[AT] Help--sickle grinders

[charlie hill]

I know what you mean Larry.  Lynn's mom gave me one of those precision cast 
model WD 45's a few years ago.  I think she ordered it out of a magazine 
insert from the Franklin Mint or something.  I think it set her back about 
$200.00.    I like it and was glad to have it but all I could think when I 
opened the box was how much REAL tractor stuff I could have bought with that 
money.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Help--sickle grinders


> Funny you should mention that particular combination, Charlie.  One of
> the last scale model farm tractors I added to my collection before I
> started collecting real tractors instead is a Farmall A with the
> mid-mount mower.  When the price of toy tractors started rivaling the
> real thing, I decided it would be a lot more fun and worthwhile to have
> something that I could actually ride and do some work with.  I made the
> switch and have never looked back.  My latest addition is another
> five-foot sickle bar mower that I think I'll be able to completely
> restore for under $75 including the original purchase price.
>
> One of these days, I'm going to start liquidating the farm toy
> collection.  My grandkids love to come and visit because there is a
> fairly large group of the tractors and implements that I let them have
> free rein over.  But neither of my kids has any lasting desire to
> continue the collection, so I'll start selling it off one of these days
> and save them the problems of having it included in my estate. Now the
> real operating tractors are a different matter.  I'll keep those as long
> as I'm able to ride.
>
> Larry
>
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> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 3:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Help--sickle grinders
>
>
>> Personally, I think a sickle bar mower hanging on the side or rear of
> an
>> antique tractor is neat.  That's the way I remember the tractors
> always
>> being outfitted on the farm when I was growing up
>
> ............
>
> My grandfather kept a belly mounted sickle mower on his Farmall A most
> of
> the time.  We would reach up and grab the lift control lever and use the
>
> mower like an elevator.  Hadn't thought of that in a long time.  It was
> easier just to step up on the tractor but that wouldn't have been as
> much
> fun.
>
> Charlie
>
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