"daron" wrote:

"I'm not sure but I don't think you can run mules in the same hitch with horses."

The Death Valley borax operation (1880's- Death Valley to Mojave) ran two horses and eighteen mules in their Twenty Mule Teams. Their Twenty Mule Team Road came through my area about 1/4 mile north of my house.

Daron

Thanks for the info daron. Now the next ques: That sounds like there must have been a specific reason. I wonder why?

"IronAppraiser" wrote:

Thanks for taking the time to take and post a few photos of agricultural Cats that are ready to work. Living in Colfax you are at the heart of the action for the Palouse area. I hope you can get more pictures posted over the coming fall. I really miss the guys that used to post pictures from the area that were farming the area. I had the pleasure of being in Colfax a few years ago and found it to be a very nice town.

IronAppraiser , I just recently moved to the Colfax area ( not in town ) and yes it is
a nice and quite place , the people are very friendly and courteous . The best move
I ever made , plan on full " retirement " here . So I'll keep the pictures coming as I
find something good .

Bruce , found " The Horse Interlude " and " This was Wheat Farming " both on amazon ,
plan on picking up both books , thanks for the tip .

Was out and about yesterday and got a few pictures of these two ... , Kris

Three more that did not upload , for some reason ?

"cojhl2" wrote:

Thanks for the info daron. Now the next ques: That sounds like there must have been a specific reason. I wonder why?

If you lead with the two horses the mules should follow. Mules are very trusting but stubborn animals. Horses are less stubborn and the mules will follow them

love this thread and all the pics guys, but the photo of the horses peaked the wife's interest!

We removed an almond orchard this past summer. Yesterday we had our D4-7U pushing up brush and the D6B disking the ground. We will disk the ground one more time then run the sub-soil over the field. When the orchard was planted in 1995 the ground was deep ripped with a D9.

How come you are tearing up an orchard that was planted as late as 1995? I thought orchards lasted for decades.

EAS, the cab on that D6B looks like a twin to the one my cousin has on his 84J D4. My cousins cab was built by Harold Electric in Walla Walla, Wa.

When Dad traded our lemon D4E off, it ended up in an orchard in California somewhere. I've been looking through some old bookwork to try and find the SN to post, but have not been successful.

Bruce P

Hey gang I found these the other day and thought they might be of interest. This tractor was bought new by my Grandpa in 1939, it was his second D4. the first one was a '36 model and it gave main bearing trouble from the word go, but it must have impressed him enough that he bought a second one. This tractor has served our family ever since, as the front line farm cat until 1969 when dad bought a 7U. Then dad put a Dakota angle blade on it, then it was our bulldozer and logging cat until 2000 when I got a 9U with a blade. Its still a good runner although the pony could use some work to cure the crank from walking front to back. Both the main and the pony have been overhauled many times, although I was always told the crank was the one it came with and still standard.

It must have been just unloaded in these pictures. Grandpa said there was still tacky paint on it when it arrived.

Enjoy

Bruce P

I enjoyed seeing the D4 that I assume is the one that is pulling the family Harris combine that saved from the museum. I am looking forward to seeing your D4 & pull combine pictures next summer hopefully when they are cutting wheat. How generations of your family have farmed in the area?

"IronAppraiser" wrote:

I enjoyed seeing the D4 that I assume is the one that is pulling the family Harris combine that saved from the museum. I am looking forward to seeing your D4 & pull combine pictures next summer hopefully when they are cutting wheat. How generations of your family have farmed in the area?

You are correct, same tractor. That feild will be in crop this year so I'm going to try to recreate the picture. I am the fifth generation to farm here. We homesteaded here in 1878.