[AT] New tractor - A crawler Yeah!

[CEE VILL]

I happened to pass by a mirror and noticed my skin color matched Herman 
Munster - GREEN.  Paid a visit to my Doc, and he did some tests and whatnot 
and came up with a diagnosis. -----ENVY. This all happened shortly after 
looking at the pictures of that newly aquired TD6.  Congratulations, 
Spencer.

Charlie V.


>From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
>Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>Subject: [AT] New tractor - A crawler Yeah!
>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:12:08 -0400
>
>Some of you may know, I have quite a bit of general dozer/loader/grading
>work that needs to be done.  Due to a very real inflation in prices to do
>this kind of work in this area(maybe everywhere), I honestly can't afford
>it and I am not poor mouthing.  They want thousands of dollars to just cut
>a road, and repair some drainage.   Whatever happened $400 a day bulldozer
>guys???
>
>Anyways, due to the incredible generosity of a list member who was under
>the mistaken impression that he owed me a big favor(, well maybe he owed me
>a beer or something but that was about it), I am now the proud owner of an
>IH TD6 crawler with a skid shovel front end.   This generous list member
>paid to get the crawler to a terminal in Chicago where I shipped in in
>pretty cheap - $800.  The pictures are here:
>
>http://www.antique-tractor.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album15
>
>
>Now, I can just hire "me" to do the work (-;|)
>
>They just delivered it today.   This was a huge ordeal because the sent the
>roughest front detach trailer they had (but a nice helpful driver) and
>getting the trailer detached and "tached" was an ordeal.  Nothing ever
>seemed to line up and the platform-fifth wheel portion was real picky about
>the height of the front end of the trailer.   .   Also, since they loaded
>it with a huge forklift the crawler was resting on 4x4s.   They made it
>nearly impossible for my Oliver 77 6 cylinder diesel to pull off the
>trailer.  I tore up the gravel driveway.   Once off the 4x4s, down the
>trailer and onto ground; the line of pull was lower and the Oliver just
>pulled the crawler right along.
>
>I think it is supposed to run but will need to do quite a bit of
>tinkering/maintenance/general going through before I try the gas
>start/diesel run engine.  By the way, this generous list member has sent a
>manual that should get here tomorrow.   So I will have some guidance while
>I do this work.  It also has a bad steering clutch and that will need to be
>fixed.
>
>The list member will remain anonymous because I presume he wants it that
>way.  He knows who he though, so I will publicly thank him in addition to
>the private thanks I have already sent:  "Thanks!"
>
>Spencer
>
>
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