quikduk
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Post by quikduk on Feb 8, 2008 16:20:08 GMT -5
Hi all. I am having to re-write my posts due to the recent CTOCF explosion as are most of you. I saved them all but I have found that I can digress a bit. Rob has even referred to me as being able to “talk the legs off a herd of caterpillars”. I don’t really talk too fast, you all just listen too slow. I do tend to fuel up on chocolate covered espresso beans and coffee FWIW. Anyways, a bit about me and the 354 Jinma. I grew up in Hawaii, moved to SoCal in the 80’s, went to college here, got married here and now live here. Re: the Jinma, I picked up a new Jinma 354 from Keno Tractors in August of ’06 to help out with projects and maintenance on our 2-1/2 acre parcel. It isn’t large by most members here but it is still a lot of work. The folks at Keno Tractors were great to deal with and made the purchase painless. Big kudos to Eric, Amy, Mitch and Tom. I opted for the assembled route as Keno Tractors changed all of the fluids out to USA spec. and adjusted/tightened everything else. For those who don’t know where I am talking about, Keno is in Oregon, about 2-1/2 hours north of Redding, CA. We purchased from them for a variety of reasons, sales tax being one and knowledge and friendliness being another. My wife has relatives in Redding and grew up there so we turned the trip into an end of summer family vacation. At the time I didn’t know anything about these tractors and only had a cursory amount of knowledge gleaned from some internet sites and forums. Additionally, I purchased a 9" Leinbach PTO post hole digger, a 6' box scraper and a 5' bush hog type brush mower and I have since added a Jinma ‘Clone’ Chipper. I also was looking forward to adding full rear hydraulics, some mirrors, pressure gauges etc. and have accomplished many of those mods so I will re-post them in a while.
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Post by baknblack on Feb 8, 2008 17:16:12 GMT -5
Hi all. I am having to re-write my posts due to the recent CTOCF explosion I didn't get kicked off the board but, left last year sometime. I knew when I left that, the board was going to implode sooner or later. Having to re-write my post because they didn't meet expectations is what prompted my exit. I feel bad for everyone involved but, I'm glad I have a chance to participate again. I'm not near as good at mods as a lot of you but, I have a good idear ever once and a while, lol.
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quikduk
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Post by quikduk on Feb 8, 2008 17:39:36 GMT -5
Don't forget that immitation (read copying ones designs) is the sincerest form of flattery.
Flatter away. ;D
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Jake
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I love the smell of diesel in the morning. Smells like.. Victory!
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Post by Jake on Feb 8, 2008 19:00:27 GMT -5
...I'm not near as good at mods as a lot of you but, I have a good idear ever once and a while, lol... I'm right there with ya... 'cept... the few good idears I have are mixed in among scads of bad ones... and they can be hard to identify.. heck, sometimes I can't tell the difference. ..at least, I've streamlined my mod-process: Step #1. email Rob, Larry, Ken, Brad, etc, etc, etc.. and ask THEM if it'll work! ;D Step #2. rethink the entire idea. Lather, Rinse, Repeat...
