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[img]/media/kunena/emoticons/hug.gif[/img]Sunshine! 
Mr.Fugly #1 for some much needed lipstick.
My local trailer builder saved me their last slot before they tore out the paint booth. A much improved and expensive one is being installed. Longer and more spacious I am told.
I should have not been so impatient, as I planned on changing over to late style heavy plate fenders and either a stock side tank or seat tank. Sure as sh*t, I sourced 2 complete ones AFTER I dropped the D4 off for painting. Oh well! It isn’t difficult to swap out, so I’ll have them sent out for paint and change later.
I need to paint the raised letters, etc and button this one up. Not even close to becoming a trailer queen. It is a working tractor; the first one that I had ever torn into.
I might add some accessories to it for fun. JM
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Thu, Jan 23, 2025 5:43 AM
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Come on Gee! That will definitely become a "trailer queen". 
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Thu, Jan 23, 2025 10:12 AM
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Come on Gee! That will definitely become a "trailer queen". 
Looks good!
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Thu, Jan 23, 2025 1:42 PM
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Looks good!
I am cheating. None of my precleaners here are very pretty; I will use the round Donaldson type for the time being. The replacement battery box is too nice to put a battery inside of it; amazing what a good sand blast and paint can do for some items. Just imagine how a "nice" tractor would look if I had it done 100%.
Soon time to rub the paint off of the pads. JM
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Thu, Jan 23, 2025 10:10 PM
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I am cheating. None of my precleaners here are very pretty; I will use the round Donaldson type for the time being. The replacement battery box is too nice to put a battery inside of it; amazing what a good sand blast and paint can do for some items. Just imagine how a "nice" tractor would look if I had it done 100%.
Soon time to rub the paint off of the pads. JM
Trailer Queen - haha
He has a D4 with "chrome" and tied to a 40 scraper. This one says, take a place at the end of the line, I'm the QUEEN!

Have to ponder something here - paint the pads and then before it dries, go shine them up? Is that akin to waxing the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and taking it through the muddy back roads on a rainy day?
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Sat, Jan 25, 2025 12:38 AM
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Trailer Queen - haha
He has a D4 with "chrome" and tied to a 40 scraper. This one says, take a place at the end of the line, I'm the QUEEN!

Have to ponder something here - paint the pads and then before it dries, go shine them up? Is that akin to waxing the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and taking it through the muddy back roads on a rainy day?
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Looks good! Hard to imagine that is the same machine.
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Sat, Jan 25, 2025 10:05 AM
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Reply to Breadler:
Looks good! Hard to imagine that is the same machine.
Hi, CTS.
Methinks that the juice hauler may have a tad too many sheckels in his bin, painting tracks that he plans on shining up again. Does he also pay for a business class seat and then sit in the 'cattle cart' section?

This kew-ree-yuss mind would like to know - - - - but won't lose any sleep over it.

Just my 0.02.
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Sat, Jan 25, 2025 10:42 AM
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Hi, CTS.
Methinks that the juice hauler may have a tad too many sheckels in his bin, painting tracks that he plans on shining up again. Does he also pay for a business class seat and then sit in the 'cattle cart' section?

This kew-ree-yuss mind would like to know - - - - but won't lose any sleep over it.

Just my 0.02.
I like to see shine on tracks. It means the Cat runs. Also means it runs good enough to do meaningful work. Once painted it will take many hours in abrasive soils to shine them up.
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Sat, Jan 25, 2025 10:26 PM
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It’s hard to put a shine on any pads here due to the low use my iron gets. Usually the shiny ones are the larger heavier tractors that really bite into the loamy soils here.
I might send Fugly #1 to the “Dig” at Tulare this year and rub some paint off in that sandy stuff.
I scrounged up some old decals and a 40 year old can of black paint. A few more things to button it up for the time being. JM
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Sun, Jan 26, 2025 10:05 AM
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It’s hard to put a shine on any pads here due to the low use my iron gets. Usually the shiny ones are the larger heavier tractors that really bite into the loamy soils here.
I might send Fugly #1 to the “Dig” at Tulare this year and rub some paint off in that sandy stuff.
I scrounged up some old decals and a 40 year old can of black paint. A few more things to button it up for the time being. JM
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That tractor looks darned pretty to me, JM : ) Might need a new name - "Show Pony" perhaps? : )
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Mon, Jan 27, 2025 2:06 AM
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That tractor looks darned pretty to me, JM : ) Might need a new name - "Show Pony" perhaps? : )
Hi, Neil.
Methinks that 'Trailer Queen" would be more fitting. LOL.

Just my 0.02.
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Mon, Jan 27, 2025 7:23 AM

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