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    My 83rd Birthday

    By God's grace I am celebrating my 83rd Birthday. I have been blessed with many friends along this journey.
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    You already know this, but….

    After reading these post on how expensive new cars and pickups are, I have come to the conclusion at my age (82) years young that I will just keep my 1998 long wheel base crew cab 3500 SWR pickup with just 42,000 original miles until I no longer need a pickup. Found a couple of pics of my 98 chev.
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    Your towing rigs and trailers

    1 of my tow pickups. I don't use it much for towing. It is a 1998 1 ton single rear wheel Chev. It has 44,000 original miles on it. Tow mostly with my 2007 3/4 ton GMC
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    My 81st Birthday

    By God's grace I am celebrating my 81st Birthday. I have been blessed with many friends along this journey.
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    8050 Branson Tractor 3 point lift will not go.

    Was preparing to sharpen the blades on my Titan 8' mower. Tractor had been left overnight in my shop. I started the tractor to raise the deck with the 3 point but it will not even try to come up. Hydraulic oil is at the proper level and the electric fuse is good. No codes. I removed the mower...
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    Won't buy another chevy truck (kind of a rant)

    I have a 2007 GMC 3/4 4x4 that I bought new. I tow with it most ever day. It has 160,000 miles on it and still has the original brakes pads and rotors. They pads still look good with no groves in the rotors. I have been well pleased with the truck. One of my trailers.
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    My Roper Tractor is now completed

    This has been a year long project. I completely disassembled the tractor, sandblasted all of the parts, powder-coated the frame, axle, brackets and all other parts that I could. All of the sheet metal parts were painted and clear-coated. Before the work was started. After it was completed...
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    Honda self propelled mowe will not stay running,

    Its a 6 hp engine. I have removed the carburetor and cleaned it 2 different times. It gets spark, fuel to the carb. I can start it by full choke And squirting gas into the carb. Stop squirting gas in to it and it will stop running. I removed that carb, install a new one, same problem. I then...
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    Getting long in the tooth

    It is a great blessing for me to be celebrating my 80th Birthday. God is good to me and blessed me with a great family and countless friends.
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    My Roper Garden Tractor

    I have just about completed my complete refurbishing of my 1975 Roper Garden Tractor. It now has an electric 3 point hitch. Before After
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    Equipment shed.

    Update Building my workbench in my new shed.
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    Getting long in the tooth

    Well, today I have been blessed with another Birthday. My 79th. It has been a blessed trip.
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    Equipment shed.

    Update Building Shelves in my new shed. This shelve is 4' x 50' These brackets will be installed as Cantilevers 3'or 4' above the shelve for storing sheet metal.
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    Equipment shed.

    Up Date on my project Electrical This section has the control circuits for the 2 overhead door openers. Circuit to the container for 1 8' LED light and 1 plug. The rest of the pictures are of lights and plugs.
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    You know it is cold on the farm when...

    Winter in Amarillo Tx. 2009 My wife says we need to get indoor plumbing.
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