tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175895587229052204.post8904119806600002395..comments2023-06-13T06:04:22.697-04:00Comments on Bleecker Mountain Life: The Restoration of the Old Ferguson Tractor has Begun!Dave Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521055331641320893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175895587229052204.post-6262545075046467512016-01-18T12:18:50.240-05:002016-01-18T12:18:50.240-05:00I have many fond memories of Driving a '52 Fer...I have many fond memories of Driving a '52 Ferguson, my grandfather owned, which later went to my father. I first drove it at age 11 with my grandfather's guidance. By the age of 14, I was using it to drive through the swamp at full throttle in high gear, skidding logs with it. Deep snow cover helped smooth out the skidway by January. But, before it did I took a six inch chain hook to the back of the head when it got stretched and released going over a hummock. <br /><br />I caught a lot of crap from my uncle and not so much from my father, for using "road gear" in the swamp. I was unapologetic, though. 'Cause I would have caught a lot more crap from my father if I couldn't keep up with those two cutting... <br /><br />That incident was also the genesis for switching the exhaust to a vertical stack. The hummock tore the under the tractor exhaust right off. brigantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12209370917771947352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175895587229052204.post-36343711622712771392016-01-17T22:54:00.645-05:002016-01-17T22:54:00.645-05:00It was not was not built in Taiwan/China-- It can ...It was not was not built in Taiwan/China-- It can be repaired..Hudson River Boaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828106802395669814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175895587229052204.post-80842728111331653582016-01-17T22:40:23.512-05:002016-01-17T22:40:23.512-05:00I have access to a IH 440 That needs to be sold-- ...I have access to a IH 440 That needs to be sold-- I'm going to try to start her soon.. I have been told she ran 25 years ago and has been sitting in the barn..<br />I'm sure my parents had fun manufacturing me-- NOS-- Unavailable..<br />Hudson River Boaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828106802395669814noreply@blogger.com