[AT] DEAD or:: Long Story

CRAWLER HEAVEN edc at crawlerheaven.com
Mon Mar 12 06:02:05 PDT 2007


Charlie just wondering where you live in WNY. I grew up in Buffalo(Kenmore)
My one grand parents were bar keepers off Niagara Street in the Black Rock
section The other from Riverside section. Now i live in Palmyra NY east of
Rochester.  Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] DEAD or:: Long Story


> Interesting.  They are back almost 100 years.  When my father was a young
> man (early 1920's) he worked for a short time in a furnature factory in
> Rochester N.Y. that was powered by one or more steam engines.  His
> description of the overhead shafting and belting were as you describe.
> Rochester Gas and Electric Company supplied steam to the downtown
Rochester
> area to be purchased to operate the engines.
>
> Off to work,
>
> Charlie in WNY
>
>
> >From: Ed Stewart <edstewart1 at verizon.net>
> >Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >
> >Hi, near where I live here in PA there is an Amish furniture factory
> >that is run by a single diesel engine running a lineshaft that belt
> >drives the equipment, saws, shapers, planers, drillpresses. They slide
> >the flat belts from live pulleys to idler pulleys to start and stop any
> >machine. Ed
> >
> >CEE VILL wrote:
> > > Chuckle.  Interesting story, Gene.  My first thought is the three
Amish
> > > fellas are intelligent life.  They know better than to drive.  I
wonder
> >what
> > > they will do with the diesel engine. It must be they use stationary
> >power.
> > > Lucky for you there weren't half a dozen tractors there also.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> > >> Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [AT] DEAD or:: Long Story
> > >> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:37:00 -0400
> > >>
> > >>     Okay Charlie, you asked for it.
> > >>     Have a little story to tell about yesrerday, then tell me if
there
> >is
> > >> intelligent life left??
> > >>
> > >>     Yesterday I took a couple Amish brothers to an Amish farm sale
near
> > >> Shreve, Ohio, 130 miles from home. These guys are deadly with a
> >checkbook
> > >> when away from home. My primary reason for going was to bring home
some
> > >> milk
> > >> cows if they could buy them, so I towed my 15 foot livestock trailer,
> > >> figuring the trailer for the cows and a few smaller items in the
truck.
> > >> That
> > >> part worked fine as I hauled back 2 cows and a bull calf. The rear of
> >the
> > >> trailer was loaded with about 20 used doors they bought and a couple
> >items
> > >> of furniture. The truck held the very large lots of v'belts and flat
> >belts
> > >> they bought and the milk can rack, strainer and heavy duty step
ladder
> >fit
> > >> nicely in the back of the truck. Doing fine so far.
> > >>     There was lots of nice horse drawn implements here, so the buying
> > >> frenzy
> > >> continued. 2 usable IH 2 row corn planters, 1 Pioneer sulky plow, 1
> > >> forecart, 1 3 cylinder Duetz diesel engine mounted on a wheeled cart
> >and a
> > >> couple other items. Okay a nice trailer load, so I called my
> >friend,Tony,
> > >> to
> > >> see if he was interested in coming and hauling this  load. He agreed
to
> > >> haul
> > >> the load and hooked to his trailer and made the trip to the sale
site.
> > >> Meanwhile another amishman from a neighboring community had bought a
> >New
> > >> Idea hay loader and had no way to get it home. Well, Henry, figuring
he
> >had
> > >> another trailer coming and barely enough room to load it, volunteered
> >the
> > >> other driver to haul it and drop it off for him. Tony arrived about
> >8:00pm,
> > >> well after dark and the loading proceeded. The items the brothers
> >bought
> > >> loaded just fine. The hay loader was loaded on the back of the
trailer
> >and
> > >> laid down on the other items. The top of the loader faced forward and
> > >> created a very large drag surface. All items were chained and
strapped
> > >> down.
> > >>     The group started home and were heading west on U.S. Rt.30 when
the
> > >> strap on the loader was cut by a sharp edge that it crossed. So
> >traveling
> > >> at
> > >> speed on a busy highway with the loader catching all the wind and the
> >strap
> > >> broke allowing this large flat wing to fly off the trailer, right
into
> >the
> > >> left hand lane of the highway. Fortunately, no one was close behind
and
> > >> they
> > >> got stopped and rolled the loader off into the center median. With no
> >way
> > >> to
> > >> load it back on the trailer it was left and a towing company
contacted
> >to
> > >> remove if from the highway.
> > >>     So, today we hooked my other trailer to my truck and went and
> > >> retrieved
> > >> the loader. What was a very nice hay loader will now require some
> > >> straightening and a couple hay slats and another pair of rear
castering
> > >> wheels. We delivered it to the new owner this evening with
negotiations
> > >> still ongoing as to who pays the damages. Fortunately, I am off the
> >hook on
> > >> this one
> > >>
> > >>                             Gene
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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> >when you don't control immigration.
> >
> >Ed Stewart
> >Reynoldsville, Pa.15851
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