[AT] Air hose stupid attack...

Curtis Kellum tinman at keyisp.net
Wed Aug 3 04:53:42 PDT 2005



Dean VP wrote:

> Farmer:
>
> Welcome to the club. Been there done that!  Too many times. The end result
> is what is important.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Indiana Robinson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:21 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] Air hose stupid attack...
>
>         I had to put a new matched set of 3 Vee belts on son Scott's New
> Idea "Cut/conditioner"
> (large flail cutter / windrower) today. A previous owner had put the wrong
> sized belts on
> it. The pully Vee's are 5/8" wide but they had put 1/2" wide belts on it and
> they were
> running in the bottom of the grooves instead of gripping the sides. It had
> been slipping
> at times even though they were quite tight under spring tension. Yesterday
> one let go and
> another was about to go so I sent Diana off to find me 3 new ones. Several
> places could
> order them but it was going to take too long. Local NAPA to the rescue. They
> could have
> them by 7:00 AM this morning and only $42.55 for all three. As I started
> getting stuff
> together to change them I got my little butterfly impact wrench out so I
> could use it on
> the mile long tension spring bolt. I was not parked real close to the shop
> (the MTA and
> the baler were sitting where I usually work) so I pulled almost all of the
> air hose off
> of the hanger and tossed it out the door. I then started looking for the
> snap coupler end
> and didn't see it in the pile of hose. I started kicking the pile of hose
> around looking
> for the end but it was nowhere on the ground. After mumbling some things
> that shouldn't
> be said in mixed company I finally found it securely attached to the air
> tool in my
> hand... DUH!!!  I wonder if they still have another empty room out at the
> home...   :-)
>         Sure made a big difference in the way the unit handled the tough
> spots of extra tall
> hay.
>
> --
> "farmer", Esquire
> At Hewick Midwest
>       Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
> Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100
> years
> before the revolution.
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
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Hi, this site is not what I was expecting, please remove my name. Thanks, Curtis




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