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Miscellaneous Forums => 'round the pot-bellied stove => Topic started by: Merton on July 29, 2009, 02:03:29 PM
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Hey Guys it been 10 Days still the last post! I know it's summer and vacation time . We can not wait for another Stimulus plan! We need posting now!
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Well, Merton, I posted another small album with more show pictures, but it sure seems like a ghost town on here on the sight. One of us must be very boring. I know it is not me!!! I don't think it is you either, so it must be one of the ghosts. :):):eek: Charlie
P.S. Two of my usual summer shows that I like to attend are behind us now. Still to look forward to are the Pageant of Steam near Canandaigua and the WNY gas engine show at Alexander in September. Here in NY, that probably means snowfall in just a few blinks of the eye away.
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Charlie V - Good to know I not on here by myself. Most of the local summer shows are over here in North Carolina. I 'm looking forward to traveling to Portland in August. Then I will make about 3 shows in the Fall. Thanks Merton
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Hey Merton,
Would you believe I hauled my trailer 100 miles today to bring home this piece of art. The good news--It does not belong to me, but to my brother. The bad news--It is sitting in my back yard...:mad:
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Looks like some good engineering went into it. Who Mfg'd the power unit.
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Hey Guys it been 10 Days still the last post! I know it's summer and vacation time . We can not wait for another Stimulus plan! We need posting now!
I check for messages almost every day. However, I've taken a vacation from starting threads as I already have the most postings on this forum and don't like being so far ahead.
At the moment there are only 9 of us that have more than 11 postings on the forum. That is pretty bad considering this forum has been around since the end of 2007!
I think the main problem we have is the lack of people, and especially people willing to start a thread or respond to existing ones.
Of course I also think our administrator has kind of abandoned us and hasn't done much to make this forum easier for new people to find us. For example, the http://www.atis.net homepage doesn't have anything linking people to this forum. So I think we're kind of like an experiment to see if a forum will generate enough interest on its own to grow without any help.
Oh well..... I'll keep checking most every day and replying to threads if I have something to say until Spencer pulls the plug of the forums.
George
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George Thanks for posting. I don't know what it takes to draw people to post and not sit on the fence. Merton
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I check the boards all the time as well, but it just doesn't seem to be catching on, maybe there's just too many boards out there. I also wonder how many people sit in front of a computer all day anymore, even the ATIS list has been lagging for the past several months. Maybe all the questions in the antique tractor world have been answered?
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Looks like some good engineering went into it. Who Mfg'd the power unit.
It is a John Deere LUC, Merton. That is the reason my brother purchased it. He was told it was run four years ago, but we have not heard it fire so far. There are numerous thing yet to be checked out as time permits. 500 or so resident hornets that rode home with it are somewhat pesky when the sun is up. if we had been able to get those fellas working together, they could have flown it home for us.
Charlie
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I'm thinking that if we want this forum to improve we'll have to do it ourselves.
1. We need more people to start threads. If everyone (including you:D) would start a new thread once a week that would be a start.
2. We need more people to respond to threads. Being a lurker doesn't help. On a low volumn forum like this, even a response saying you don't know is better than no responses.
3. Maybe we should be contacting via email some of the people that have registered but no longer seem to be using the forum.
4. Maybe we need to be sending the link to the forums to our friends to help them find the website. As I've said before, finding this forum is not easy as I don't know of any sites that have links to it.
George
ps. I promise to start a new thread next week. I'm often not on during the weekend as I'm generally too busy to spend much computer time then.
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Sounds like a plan. George I will also plan to post more and post with pictures. I know I enjoy pictures and the pictures can start more posts and interest. Merton
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It is a John Deere LUC, Merton. That is the reason my brother purchased it. He was told it was run four years ago, but we have not heard it fire so far. There are numerous thing yet to be checked out as time permits. 500 or so resident hornets that rode home with it are somewhat pesky when the sun is up. if we had been able to get those fellas working together, they could have flown it home for us.
