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[WrenchinOnIt]

Well I keep blades on two of my 23's and single stage blower handy if needed, also a bolster busting 2stage and my nicest 23 ( came together) as worse case senario back up. We like a lot of others have been getting friggin pounded with snow so off with the blade and on with the caster at the in-laws to tackle last weeks'( or the week before, or week before or , yea all starting to run together) snow storms, blitzed through it like Grant took Richmond and I'm off to my house and my 450' drive, no problem snow removed time to take it back over to the in-laws, turn the corner onto the state highway and its starts to cough, weeze , spit, sputter and then..... down goes Frazier , uh oh , main road lot a snow no wide berm its snow packed ,me & the 23 sitting ducks, as Ralphie would say " oh fuuuudge" I won't give the details of the one man comedy act 2 tractors and the near you gotta be shi#ing me episode that followed, anyways got it back to my place, blew a head gasket, carb FOS, ( where the hell did this crap come from). De- carboned , flushed the tank, new fuel pump, filter and lines , carb cleaned and a kit in it. 1200 hr tractor still popping 120 pleased as can be, it's now ready for another 1200 😊. PS two 👍 on the rubber tire chains

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[HANKG]

Damn son, had your hands full glad it all worked out and your not a smudge in all that white snow

[blackjackjakexxix]

Think you have told the whole story,sure made me laugh,good to see it up and running

[gardentractornut]

Glad you got 'er up and running again! I know all about breakdowns, I had my share of them this year...

[MH81]

Got the WH Stuck sideways to the road with the blower hooked in a drift and the tail on a big ice patch sticking out there saying Please Hit Me.

Never prayed for the plow not to come thru before..

 

I know the feeling

[Husky]

Glad you got it up and running 120psi is great.

[Rock farmer]

All and all I'd say you got lucky!
My luck it would have been worse. Much worse!
It took Grant like six months to get into Richmond! Talk about a stand off!
Maybe you were thinking of Sherman's March to the sea?

My guess would be that all that stuff in the fuel system came from the portable tanks you used to fill the tank?

Joe

[WrenchinOnIt]

All and all I'd say you got lucky!
My luck it would have been worse. Much worse!
It took Grant like six months to get into Richmond! Talk about a stand off!
Maybe you were thinking of Sherman's March to the sea?
My guess would be that all that stuff in the fuel system came from the portable tanks you used to fill the tank?
Joe

Thanks for history lesson and correction all these years I've been told that,turns out what they really meant was I took to long! Have a large fill tank w/filter ,switched over and run ethanol free 90 octane, I'm thinking good gas shocked it's system , tractor relatively new to me and it had enough mechanical woes I just never got around to the fuel system.

[case442]

Never fails, winter brings all the punches out. Glad you got it up and running. Sounds like you have a stash of spare parts on hand.

[WrenchinOnIt]

All right! -10 degrees this morning ,six plus inches of white stuff blown into two foot + drifts, time to see if I cured that 23's ills. Now it's been 16 years since we built the house and days like today make me wonder what I was thinking when I thought 450' of driveway was a good idea , couple that with I have a like new soft cab in storage and not on a tractor where it should be! that white crap is cold blowing back in ones face as you hit the drifts "naked to the elements".Yea I know ,when you're dumb you suffer.. Okay the 23 ran like a race horse, no bit#hing about the cold, hit the drifts and went thru them like "Shermans'march.. hey wait I'm not using that. I was born below the M-D line (original) plus mom's sides all from Southeast Kentucky. Let's say it did as Frank sang ".. ate it up and spit it out!" all's good, course this winter wonderland crap can be over, seen enough.

[Rock farmer]

"like new soft cab in storage"
I got You beat! I have a cozy cab in the snow bank out back.

Joe

[LPBolens]

"like new soft cab in storage"
I got You beat! I have a cozy cab in the snow bank out back.

Joe

So true and I am sure you are not the only one!

[case442]

Great to hear you got her up and running. It was a little cold out.

[blackjackjakexxix]

Really feel for you guys up there,was 68 down here today and going to 74 tomorrow,already thinking of making a reservation for here next year

[Rock farmer]

Really feel for you guys up there,was 68 down here today and going to 74 tomorrow,already thinking of making a reservation for here next year

I think we're talking about outside temperatures!