Wednesday, January 21, 2026

My favorite tractor, the JD 9R540, is in the shop today getting its annual service.  Oil change.  All new filters.  Grease.  Inspection of all lines and hoses and wiring.  Thorough cleaning inside the cab.  In other words, ‘the works’.

This 9R540 is the best tractor I have ever operated. So smooth and powerful and comfortable. It gets the once over today.

Brandon D inspects the steering, the oil lines, and the electrical lines.

Devin from Sloan’s is here today also searching around the JD 6145R tractor for a tiny hydraulic leak.  He has some special skill in discovering such things and he is putting that expertise to work today.  We made an examination late last fall, and we were unable to locate the source, but we are confident Devin will have better luck.

Devin continues his search, and soon he will find and fix the tiny hydraulic leak.

It is not quite so cold today; it will get to the low 40s this afternoon.  But single-digit nights are returning for the weekend.  And a new wrinkle in the forecast…. snow!   Up to 8 inches Saturday night and Sunday.  We will see.   As always for me, I don’t mind the snow… in fact, I kinda like it.  But when it melts away, that’s not so great. Lots of muddy mess.  I’m not sure, but the forecast may merit hooking up the snow blower on the 6145R.  Usually, if we have it ready, there is not much snow, but if we don’t have it ready, it will snow a lot!

Have a pleasant day.