Hi everyone,
It has been a LONG time since I have posted, but I have been REALLY busy the last couple of years. I graduated college, and my family and I finished our move to West Virginia in Nov 2015. I will share some pics in the sandbox when I snap some. I have been checking in from time to time, so I haven't completely disappeared.
Anyways, it seems that we moved into a patch of gremlins down here, as this happened to my 108:
This happened as a result of trying to take it somewhere I (in hindsight) shouldn't have:
And the 108 landed in here:
It snapped the left front spindle. Tire went flying off over the hill. We (Dad and I) had to use the come-along to get it out of the crick. It took about 4 hours to get it out. We let it sit overnight, and we came back the next morning and rigged up a way to get it home. Put a new battery in it (busted that too), checked everything over, engine spun over twice and fired right up.
You are probably wondering what I was doing up there? I was going after this:
Mostly Poplar, but still good firewood. I already replaced the spindle, and ordered a set of NOS tail lights for it. Now I just need to replace the fender pan. Seeing what this thing went through, I am definitely going to restore it now. Any other tractor would have been toast, but the fall didn't even phase this thing. Even my electrical system remained intact!
Charlie and Kraig, I apologize if this post is off topic and/or too long, but I just wanted to say hi to everyone, and let you all know what I've been up too. I will post some more pics in the sandbox, so we can stay on topic here. Thanks!