[AJD] 1650

Fri Nov 4 14:08:56 PST 2005

Well I guess you could take one of our old 8640 4WD tractors to the plot and really
raise heck! That would get the new neighbors talking for sure.

And someday I will tell the tale of the infamous "Franktown 8640 Beer Run" that 
occurred in my younger days. (!) Needless to say it would be a national media event 
today if it were ever to be attempted again.

Greg

Greg Stephen
The Old Tractor Company
Stephen Equipment Company
PO Box 709
Franktown, CO 80116
303-663-5246
303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!

On Fri Nov  4  8:19 , 'Cotton Family' <dcotton at coosahs.net> sent:

>I certainly have been called worse Greg..lol.  Well I just bought 14 acres
>in a nice area of small farms.. It's the best I could do at the time..
>However.. The old restored JD 70 Gas spent the whole day out there with a
>bush hog mowing down old growth briars.(Some of the vines were bigger than
>my forearm). All those small estate orange tractors were certainly green
>with envy.. Most of the neighbors said their tractor could not do that job
>at all... Just wait till I bring out the 10 foot KBA Disk and show them how
>the front yard is going to be turned and then seeded with a FB-A Grain drill
>with grass.. Then smoothed over with the 3 panel spike harrows I have.. 
>
>I suspect it would be the beginning of some tractor wars.. Me with my old
>stuff and Yuppies with Orange tractors... 
>
>Let the fun begin..Just wait till I bring the 30 combine up there to harvest
>grass seed... It will be a riot..
>
>Dennis
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">antique-johndeere-
bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>greg at theoldtractorcompany.com
>Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 8:28 AM
>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>Subject: RE: [AJD] 1650
>
>Now I think Dennis is a mystic on top of everything else! His prediction is
>uncannily close to 
>becoming reality.
>Close to the place where the 1250 is, massive legions of yellow metal
>monsters have been 
>scraping dirt all summer. Where a small modest bridge once provided access
>across a mostly non-
>existent creek a massive four lane superspan of bridge is rising. Methinks
>that this latest 
>growth threat is going to be somewhat larger than I had first anticipated. A
>happenstance 
>conversation with the local fire chief revealed how much larger, he had been
>told that up to 
>3000 homes will eventually occupy this once vacant, and to the developers,
>useless pasture. Not 
>surprising really in view of the tremendous growth in Denver, our area, and
>the entire Front 
>Range corridor in general.
>The interesting thing is that it's about one mile from the dealership!
>
>Progress? You tell me.
>
>Greg
>
>
>Greg Stephen
>The Old Tractor Company
>Stephen Equipment Company
>PO Box 709
>Franktown, CO 80116
>303-663-5246
>303-468-0377 FAX
>
>On Thu Nov  3 17:35 , 'Cotton Family' dcotton at coosahs.net> sent:
>
>>If you don't get it soon greg, it will be in a neighborhood or upscale
>>subdivision..Then lordy the yuppies will buy it for decoration...  Hope
>>everything is well..
>>
>>Dennis
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>[antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">antique-jo
>hndeere-
>bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>>greg at theoldtractorcompany.com
>>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:52 PM
>>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>Subject: [AJD] 1650
>>
>>Steve
>>1650's are good tractors. We sold a few and never had any problems. There
>is
>>a 1250 
>>still running around just a few miles up the road from the dealership that
>>I'm 
>>keeping my eye on
>>Greg
>>
>>
>>Greg Stephen
>>The Old Tractor Company
>>Stephen Equipment Company
>>PO Box 709
>>Franktown, CO 80116
>>303-663-5246
>>303-468-0377 FAX
>>
>>On Thu Nov  3 10:05 , Steve Treimer steelerhawk at yahoo.com> sent:
>>
>>>Great, just great.  I know for a fact Midwest Cylinder Head in Nevada will
>>NOT, 
>>under ANY circumstances, "take back" their $495 welded head to fix a bad
>>weld after 
>>their 90 day warantee.  I'll just pray it holds (so far so good) long
>enough
>>for me 
>>to part with it so I can get me a little mid 80's 1650.  I love those
>>tractors but 
>>they are so hard to find!
>>>Steve
>>>
>>>Gary Epps garyepps at fidnet.com> wrote:
>>>I couldn't get anyone to repair the head on the 35 D by welding it. 
>>>Everyone said they had too many of them "come back". I finally found a 
>>>guy that repaired it by 'pinning'. I have not run it much since the 
>>>repair, but so far it seems to be fine.
>>>
>>>Gary
>>>
>>>Chris C wrote:
>>>> I have little experience with cast iron welding, or
>>>> cracked heads, but I am now the proud owner of 3 JD A
>>>> heads with 'heat cracks' in them. 
>>>> 
>>>> I also have 3 Caterpillar D7's, 3T models, (late
>>>> 40's to early 50's) Notorious for cracking heads if
>>>> they were run low on water. Some old timers say
>>>> sometimes the small heat cracks 'won't even leak'
>>>> 
>>>> So my question I guess, is could these heads have
>>>> been running just fine? (The JD A ones) All of the
>>>> cracks are in the 'face' of the head. Two have cracks
>>>> in the valve seats of both cylinders, one has a crack
>>>> in the metal above the valve seats of the #2 cylinder.
>>>> (this one was also "tested" by the guy that sold it
>>>> to me first.. hmm.. :( wonder if his eyes were open) 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, I am off the see mr. local head welder
>>>> tomorrow. My question, has anyone run a 'cracked'
>>>> head and had no problems?
>>>> 
>>>> I would guess that first of all, a crack is
>>>> going to expand and contract with the rest of the head
>>>> as it heats so that crack certainly isn't going to get
>>>> smaller if you keep running it.. 
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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