And Then There Were Three

[jay bee 913]

Well,,,,, a couple weeks ago while cruising CL for no particular reason other than nothing else to do at the time, I came across an intriguing ad for a C-145.  I really wasn't in the market for another tractor, but the pictures just drew me in and the owner said he would like to barter something in trade for the tractor.  Sooo, I gave him a call and asked him what he had in mind for a trade.  His answer was "what have you got?"  Well, that leaves everything wide open!  We tossed a couple ideas back and forth but what he was looking for I didn't have and what I had he wasn't looking for.

 

So I asked him if he would just sell it outright.  "yeh, probably" was his reply.  So I said "what are you thinking?"  And he said "I don't know, what are you thinking?"  Well, now the door is wide open, and I walked through with a very good (for me) offer.  He replied "yeh, that sounds about right".

 

Well, how quick can I get there before he finds someone to trade something with or changes his mind on just selling it to me for what I was offering?  Answer:  QUICK...QUICK...QUICK!!!

 

Got it home.  Answered a few questions like "what were you thinking?"  Figured out it is a 1983, but someone must have blown the engine at about 611 hours because that is when most of the wiring was cut and a 1972 14 Horse

replaced the original motor, hence the electric clutch PTO.  The wiring is really screwed up and everything is hot-wired right now, but that gives me something to lay awake at night thinking about. 

 

The tractor was doing grooming duty on a small Quad track behind the owners house.  He said nothing could stop it.  I don't know what the plow is off of and I put a post in the "Implement Forum" trying to see if anyone can recognize what it could have come from.  I do know he didn't do any damage to the tractor or the plow by retrofitting it on the C-145.  So I got the plow off, got the duels off and took a few pictures. 

 

The lineup is the '76 B-100 that I bought new, '78 C-161 that found me a couple years ago and the '83 C-145 that just found a new home.

 

The last photo is when they all went to be in there new home together.  There is a fourth WH in that photo (lower right with the tractor facing the opposite way of the other three), that is my son's '80 C-125 that I get to store and take care of.  And then in the background is my other vice, a 1962 Chevy 1/2 ton Streetmachine.

 

Life is Good!!!    Sometimes

 

Jim

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JAinVA 4,636]

Looks like you got another keeper.Small window Chevy ain't bad either.JimAnderson

[JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,498]

I like the big red BUD sign to.

 

Glenn

[JimD 3,347]

All kinds of fun looking stuff in your shop. Dandy Chevy too!!

 

[roadapples 6,983]

Nice herd, nice truck, and isn`t that bud sign a hood ?

[jay bee 913]

18 hours ago, roadapples said:

Nice herd, nice truck, and isn`t that bud sign a hood ?

Why, yes it is!!  Go Dale Jr...

[Tankman 3,523]

Love your new Horse! Hate those FRP fenders though.

 

What brand plow? Looks quite beefy! 

[jay bee 913]

Thanks Tankman for the post.  I'm assuming FRP is Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic and if that is the case, I hate them too.  If not, fill me in.  I am trying to find out some information on the plow.  I've posted in the Implements Forum, with several pictures, hoping someone can identify what type of tractor it came off of but so, far not a lot of luck.  It is a very beefy plow.  Take a look at the post "Need help identifying this plow".  Maybe you will notice something about it that will help tell what it was designed to fit.

Thanks again for the reply

 

Jim