Keystone State Thread

Actually saw one of those for sale in Ohio a few years back. Prior to that I never knew Ford made a tractor.

 

Just the beginning .... tomorrow is the tell all.....

 

It’s actually light and fluffy at the moment. Looks like it’s going to get heavier. I won’t blow till the am and see where it takes me.

 

Well, there is me which is more than I should be per my doctor...
I do have a set of OEM wheel weights that I should pull off another tractor, the do make a big difference. My biggest problem has always been that the driveway in not only on a hill but a slope to the side as well. Sometimes you follow the slope no matter what way the wheels are pointed.

 

Jacobsen built the Ford Garden tractors from the 1960's to somewhere in the early 1980's. These are a fabulously "handy" machine to use, the hydro control is under your right foot, toe for forward, heel for reverse.

 

So being that they were built by Jacobsen, we’re they actually affiliated or endorsed by Ford motor company or was the name Ford just the name given to that model by Jacobsen?
I learn so much on this forum.

 

Sounds a bit dicey especially when ice gets involved... slow and steady. Play safely!

 

I have had parked vehicles slide down the driveway when there is a lot of ice. Most of our heat comes from a (really old) coal burning stove, the ashes keep the driveway pretty good.

I have lived here 27 years and fought with this damn hill all that time, if I ever buy another place you can be sure it will have a flat driveway!

Edit: All of our heat -- the elderly oil furnace packed it in for good this year -- you would think something an substantial as a furnace would last longer than 50 years... It runs sweetly, just smells like a diesel engine blowing out the vents. Naturally I had just filled the tank.

 

I like help clear out my grandmothers stone driveway. Probably 150 yards or so. gradual incline twists and turns.... and sorry to hear about the furnace.

 

Ford contracted with Jacobsen to build their garden tractor line, they were sold and serviced through Ford tractor dealers. Just good business really, why engineer and build a garden tractor when you can pay someone (Jacobsen in this case) who already did all the work and builds high quality tractors.

Now the farmer who purchased a Ford farm tractor can mow with a Ford too. They were even styled to look similar to the Ford farm tractors.

Jacobesen also built garden tractors for Minneapolis Moline, Oliver and White.

 

It did it's time, 50 years in a miserable damp basement.

Truly kind of sad to see it go, that furnace and I spent a lot of quality time together in the early years here. I ended up doing a lot of reading and studying -- learned something about oil burners. That was back in the pre-internet days when you had to go to the library to learn things.

The old oil burners were pretty easy to fix once you understood how they worked, the repair parts were cheap and stocked at any small hardware store. So whatever goes down there probably won't last any 50 years (but neither will I ) and I'm willing to bet that it will be a lot more complex = $$$ to fix.

 

Only about 3” or so here in Southampton.
It’s still coming down though.

 

Yeah. That’s why I got the blower up and running yesterday.

 

Good morning fellow Pennsyltuckyvanians!! We've got 2 to inches of light powdery snow at this point. In the zone for 12 to 18 before it ends tomorrow. I'll head out at first light to plow and shovel for the first time. We have a fairly big are in front of the house - 3 garage bays - and then the driveway is another 700 ft with 2 curves and a nice downhill drop to the road. It can be a luge run if we get ice.

I have an old 2004 Yamaha Kodiak 450 with a blade and then my Cub Cadet Challenger 750 that has a full cab, heater and power angle blade that I got 3 winters ago. The Kodiak stays up here in the garage all year and the Cub is down in the garage attached to the barn. The way the house is situated, I need to shovel some in front of the garage to keep from having to plow snow up against the front of the house. Then I I'll either use the Yama ho plow my way down or walk down to get the Challenger. I much prefer the heated cab and power blade to hanging my ass out on the Yamaha.





Stay safe and warm out there.

 

hmmmmm....that Kodiak looks familiar...

 

Still running like a champ.

 

Woke up to about 6" if I judge by my dog's legs. I don't think they touched township roads overnight.

 

A little over six of the global warming goodness atween Allentown and Bethlehem. Sleet snow mix but doesn't pack easily. Occasional gusts is blowing it off the roofs. Be safe out there it is a little icy underneath.

 

I hear ice bouncing off my windows which woke me up :-/