Charlie
Hornets have a bad attitude and are hard to bargain with. I 'm waiting for winter to get here so I can be allowed to look closer at an old I-R engine that Hornets have taken ownership of. Merton
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Hornets have a bad attitude and are hard to bargain with. I 'm waiting for winter to get here so I can be allowed to look closer at an old I-R engine that Hornets have taken ownership of. Merton
If I can see the nest, I go out at night when they are all at home. I take a flashlight and my spray bottle of WD 40. Just wet them down and they curl up and die on the spot. Prevents rust at the same time. ;);)
Off to the Pageant of steam this morning. First day and the weather is suposed to be perfect in the mid 70's. The golf cart is on the trailer, hooked to the truck.
Later.
Charlie V.
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Charlie V - Post pictures when you return.
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Charlie V - Post pictures when you return.
O.K. folks. By popular demand from Merton, I have started another album on my profile page. More to come as time permits.
Charlie
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Thanks for the pics Charlie. I especially like the one with the original Case L parked to the restored 300. Reminds me of when I took my LA and D and showed them side by side. The LA was restored and the poor little brother, D, had probably never seen the inside of a barn. Always told people it was affluent big brother and neglected little brother. Not too surprisingly, the D got as much attention as the LA.. Gene
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Thanks Charlie V - Great Pictures!
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I uploaded a few more this afternoon, Merton. I am finished with loading that album now. Nothing special in the new ones, but you may want to check back for a peek. Hope you are not having any problem keeping warm.
Charlie V.
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Thanks for the pics Charlie. I especially like the one with the original Case L parked to the restored 300. Reminds me of when I took my LA and D and showed them side by side. The LA was restored and the poor little brother, D, had probably never seen the inside of a barn. Always told people it was affluent big brother and neglected little brother. Not too surprisingly, the D got as much attention as the LA.. Gene
Strange how old has a charm of its own, Gene. I see some of the clear coat restorations at shows that would be just perfect in a car dealer show room or a 4th of July parade. Somehow they never seem to fit right in at a tractor show. Everybody has their own preference and I guess that is O.K.
Have a good time at Portland.
Charlie
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I don't do a perfect restoration on my tractors, but they look nice for a while. The LA has a lot of belt scuff marks from running sawmills and threshing machines and still has mud behind the tires from pulling trailers out of the mud at Portland. The VC hardly had the paint dry when I hooked it to the hay rake to rake hay and scuff up the drawbar. Gonna do that again on Thursday for the third cutting... Gene
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I would rather bring an un-restored tractor to the show, they do seem to get more attention, especially if they have several "farmer" modifications to them. I have the most fun bringing an old relic that runs better than most of the "restored" tractors. I once bought a tractor from someone who told me "it's not an old tractor unless it has some grease/dirt on it"
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I don't do a perfect restoration on my tractors, but they look nice for a while. The LA has a lot of belt scuff marks from running sawmills and threshing machines and still has mud behind the tires from pulling trailers out of the mud at Portland. The VC hardly had the paint dry when I hooked it to the hay rake to rake hay and scuff up the drawbar. Gonna do that again on Thursday for the third cutting... Gene
To me, one of the best sights at a show is a nicely restored (but not overdone) tractor that has some scuff marks on the belt pulley and the drawbar.
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Ok, I guess I have been guilty lately of not checking on this forum, but only due to the fact that I got tired of coming here so often and finding no new posts.
And its true that a lack of response to posts, subjects and photos does not inspire a person to keep on with it. I have to admit that there is another forum that I frequent daily and have over 2500 posts to date simply because there is so much going on there. More members probably makes a difference too.
Charlie, looks like you have a good wood sawing outfit there. With a little work you can be making sawdust. I don't have the picture saved but this ad for a Cockshutt 40 with front mounted wood saw caught my eye last week. Less than a 2 hour drive away for me.
http://regina.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-other-Cockshutt-40-tractor-W0QQAdIdZ147203187
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Ok, I guess I have been guilty lately of not checking on this forum, but only due to the fact that I got tired of coming here so often and finding no new posts.
And its true that a lack of response to posts, subjects and photos does not inspire a person to keep on with it. I have to admit that there is another forum that I frequent daily and have over 2500 posts to date simply because there is so much going on there. More members probably makes a difference too.
