Delivery to the Dealer
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Thanks! We are supposed to have good weather this weekend! Thank goodness for that because I want to get into the sandbox with my new Tonka! I hope I don't catch myself making tractor noises like when I was a kid! Worse yet, I hope nobody else catches me!! Good guys/gals to talk tractors with on this forum and a new tractor! Life doesn't get any better.
thcri
Elite Member
Nice rig there. I am sure you will have fun with it.
HOUNDSTOOTH
Silver Member
Hey Ducks! Very nice rig! I was wandering about your grade blade. What is that vertical pipe sticking up just behind the hitch? I have a very old blade. Don;t even know the brand. I was just curious to what that was.
Check back here Monday and let us know how it went!
Check back here Monday and let us know how it went!
HOUNDSTOOTH
Silver Member
Ahh Ha! That makes good sense. It's a whole lot better than the 5 gal bucket I use! hahaha
Yes, the pipe on the Woods blade is a kickstand! Good analogy. I just now came back from "Cloud 9" and am able to report back. Work was never so fun. It was too muddy to get out in the pastures, so I practiced adding more gravel to the roads with the bucket and blading them down. Man I wish I had that when I was a kid! Filling ruts, holes, and grading down the "high-center" of the road was a snap! That Woods RB72 is ideal and tough as nails. I also installed 2-toolboxes and a chain box plus a rear light for the 3-point night work. Glad I paid attention to Inman's warning about placing a big toolbox on the ROPS. I couldn't have seen anything in the back had I done that.
I also "practiced" dumping the bucket when I wanted to dig and visa-versa! How many times did I try and shift gears with the FEL joy stick! I had a Camaro with a 5-speed a long time ago and habits are hard to break. How many loads of gravel did I dump shifting into what I thought was 5th I'll never tell!! By the way, the FEL joystick is now a very durable steel mechanism. I think I read where some of the old style were breaking easily. I don't see this breaking.
I'll provide pictures tonight or tomorrow!
Pete
I also "practiced" dumping the bucket when I wanted to dig and visa-versa! How many times did I try and shift gears with the FEL joy stick! I had a Camaro with a 5-speed a long time ago and habits are hard to break. How many loads of gravel did I dump shifting into what I thought was 5th I'll never tell!! By the way, the FEL joystick is now a very durable steel mechanism. I think I read where some of the old style were breaking easily. I don't see this breaking.
I'll provide pictures tonight or tomorrow!
Pete
SOS
Silver Member
Pretty new tractor. Take lots of pictures while its clean
I have an "A" too and the shifting has been no problem... Don't let those old guys using the automatics worry you about it. You can always upgrade when you're too old to remember what gear to put it in.
I have an "A" too and the shifting has been no problem... Don't let those old guys using the automatics worry you about it. You can always upgrade when you're too old to remember what gear to put it in.
