[AT] Ralph's rotary mower

[Louis]

$3.09 for gas.  $3.05 for road diesel.  In NE Ohio.

Lou

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From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Cecil Bearden
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:29 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph's rotary mower


Ralph:
I gotta deviate from this subject a little.  What is the price of gas and 
diesel in your part of the country now.  We just hit $3.. for road diesel 
and $2.89 for gas here....

Cecil in Okla
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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph's rotary mower


>
> Just changing the heading on this thread as we are not discussing my
> website anymore, but my rotary mower.
> This machine is not one that actually makes me any money, just what I use 
> to keep the yards and roadsides looking good and under control. If it was 
> a swather or combine and I had crop waiting to harvest I would likely be 
> doing the repair using whatever costly parts it required to get back in 
> the field.
> Seeing as its just a mower I'm in the position of being able to look for a

> "cheap fix" if it is possible without compromising the reliability of the 
> mower or shortening it's lifespan. I'm guilty of not wanting to spend any 
> more money than I have to when it comes to repairs.
> We are a week or more away from any harvesting at this point so I have 
> some time to explore my options on this repair. So far I have installed a 
> grease fitting in the former level plug hole and pumped in some ordinary 
> gun grease. I did'nt go overboard on that as I found the oil level was 
> still up to full when I removed the plug. Not too bad considering it had 
> done an hour's work the day before. I have not run it for long enough to 
> see if the gearbox heats up mainly due to a self inflicted tractor 
> breakdown which I will leave for another posting.
> I do appreciate all the comments and suggestions and will keep you 
> informed on any further progress on this fix.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lyle Myles" <lyle45859 at peoplepc.com>
> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:30 PM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Ralph's website
>
>
>> Who knows, maybe that darn horse died that was bring that computer. 
>> I've been a farmer most of my life and most times you have to fix 
>> things in the field and cannot afford to bring the machinery back to 
>> the farm for proper
>> repairs. The one thing that we did have was good neighbors and if 
>> something
>> was in to bad of repairs we could always count on each other to loan our
>> equipment to one another. Every repair has to be based on its own merits 
>> and
>> the amount of time to fix the problems and the costs to do the repairs. 
>> We
>> farmed over two thousand acres and repairs during harvest time had to be
>> completed and no we did not have the time to get on the Internet asking 
>> how
>> to do something, we just did it. If our neighbors did not know how to do 
>> it
>> then we made do with what we had until the time was right to set down and

>> do
>> the proper repairs.
>>
>> Lyle Myles
>>
>> May the Lord be with each and everyone this beautiful day that the 
>> Lord
>> has
>> given each and every one of us to enjoy and behold!
>>
>
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