[AT] Really depressing loss of old iron...

[Larry D. Goss]

Funny you should mention that, Farmer.  I had a conversation with a
friend who lives over in Illinois over the weekend and he happens to be
looking for a John Deere rear-mount sickle bar.  I told him you had some
available.  How difficult would it be for you to send me a listing of
the JD models you have in stock?  I've got to get back with him in a
couple of days about a hiller for growing white asparagus, and I'll talk
with him at the same time about your sickle bars.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Indiana
Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:57 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Really depressing loss of old iron...

	I have several old sickle mowers that I am giving up on selling
and will start scrapping 
them out next week. All need repairs and it is getting harder to find
anyone that wants 
to mess with such stuff. While there are a lot of us across the country
doing this stuff 
in any given small area there are only a few. I hauled a couple of green
and yellow ones 
to the Portland swap meet and found very little interest... I think I
started at $50 each 
and then cut them to $25 each. I figured they were worth that for parts.
They are the 
kind with one rear caster wheel. I believe one is a U-8 and the other
older but I don't 
remember what model it is It has a cover plate on the gearbox with a
deer on it and says 
John Deere. The U-8 is a more modern style.
	I also have several IH mowers of that style. I am going to keep
one of those that has a 
rear "steel" wheel and will likely save some parts from one or two of
the others back for 
it. We have 4 other sickle mowers that we are keeping. I have a belly
mount sickle for my 
AC-C, a pull type New Idea and a drawbar mount Co-op with two caster
wheels on the rear. 
Son Scott has a 3 point MM sickle mower. 

-- 
"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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