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    YELLOWSTONE PARK DANGER

    You may be thinking of an incident where a bison calf had been left sleeping on one side of the river and the herd moved across - the calf was lost and confused and a well-meaning but ill-informed visitor put it in his car and took it to the ranger station…the rangers tried to return it to the...
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    JD Model 70 resurrection

    Back at the ranch. Clutch dust cover fit with some persuasion. Glad to have the manuals to look at. Took the flywheel cover off and found a couple dead mice and a bunch of gunk packed in around the bottom of the connecting rod, so I cleaned that out, took the pin out of the yoke/shift...
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    JD Model 70 resurrection

    pictures, take two Thanks for the link/diagrams. I'm trying the pictures again. T&L
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    JD Model 70 resurrection

    Greetings! New members here, Thelma and Louise. We have a 1953 JD Model 70 that had been parked for quite a few years. We got it started yesterday, removed the old loader, and per our intro in the New Members post, we got it hooked it up to the mower, which was the object of the exercise...
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    Thelma and Louise - Newbies

    Success on the Model 70! Going to need some work, which we will post in the vintage tractor section, but thought I'd do a quick follow-up here since you were all so welcoming :) Removing the old loader took some time (her skidsteer has a bucket and forks, so the old loader is not essential)...
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    Thelma and Louise - Newbies

    My sister (Thelma) was recently widowed and is now responsible for a pretty big ranch with a bunch of equipment she either needs to get rid of (my vote) and get something built in this century, or get the old stuff running well enough to be able to use it (her vote.) mostly to drag a mower...
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