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I got the 20 acres of corn ground worked with the digger so it would be ready for me to plant, later in the afternoon.  I then went over to Farmer Mike’s place to pick up my seed (he has a shed and was storing the seed for me).

The wind was blowing pretty good and in the open field it felt kinda cool.  Last year I planted corn with the IH 560, this year I would try it with the Oliver (it has a cab).  Once in the field, I made a couple adjustments to the planter and figured I had it planting seed at the right depth.  After a few rounds, the planter’s drive chain started to slip on the gears.  Time to go back to the yard to make an adjustment.  I got that done and headed back to the field.  This time, everything seemed to working perfectly… my rows were straight and looking good.  Then all of a sudden, a loud clanking sound came from the underside of the tractor.  I quick pushed in the clutch and the sound ceased.  I slowly let the clutch out… and nothing – the tractor wouldn’t move.  I then tried the other gears… still nothing.  I noticed that I wasn’t able to shift into 1st or 3rd gear…  that was odd.  What was even more odd is that I was able to shift into the gears without engaging the clutch.  THIS CANNOT BE GOOD!  Crap, crap, crap!!!  I got [maybe] 25% of the field planted.

The tractor will need to sit in the middle of the field overnight, until I have some help to get it pulled back to the farm.  The stinker of it is that I just bought the tractor last fall.  Money well spent?  It doesn’t look like it.  I really need this tractor.

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