Category: Hot Rod Farmer

Have you ever had a gas-powered engine cold-start just fine, but then a few minutes later, the rpm drops, the engine chugs and blows black smoke from the tailpipe? Eventually, it stalls. When you can restart it, the problem has healed itself. This is called carburetor icing and is a devil to eradicate.

Whether your antique iron is a hobby tractor or still earning its keep on the farm, we can all agree on the trepidation about whether or not the engine will start, especially on a colder day.

Thermal stress is found in every engine, transmission, tillage implement, planter, sprayer, combine, clutch, brake rotor, and anything else that experiences a sharp temperature drop in use or during manufacturing. Unfortunately, we all unknowingly pay the price for thermal stress, but there is a way to eliminate it.

Can a rock crawler be home on the highway and in the field? There is no denying the F-250 is big, gorgeous, and high. Looks and features are subjective, but for farm and ranch work, I feel it is too high when loading the bed. If you are not rock crawling, a standard height (non-Tremor) would be much more practical.

In the early days of the automobile many concepts, skills and theories that were not applied in everyday life were essential to Detroit. It was one thing to take a young man from an agrarian lifestyle and put him on an assembly line but often there were more skills required than a good work ethic.