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Birthday visit

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 We all made it up to Cullman to be with Mawmaw on Pawpaw's birthday. David, Max, and Bev and I came. There wasn't anything to do to the big tractor. I did a little more investigation of the 284 carb and have determined it needs to be pulled off and cleaned. The batteries needed replacing so we got a new one for the old tractors and the 284. 

The battery in the Cub was dead so we charged it up and ran the engine. 

Then we tackled the apple trees next. The boys and I cut the remaining trunks up and piled them up for a burn. With some of the waste diesel, we got it going and burned it up till dark. The next day we used the FEL to push up the pile and restack the remaining limbs. The residual heat in the ashes got another blaze going that was better than the first. We delayed leaving until the main material had burned.

The 284 doesn't seem to have a problem starting now but the flooding is a problem. I've downloaded a diagram of the carburetor and plan on disassembling it with Preston Jones' help.

I'll order parts for the Craftsman Roto Tiller and fix the carburetor on it as well. Maybe we can use it to till up the garden. Trees will need pruning and pecan trees will need fertilizer.



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