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Post by bradblazer on Feb 8, 2008 22:09:02 GMT -5
All of you guys have done some impressive stuff. My glamorous (lol) life in review: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I grew up in Maribel, WI. Worked for a dairy farmer thru high school. I didn't actually milk the cows - didn't like those hours. Got seat time on a Farmall M, a Leyland, and a brand new White 2-85. Worked for a mechanical contractor in Green Bay for about a year. Joined the USAF in 1983 as a tactical air control specialist attached to the 82nd Airborne. Earned my master parachutist and military freefall parachutist ratings. Recondo, Jungle, etc. No wars during my "combat crew" period so we just trained and had fun. Living in a dorm with the guys, keggers at the unit, ... www.romad.comI got married just before I got out in 87 and we moved to Raleigh where I started engineering school at NCSU. Graduated in 92 with help from the USN Nuke program. Spent 4 years in Orlando as an instructor at the Navy Nuclear Power School. I got a job through a recruiter at Siecor, a Siemens-Corning joint venture that makes fiber optic cable, as a field engineer in Hickory, NC. I got to splice cable in Anchorage in Dec and Jan '98. After 2 years I transferred to cable R&D. Designed lots of cables for Japan. We moved that to a JV with Hitachi cable and I still do some work with them. We are now Corning Cable Systems, wholly owned by Corning (GLW). Luckily I made it through the telecom bust. I design products and processes, equipment, etc. We bought a log home on 2 acres when we moved here and in '05 I bought 13 adjoining acres. I have a 40x40 steel workshop I built with the help of friends and family. Just before we got the land I bought a Belarus 250AS tractor at an auction. I got a lot of good use out of it but soon realized a loader tractor would provide much more utility for clearing and moving dirt, etc. I bought a Kama 554 with Koyker 195 loader summer '06 and it is working out real well. Here I am with my family fishing for Walleye on Green Bay in my brother Milton's boat. Here is the Kama with a load of brush on the bucket. Toothbar "fangs" work great for this. My brother Brian is an animal guy in Alabama. Here he is with my son Matthew holding "Wally" I am just finishing fencing in 10 acres to raise some Ibex with some support from Brian. Here are some of his: My property Brad
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Post by baknblack on Feb 9, 2008 6:47:52 GMT -5
All of you guys have done some impressive stuff. Worked for a dairy farmer thru high school. I didn't actually milk the cows - didn't like those hours. Brad Small world, I milked cows and worked on dairy for the last 2 yrs of high school. It's how I got my spending money. I would get up at 5, throw my cloths on, milk 40 head, run home, shower off the cow shit, and head to school. Good Times!!!!
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carld
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Post by carld on Feb 12, 2008 10:55:06 GMT -5
Good morning Ladies and Gents. Ron told me to visit here. I was an early member of the CTOCF for about 3 months. Started as a member, then asked to be a moderator, then a falling out with Joe and I quit the site. I did visit from time to time to read the posts. I haven't been there for several months. I really liked everyone there and missed the site.
I am a retired diesel mechanic and job shop machinist. I retired in 2004 and built our Earth bermed home and garage/shop. We moved in Jan, 2005 and I got my tractor Aug, 2005 I have a complete machine shop here and enjoy myself in it. We are on a hill overlooking Taylorsville Ky.
I have a 2001 NT254, FEL, dirt scoop, box grader, grader blade, rotarty mower, 2- spring tooth cultivators, single bottom plow, potato/subsoiler plow, road ripper, harrow disc and am building a 1400 lb roller.
I fly model airplanes, like guns, was a fast draw competetor, like to hunt and target shoot, like using my tractor, used to race go-karts, used to shoot archery competition. I think that's most of it.
I guess that covers the high spots for now.
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Post by baknblack on Feb 12, 2008 11:14:03 GMT -5
then a falling out with Joe That's hard to believe Carl, hehe.
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FLICK
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DF-354
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Post by FLICK on Feb 12, 2008 16:29:39 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum Carl Your 2001 Chinese tractor would be one of the older ones I've heard of, how many hours do you have on it?, how does it compare to the newer ones? is it much different? Earth bermed homes have always interested me, do you have any photos of it? Thanks Matthew.
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Post by quicksandfarmer on Feb 12, 2008 17:06:56 GMT -5
Hi --
Quicksandfarmer here, I see a lot of familiar names from CTOA and TBN. I have a Jinma 354 that I bought in February of 2007, with a Koyker 160 loader, a bushhog and a chipper.
I have 37 acres on the coast of Rhode Island. This land is part of a parcel that was purchased from the Sakonnet Indians by my family 12 generations ago, in about 1675. Unfortunately, around 1690 my ancestors were excommunicated by the Puritans for heresy and the land was taken from them. In 2006 I was able to buy the land when it came up for sale -- I believe for only the third time since 1700.
The land has always been agricultural, but it's been at least 30 years since it was really farmed. We're in the process of turning it into a hobby farm, which involves a lot of brush-clearing and landscaping at this point.
I have three boys, twins aged 7 and a singleton aged 5. I spend about 3 months a year in Rhode Island and live the rest of the year in Washington, DC.
