[AT] Some ads from the 3/12 Lancaster Farming

[Larry D. Goss]

I was impressed with the assortment of stuff Burge's has, Mike.  I
stopped by their establishment last summer when I started restoring the
MD-6 mower that was used in the early days of Power King tractors.
Case/IH was no longer able to supply pitman bars or assemblies for that
mower, but John Burge walked about 20 feet outside his office and
pointed to their cache of IH mower parts for me.  It was then simply a
matter of picking the one I wanted from the stack of a half dozen or so
that were leaning against the outside of one of the buildings.

Burge's, Economy, Pennsylvania -- it's about five miles down the road
from the Portersville, PA steam club show grounds.

Larry

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Larry D. Goss wrote:
> FWIW, I remember that thread about the sickle bar knife grinder, Mike.
> I thought of that as I "kicked" one on the basement floor of the
> "Antique Warehouse" in Goodland, Kansas, this past Friday.  I thought
> about buying it because "someone will need it" but the Jeep was
already
> full of family hand-me-downs that we loaded up out in Colorado, so I
let
> it go.  If anyone is traveling I-70, the antique mall is right next to
> the grain elevator on 17th street, and the grinder is down the stairs
> and to the right.
When I think about grinding the knives ("sections") on a sickle bar, I 
really wonder why anyone would bother. In my case, the sections get 
broken or badly notched long before they get dull. (But I am trimming 
along roadsides and around ponds/ditches, not cutting hay.) Using a 
rivet press, I can punch out a section and spin a new one in in less 
time that it would take to fiddle with a grinder. And sections are still

pretty cheap. I seem to lose more of the old IH guards, due to bending 
the ends, than I do sections, but the new generic guards seem to hold up

pretty well (even if they are painted green instead of red :-) and are 
much thicker).

One minor problem is that I lost the outboard skid (and the support 
bracket) from my IH 22 (Cub) mower last summer while clearing alongside 
the road. I went back to try to find it where I thought it came off, but

I guess it buried itself in the rocks and debris. If anyone has one they

are willing to sell, please contact me off-line at
<mikesloane at verizon.net>.

Thanks,

Mike
> 
> Larry
> 

Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
mikesloane at verizon.net
Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>

He that is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell 
and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. -Thomas Paine, 
philosopher and writer (1737-1809)


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