A neighbor came this morning to pull the tractor from the woods.  We got the tractor to the garage.  Looked it over to see if we had a broken link or missing pin in the clutch system.  Nope.  Took a ride up to a tractor repair shop.  Described our problem.  They said its the clutch.  In the 30+ years we had the tractor we haven’t replaced the clutch.  Estimated $800 to $1000 to repair. 

They had some other tractors there for sale.  There is a nice Massey Ferguson.  $3500.  Very good condition. It too is about 40 years old.   They offered to let us use it this week while the H is in for repair.  If it works out, it we may purchase it.   

About 3:00 PM they came with the trailer to drop off the loaner Massey and pick up the H for repair.  Took the Massey for a drive through the woods to see how it would do.  Early observations:  where there is an existing track, it moved OK.  When trying to break a new track in the snow, it gets hung up because it has much less clearance then the H.  There is no bucket on the Massey either so we can’t clear a path.  

Wednesday a storm is moving in.  It seems now we will be more on the rain side then the snow side.  Farther north they will get 4”-8” of snow.  We are may get 2”-4” with rain mixed in.

We will check tomorrow to see about collecting before the storm moves in late Tuesday.