Metal Master: November 2005

Beautiful farm

I went to a "Breakfast on the Farm" on

Saturday with some friends ... and to an

antique tractor show with them on Sunday.

I have so much to do inside & outside that

I nearly had myself talked out of taking

the time for fun!

"Breakfast on the Farm" was on a

fourth generation farm (since 1894) near

Aurora, WI. There was the grand

breakfast, a petting zoo, a yarn-spinning

demo (with their own Angora rabbits &

llamas ... and an antique tractor expo.

It was so great to go to the barn and

breathe in that nostalgic scent ... I really

miss that!

Big crowd for the breakfast

This is a John Deere 720; mine is a

730 ...

More Tractors

The shuttle "bus"

Petting zoo

Ben admiring the Angora bun-bun

Ben watching the spinning of the llama wool

into yarn

Some of the llamas

On Sunday, I had a choice to make ... so, I missed

the classic/antique car show in Iron Rivr ... went

with Ben & Larraine to Eagle River, WI to an antique

tractor/steam engine show. (There was an air show

in Eagle River, too)

The guy was there who owned the J.D.

720 ... and he answered some of our questions

on getting my 730 going again ... I hope this

works!

SOME OF THE CUTE LITTLE STEAM ENGINES.

I've been doing nothing except fixing and painting my house lately; I haven't even ordered my parts yet. I did order the official parts book for my John Deere 730. If I don't hurry, it will be to cold for them to work on my tractor ...

NOW, my loggers-sometimes-mechanics have gotten bitten by the tractor bug, and have been buying lots of tractor "projects" of their own.

The latest one is a mystery and they want me to find out about it. It is supposed to be a COCKSHUT ... but, has no brand name on it ... just a big "300" on the radiator. Over the years, different companies made the Cockshutt, Oliver, and Co-op tractors ... so far, we haven't found out where to look for the serial number.