[AT] RE: Tubes and tires/fixes / barnyard repair

[Andy Glines]

I love those old "barnyard repairs" because they help show the history of 
the machine and of the Farming profession.  My "restored" F-20 has a few of 
those repairs intact and they are often a conversation piece when I am at a 
show.  When people point out the ugly block repair or the big nail holding 
on the clutch pedal I always tell them that this is how the old farmer kept 
the tractor running so that he could keep eating!
>         I was just thinking about all the on the farm
>and out in the field fixes I've seen on tractors.
>         Along the lines of tires and tubes, probably
>the most unique fixes I've seen was on an Oliver 70
>out in Farmersville Equipments salvage yard. The
>farmer, I assume couldn't afford tires on it and so he
>had bolted 6x6 blocks to the inside of the rims and
>steel angle on those for traction. It really intrigued
>me and you know if I owned that tractor I would
>preserve it just that way! Really gave the old tractor
>character and most definitely showed a story of its
>past.
>      That is what this hobby is about, not having a
>showroom of immaculate tractors but preserving the
>past.
>My thoughts anyway
>Danny Tabor