with the exhaust valve held open... Sweet dreams 😴 ✨️
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This jukebox came straight outta a biker bar! Seriously. 😁😎🤌 Needs a bit of work on the sound, but other than that, I'm fkn stoked. Goes good with the pinballs. .. and now I need to build a man cave.. r whatever it's called these days..😅
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Ahhhhh shit...😮‍💨 5 stitches. Don't use a pipe wrench as a hammer and a Cresent wrench as a punch.🤦‍♂️
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"We shut er down as soon as it started making noise" 😂
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It hurt my head to design...🤦‍♂️ .. but it appears to be functional 🤞
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Tell me about this machine! Dad bid against a scrapper to win it at auction over 10 years ago. The previous owner found all the missing pieces to make it complete and original. I'm bringing it to our local tractor show this weekend. @Waterloo_Boy @GleanerCombines
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Tractor show is coming up....
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9 months
Boomers that pull out in front of loaded semi's then take 2 miles to get their Buick up to highway speed....🙄
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I think once I get it dialed in, it will get the job done👍
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