[AT] Portland Swap Meet

[Gene Dotson]

    I plan to be there early on Monday to try to get a good spot, then have to come home Monday night to pick Ellie up at the
airport Tuesday afternoon, then come back with the truck and camper on Tuesday night.
    Got most of the dozer parts loaded. Will finish loading the rest tomorrow or Sunday
    We have a thunderstorm in progress here right now, so got rained out with tractor work, even having some hail.
    I had dug a trench with the dozer to bury some concrete, rocks and other debris from cleanup at the place. Had just started
backfilling it with the loader when the rain started. Guess I was supposed to take a break anyhow.

                        Gene



----- Original Message -----
From: Robinson <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Portland Swap Meet


: Gene Dotson wrote:
:
: >     The Tri-State Tractor Club will host their annual swap and sale meet all next week at the club grounds nxt to the Jay County
: > fairgrounds in Portland, Indiana. The meet starts Monday, May 10 and goes through Sunday, May 16.
: >     I will be taking a couple of trailer loads of parts to sell. Have some Terratrac crawler parts and Case tractor parts. Also
have
: > a 1931 Case "C" to sell.
: >     Will be looking for other list membrs there. Will probably have the ATIS banner on the truck.
: >
: >                             Gene
: >
: >
:
:
:
: Hi Gene:
:
: I still plan to be there. I think I will get there Thursday
: and stay until Sunday. Diana is planning to come up Friday
: morning. Thats the plan, of course sometimes plans go stray
: off and go bad...  ;-)
: I thought I might pull my tandem trailer with the WUV. I've
: never pulled it with the van before but while it will have a
: load it will not be like hauling a tractor and I will have a
: bunch of stuff in the van and can load a good bit of weight
: amidships of the van to keep good weight on the front tires.
: I have pulled a single axle trailer with about 60 bales of
: hay on it and it handled it just fine.  The tandem is a lot
: more stable. I'm only 2 hours away so I'll just take my time
: and won't be driving any interstates. I want to use the WUV
: so I can toss an air mattress in the back. I hope it doesn't
: get as cold as it did two years ago...   :-)
: BTW, if you get any early word on the date of the Portland
: work day next year let me know and I'll put it on my
: calender. I intended to be there this year but Scott and I
: had already made other plans that weekend.
:
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:
: Francis Robinson
: Central Indiana USA
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