Today's video involves several things....first a bit of history, secondly a bit about load securement for my own use, third... we list some of but not all of the differences between the 44 Special and a normal 44, fourth... a bit of input from the Missus as the tractor is unbuckled and unloaded and fifth... a little talk about valve guides and oil burning.
Now I am not a person that claims to know everything about anything except getting in hot water with the Missus. THAT is one thing I can write a book or three about. But I DO know a mattering of facts concerning my favorite brand (MasseyHarris)...but admittedly if you take that bit of information to the corner burger stand, it'll still cost full amount for a cup of coffee. The only people interested in the information about Masseys contained in the confines of the gray matter within my thickened cranium's cavity are already in command of the majority of the same information !! Everyone else doesn't really care or they are John Deere owners.....jus' sayin'.
Not throwing shade guys....we love all tractors...its just that red ones are better !!
There certainly are more differences than came to mind while walking around the old machine, but for some reason, these are just the main things that managed to make it through the jumbled maze of thoughts. The Missus manages to surprise me with a couple unexpected questions that I really did not have an answer for...like....do they still make a 'row crop' tractor like these...?? For the record, the term has morphed into something different than what it was when I was a youngster bouncing across the fields on the little 101 Junior or pulling silage wagons with one of our old 44's in road gear down the road to the silage blower. Back then we called all narrow front ends a 'row crop' or 'tricycle' and wide front ends were just called 'standard' tread. Of course that probably varied from locality to locality and your terminology might have been different. We never even saw a single front wheel machine...ever !!
Watching the video you may notice a couple apparent problems not introduced. They actually were, but in the interest of keeping the video as short as possible I edited a tremendous amount out....And admittedly it is still too darn long. So for that I don't apologize but I DID shorten it a good bit. Those edited portions will be covered in future videos as this machine is brought back up to snuff and ready to work. #Masseyharris, #coldstart, #tractor