Speaking of blowing up...
Went to Linden Agri-Center (LAC) in July, just north of Linden there is a trail of oil (and some shrapnel) on the highway leading to a New Holland 9060 in the ditch.
I continued on to Linden, walked in to the service manger's office and said
I gather there's a story behind that tractor in the ditch north of town?
To which James replied in his normal even keeled layed back manner "Yeah, yeah there is".
A while later the tractor rolls in on a truck, the mechanics head to it like flies to a ...well you know.
I was crawling up on the truck when Russel, one of the mechanics, says "get down Boles, nothing to see, nothing to see here!
Then he started to laugh. He was driving the tractor when # 2 piston exited the block and hood.
Less than 3 hours.
It gets better.
The next morning I meet Doug at Deere in Trochu, tell him this story.
Five minutes later Ivan drops by.
You guessed it, it was Ivan's tractor that had cratered.
I didn't know if he knew yet and I wasn't going to be the one to tell him.
Turned out he did not know yet.
The tractor ended up at Cummins in Calgary for a complete engine, LAC ordered a new tractor for Ivan and I assume LAC has a new with even newer engine 9060 for sale.
All names mentioned here are my friends, so I think I'm OK.
Don