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Our chickens finally arrived, and they are super funny. We are really enjoying having them around. 26 total: Buff orphingtons, Speckled Sussex, Cuckoo Maran, Red-laced blue Wynadottes, Aracaunas, and the exotic Partridge Cochin who has fluffy legs – who we think is one of the roosters already but it’s hard to tell.   Garden is inContinue reading “Chickens & Fords”

Picked up a good project, 1972 Ford 2000 Gas model. It needs TLC – mostly an engine rebuild. A lot newer with some good HP will make this model a great mini-farm/homestead utility tractor that can really do some work. Not pictured – the pile of parts it came with, nothing missing, which is great.Continue reading “1972 Ford 2000”

The Ford Ferguson 2N sold & found a new home, and we are moving on to the next project: Ford 4000 LD Industrial.  

We met up with Reliable Aftermarket parts at the farm machinery show and they gave us a great shout out on their Facebook, you can visit them at their website and their parts are also on Ebay. Thanks Reliable! Reliable Aftermarket Parts These are the tractors which we used Reliable parts in. Fuel tanks, steeringContinue reading “Farm Machinery Show”

For Sale: Ford 2N 1945 – $4000 OBO All new/Updated Seat cover – Ford Licensed Aftermarket Frame up paint job –  professionally painted for long lasting shine Carb Warning Decals Pipes Exhaust Brakes Chrome Gages & Checked and Rewired Electrical Front emblem – Ford Licensed Aftermarket Air Cleaner/Filter Fuel Tank – Brand New – notContinue reading “Ford 2n 1945”

Before and after progress pics on the 2N –  completed photos to come soon   For 2N restoration, the trend is to use the historical paint scheme, add ford blue elements and chrome out whatever you feel like. So we stayed historical, and added the chrome gages and some pipes.  It was previously painted asContinue reading “Ford 2N 1945 update”

It has been a busy couple of months. First, we put a huge wrap around porch on our home with the help of my father. It looks fantastic, and now we are just waiting on the wood to completely dry out before coating the old and  new porch with deckover paint, which is 10x strongerContinue reading “Improvements”

So we’ve planned to put a new front screened porch on the house, wrapping it around to the current front door. Just screen on the porch portion that comes from our bedroom though. Clay has it pretty cleared out, just need to move some front landscaping still. Used pavers to make a temporary path forContinue reading “Preparing for the new porch”

Have been working hard on getting the 404 ready for sale, have been doing the fun parts – painting and details some in process pics – restored original IH logo for front of tractor       Found some logos that originally go on a IH 340 for the Utility 404 on Ebay for $40Continue reading “IH 404 Utility Restore”