Charlie, looks like you have a good wood sawing outfit there. With a little work you can be making sawdust. I don't have the picture saved but this ad for a Cockshutt 40 with front mounted wood saw caught my eye last week. Less than a 2 hour drive away for me.
http://regina.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-other-Cockshutt-40-tractor-W0QQAdIdZ147203187
Good to see you around, Ralph. That old Cockshutt looks pretty unloved and you could give it a good home.
RE the buzz saw unit: I will be loading the power unit in my Brothers truck tomorrow morning, where it will stay until it arrives in Arizona later this month. I guess I will put the saw on Craig's list for whatever I can get, as I have no real use for it. I will probably cut the trailer frame up for the metal or scrap it out. I do have a free standing buzz saw that my father bought new from Sears when I was a young kid and also a 3 point hitch mounted one. Both are working units which I no longer use. I did cut a little wood on both of those just for nostalgia, but I only burn in the garage, so my wood consumption these days is nil. Both of those could go to a new home also. Buzzing wood is fun if you do not have to do it, but I have enough just trying to keep up with the necessary these days. The ringing song of a buzz saw blade cutting through a log is something you do not hear in neighborhoods these days.
Charlie V.
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Buzzing wood is fun if you do not have to do it, but I have enough just trying to keep up with the necessary these days. The ringing song of a buzz saw blade cutting through a log is something you do not hear in neighborhoods these days.
Charlie V.
Charlie, its not too many years since I have heard the sound of the wood saw against the background beat of a John Deere AR two cylinder engine. Took this pic at my Uncles back about 9 years ago. Those days are over now.
That pile in the picture was more than a day's work for 3 of us. :)
(http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/39623/2284451110032927439S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2284451110032927439wjStqM)
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Charlie, its not too many years since I have heard the sound of the wood saw against the background beat of a John Deere AR two cylinder engine. Took this pic at my Uncles back about 9 years ago. Those days are over now.
That pile in the picture was more than a day's work for 3 of us. :)
(http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/39623/2284451110032927439S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2284451110032927439wjStqM)
Nice picture Ralph. I am sure the AR just loafed along when belted to that saw. When I was a kid, we always used the only tractor we had with a belt pulley, the Farmall regular. That tractor never worked very hard on a buzz saw either. Whenever you heard a saw on our end of town, it was either ours, or Mr. Gallo down the street. Mr. Gallo had a JD model H and later a JD B. to use on his saw.
Charlie
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That's small wood to use for heating. What type of heater do you use? I am in the south and we like larger firewood so we do not have feed the heater often. Thanks Merton
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That's small wood to use for heating. What type of heater do you use? I am in the south and we like larger firewood so we do not have feed the heater often. Thanks Merton
Merton, you are right that the big wood lasts longer in the stove but I guess when a guy gets up into his sixties and seventies, its easier to handle the small trees and wood. That particular wood pile was destined for the old kitchen stove that my Uncles used every day of their lives to cook meals and heat the home. (Even in the summer).
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I have not burned wood for heat in my adult life except for a few years in a rented house. I pretty much had enough of wood burning during my childhood. The fuel oil bill was so high in the drafty rented house that I installed a small pot bellied coal stove (all I could get my hands on at the time). I burned wood in that stove during the hours we were there and awake. It did cut the fuel oil bill by $600.00 per month (1/2). My preferred wood was white ash, with trunk diameter not over 5 inches. That wood was very available to me on the farm, and did not require any splitting. The white ash would grow so thick that many would die off as a natural thinning process at about 20-25 feet tall and having 3-5 inch trunk size. These trees would be standing dead, so required no drying time to burn. I can see your uncles motive, Ralph.
Charlie V.
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Mostly all poplar (trembling aspen) here Charlie and it can grow into some big timber given enough time. My brother likes to get those big poplar logs, especially since he built a hydraulic wood splitter last year. Its ok as long as theres lots of help to haul the logs in from the field. We grow acres of it here so don't have to go far to find firewood.
Heres how my Dad hauled his firewood back about 1950.
(http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/46081/2634334740032927439S500x500Q85.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2634334740032927439eSBjaz)
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Nice Picture of the Firewood being pulled by the team of horses. I bet he didn't have any problems staying warm.