49 - We Finally Moved the Old Red Tractor! & Transformation of Farmhouse Wall.

The story of how we discovered the farm tractor began with a rumor last year. It was supposedly somewhere on the property under a fallen tree. But with the land around the house and barns so overgrown, it seemed impossible to track it down by foot or even by air with a drone. Over the months, we made a few attempts to find it, but had no luck.

Then, one day in early spring, with most of the vegetation down, Philippe was clearing out brambles and suddenly noticed a tail light on a red fender. This could only mean one thing: we had found the original red farm tractor! We needed to get a closer look, so with a bramble cutter in hand, we set out and there it was.

As most of you know, it's a McCormick F240 built in the sixties by the International Harvester Company in Saint-Dizier, a city about a 3-hour drive east of Paris. It's a diesel-powered tractor with 12 gears. Everything looks pretty good for a piece of machinery exposed to the elements for decades, but unfortunately, the front wheels are missing.

Either way, we wanted to get it out, and sharp-eyed viewers must have seen at the end of the last video: we did get it out! But with no front wheels, it wasn't an easy process. So join us as we take you through the steps of getting the tractor out!

With the tractor rescue a success, there was another task to be finished: cleaning up the stones of the old farmhouse with muriatic acid. And let me tell you, the result is stunning compared to what it was with the render on. Philippe went on to clean out the trailer because we're looking at a dumper we’d like to buy to help with the excavation work behind the barn. With the trailer unloaded of the rubbish we found around the property, we'll be able to collect the dumper.

The week came to a close with Philippe taking care of his gear and giving the old red tractor a good wash so it's ready to be worked on next week!

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