[ihc] Re: Subscribers, Location

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@xxxxxxxxx>]

John M. Adams wrote:

> You know, there are nearly 400 subscribers to this list. Since I've joined,
> I've only seen posts from around 90 or so individuals. I wonder how many are
> still actively involved in keeping a good truck on the road. I wonder how
> many IH trucks are left out there, both here and abroad? -John A.
Well, while I'm no longer relying on an IH for daily transportation (I 
hope to remedy that yet..), I am happy to report I continue to thrash my 
poor farm equipment.

In fact, in the last 4 weeks.. on 2/1, and 2/21 I took my trail rig, 
"Tigger" ('77 SII) trail riding in deep snow, alternately crawling on 
top of the snow, and 5000+RPM brute forcing it, with 36x12.50 TSLs.

On 2/7 and 2/14, I used my '74 200 Travelette to pull my car trailer, 
with (one of) my other '77 SII, "Little Devil" to two different races. 
First the "Winter Baja" on the 7th, then Ice Racing on 2/14.  Traded 
some paint with a Jeep, launched over a few jumps, bent the draglink, 
lost a tranny line, blew out a tire, but made lots of noise and had a 
blast, as usual.

After 4 weekends of floggings, the IHs get a break this weekend while we 
visit some family in the NW corner of the state.

Then it's back to getting my new shop finished up and ready for more IH 
wrenching.

I need to convert that T'ette over to 4x4 (still!), get my '74 
single-cab pickup converted to 3/4T and an engine in it, replace the 727 
in my mom's '74 Scout II, and then move on down the line of things that 
need done.. like buying 2 3/4T flatbed 4x4s and another 1/2T T'all 4x4 
and a 3/4T barn-door 2wd T'all.. then parting out my current '72 T'all 
which will donate it's engine to that single cab truck..

Yeah, like half of that is going to happen any time soon.. there's still 
the 60s swap to the '77 trail rig, the '44 swap to my wife's 800, and my 
street Scout still needs it's restoration started and finished.

On the plus side, I haven't filled my 2.3 acres yet, but we've only been 
in the place 10 months now.. give me some time..

-Tom Mandera, Helena MT
http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/scout
http://www.m4x4a.org
M4x4A Racer #576 "Little Devil" - SOA/FW/4.88/31s/375+hp 304C/727
"Tigger" - 345/T19w/4.09/LR&TL/4" lift/36x12.50 TSLs
BUGM - '72 1110 4x4 T'all, 392/727, rust, shot rear end (?)
T'ette - 392/4spd, going 392/5spd/4x4, RA-15 with 4.30s
too many more to keep track of...