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International 284 Project

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 The culmination of several work days was realized. I got the 284 re-lit with new flashing lights, led headlamps, new switches and wiring. Since I had to pull the cowl, I repainted it and then reassembled it with stainless steel bolts and applied the IH 284 decal that Pawpaw had purchased some time ago. 

I just came back from the barn where I tested the lights for brightness. I think they will do fine for lighting the way home when dark begins to fall.

Another winter project started that afternoon. The apple orchard wasn't pruned over the last 15 years and last year we pruned some of them severely. This year we are going after them again with hopes of cleaning up some of the broken limbs and getting them manageable. That left us with a huge pile of apple wood and limbs to be broken up and burned. In the process of cutting limbs, the chain saw threw its blade and burred it so I had to take it off and use the Dremel tool to clean up the links and get it working again. 

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