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Post by rancher on Feb 12, 2008 19:57:27 GMT -5
Hi, I found this great forum while I was on Ronald's (Ranch hands ) site. I live in New York and have about 2 acres of land to take care of. I bought my 254 Jinma to maintain my 800 ft . driveway . I have a back blade, rake and brush hog to play aah I mean work with. I have been enjoying 3rrl's log home project .I can't wait to see the finished home as well as the view off the porch.
I have learned much and injoyed reading from all the chinese forums.
Thanks ! from a rancher wanna be...
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GuglioLS
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Post by GuglioLS on Feb 13, 2008 1:47:21 GMT -5
CarlD, quicksandfarmer, rancher, Brad, Ken and all the regular gang - welcome to CTW. I've been reading your posts and hope to soon read more about your tractor adventures.
Larry
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Post by tjcarothers on Feb 15, 2008 15:44:29 GMT -5
G'Day All, As quicksandfarmer said, it's good to see all the familiar faces. I don't know what to think about what was done over at the CTOCF, but I do know that I don't like the feel of it. Oh Well. So, here is an intro for those that don't know me here. Sorry for the redundancy for those that have heard my sob story! It all started in a little log house...... JK!!!! I am a native of the beautiful Inland Northwest, being born in Sandpoint, Idaho amongst MANY family, and then growong up in Spokane , Washington. I was raised in agriculture, and so, when we had the opportunity, my wife, and mother of my children, and I moved to the Davenport WA area onto her grandparents farm. That was 15 years ago. We had three girls at the time, and when we tried one more time for a boy, God laughed at us and gave us twin girls!!!!! So, 5 daughters! Ten years ago, March 1st, my Lord took my wife to Him after a long battle with cancer, and there I was! Raising 5 girls by myself, with the help of many dear friends and family. I always joke that there was estrogen oozing from the walls!!! Horses, pigs, chickens, steers and cats/dogs rounded out the family as 4-H helped give us all something to do together. Then, 5 years ago, I met my beautiful wife of three years now. She brought with her 2 sons, and so now we have 5 kids in the house again, as my two oldest two are out on there own. And, my second oldest has given us the most wonderful grandaughter!!!! I have been a firefighter for 20+ years, and an EMT the last 7, and there is where I came to be a part of the illustrious group of Chinese Tractor Owners! While on an EMS run, we were carrying a patient, and the stretcher dropped into a hole on one side. The patient started to fall, and I caught him. Patient outcome was great, vertebral disc at L5-S1 outcome, not so great. So, to make a long story short, the disc exploded, crushing part of my spinal cord, and, after coming perilously close to not walking again, I now motate with the help of a brace and many medications, and am permanently disabled. When we moved here, I inherited two antique Allis Chalmers tractors that served me very well while I was healthy. But, with my impairment, I needed something a little more user-friendly, and not so depandant on the hired hand - mr. Armstrong! TaDaaaaa! Jinma 284, the Mighty Jinma, to the rescue. My wife raises quarterhorses, and I and the tractor are the 'work-horse'! I have a LITW6600 backhoe, and various other implements that I use to make myself 'operational'. So, that is the quick-down-low on me, and I am looking forward to continueing a great relationship with those that I already know, and making new friends with those that I don't. TJ. Our Driveway, and the work of the Mighty Jinma My beautiful wife, Traci, and the lucky sucker who she blessed! Hard at work!
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GuglioLS
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Post by GuglioLS on Feb 16, 2008 1:10:10 GMT -5
TJ, Wholly smokes there TJ that is some life story, man you've been through allot. Very impressive to see you keep your chin up. I salute you and all who serve. Looking forward to all your life and tractor adventures. That driveway of yours how long is it? Looks like it goes right into the vanishing point Larry
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Post by tjcarothers on Feb 16, 2008 7:35:44 GMT -5
G'Day Larry, Ya' know, keeping my chin up is the only way I know to be. Us type A's tend to be that way. My driveway is 1/3 mile long. The pix in the other post is looking towards the highway, and the treed area up on the hill is ours, as well as the wheat fields. This pix is looking down towards the house. You can see the roof of the house, and the end of the big barn. Take care, TJ.
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