The 730

I stopped at Barb and Arnie's on Monday evening to borrow a wheel barrow. When Arnie finished working, he asked if Barb had shown me "it" yet.

She said no, so he ushered me into his shop.

There sat Dad's 730, which Arnie bought at the auction sale, though one his uncle was trying to outbid him for it (we would have simply given him the thing - but as Arnie said, "Fair is fair.")

I didn't recognize it right away without the 'hood' and all of the rust, grease, and oil caked on.

Arnie said, "Your dad is smiling down at all of this because he bought it four $2,000 at an auction sale and the paint job alone was a thousand and the tires were $500 a piece."

Of course, John Deere tractors are worthy plenty, so he is making a wise investment.

If only I could have convinced Dad to restore all of his tractors and keep them in pristine condition - rather than actual use them!

Arnie - as you can tell from the pictures below - has done a phenomenal job.

I could write a book on this tractor! Maybe one day I will.