IHRunner
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So im watching a beautiful thing today. I see a Jeep sticking half way out of the river. Cj7 with a chubby 305 on 35's. Buried up to its hood. I stop by to see how the gent is doing. Naturally he told me to do something that involved a fence post. Then he realized I was offering to help. Now im in the pumpkin. Not gonna tow the guy out with it...the terra is in the shop. Not gonna help here. The loadstar is 2wd and I was afraid of sliding into the river and killing all of us. So im at a loss. I dont know how to help the gent. Then it occurs to me. I do have an International that will get him out. No its not a powerstroke. Its my farmall m.
Now you can imagine the looks I got going down main street sittin on a 60 year old tractor with tow straps and chains and an igloo cooler strapped too close to the reserve propane tank for my liking.
So I show up and that ***** ******** ***** *********** ****** ** ****** ************ **** ******** Jeep driver starts laughing at me. So I go to back out of tha area and suddenly hes very polite again. Little bastard better be. I back down to him and with a horrid noise of twisting metal I yank him out. His front axle is sticking about 6in to far foward. I did my job however. Got him out. Got him to the highway.
Got ready to take pictures and realized during wading around the arkansas my phone got wet and killed it. So naturally no one will believe this tale. Which is ok by me as it is mainly written to give a fellow binder a smile.
As I hop back on my ugly rusty tractor the gent kindly thanks me. I ask him to take a few words of wisdom to which he smartly agrees.
First. I tell him. Sir, when a man offer's his hand dont slap it away only to ask for it later.
Second. I tell him. Just because the water is only 2ft deep doesnt mean thats where the sand stops and suddenly becomes solid.
And last with a smile I say. Sir if you cant do it with a Jeep, call a Scout, and if you cant do it with a Scout. Get a farmall.
He said, son I May invest in one of them scouts.
Horrified I said sir if you do, I'll be forced to kick you ass. Long time binder owners have them because they''re smart owners. Jeep owners go through jeeps left and right because sir they are stupid. Dont kill a Scout. Invest in a winch.
And with that I left. Which embarassingly enough the guy and his tow truck passed me before I got halfway home
top speed farmall m. 16.5 mph. The ticket you get for driving it down main 172$ and a near impounding....lol could you see that. Impounded today 1 International Harvester farmall m. Driver found later running home with half empty igloo and 220lbs of tow chains.
Just figured I'd share a good IH story
also on the way home going down highway 50 a semi passed me doing 50mph and threw a rock that left a bruise and broke skin
Now you can imagine the looks I got going down main street sittin on a 60 year old tractor with tow straps and chains and an igloo cooler strapped too close to the reserve propane tank for my liking.
So I show up and that ***** ******** ***** *********** ****** ** ****** ************ **** ******** Jeep driver starts laughing at me. So I go to back out of tha area and suddenly hes very polite again. Little bastard better be. I back down to him and with a horrid noise of twisting metal I yank him out. His front axle is sticking about 6in to far foward. I did my job however. Got him out. Got him to the highway.
Got ready to take pictures and realized during wading around the arkansas my phone got wet and killed it. So naturally no one will believe this tale. Which is ok by me as it is mainly written to give a fellow binder a smile.
As I hop back on my ugly rusty tractor the gent kindly thanks me. I ask him to take a few words of wisdom to which he smartly agrees.
First. I tell him. Sir, when a man offer's his hand dont slap it away only to ask for it later.
Second. I tell him. Just because the water is only 2ft deep doesnt mean thats where the sand stops and suddenly becomes solid.
And last with a smile I say. Sir if you cant do it with a Jeep, call a Scout, and if you cant do it with a Scout. Get a farmall.
He said, son I May invest in one of them scouts.
Horrified I said sir if you do, I'll be forced to kick you ass. Long time binder owners have them because they''re smart owners. Jeep owners go through jeeps left and right because sir they are stupid. Dont kill a Scout. Invest in a winch.
And with that I left. Which embarassingly enough the guy and his tow truck passed me before I got halfway home
top speed farmall m. 16.5 mph. The ticket you get for driving it down main 172$ and a near impounding....lol could you see that. Impounded today 1 International Harvester farmall m. Driver found later running home with half empty igloo and 220lbs of tow chains.
Just figured I'd share a good IH story
also on the way home going down highway 50 a semi passed me doing 50mph and threw a rock that left a bruise and broke skin