[AT] New Old Tractor Purchase, was Plowing in Ohio/Long

[Al Jones]

Charlie,

My philosophy when I tie a tractor down is I want it to be so if the
trailer comes loose, passes the truck, jumps a median, takes out a
guardrail, flips twice end over end, hits a tree, and comes to rest on
its side; the tractor will STILL be tied down to the trailer!

This was the longest trip I have ever made pulling something like this.
It wasn't too bad going southbound on 95 on a Saturday afternoon.  I
made the mistake of staying on 95 through Richmond.  I came back around
it on 295 and that was much easier--though crossing the James River made
me a little squeamish--I don't like big bridges.  IT pulled real good
and the gas mileage was better than I was afraid--just a shade under
15MPG.

Plus, we got to go through Greenville and eat at the Olive Garden for
supper. :)

Al

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:10 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] New Old Tractor Purchase, was Plowing in Ohio/Long

Looks nice from here Al.  I don't think you had to worry about it
jumping 
off of the trailer either.  grins.

Glad you had a good and trouble free trip.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] New Old Tractor Purchase, was Plowing in Ohio/Long


> Charlie, here's a picture one the way home at a Wendy's, I believe we
> were near Richmond.
>
> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1030/1389121391_fa9345cb07.jpg
>
> I'll summarize by posting what I copied/pasted from the Red Power
Forum.
>
> I found it on Ebay, 5 hrs. away in King George, VA. We had a fun trip.
> This was the longest I have ever pulled my trailer and it did great.
(I
> forgot to grease the wheel bearings!  It did ok though.)
>
>
> The 6 volt charging system WORKS! You have to give it a little RPM but
> it does indeed appear to be charging the battery.... one headlight
still
> works. The rear light is not original and appears to have one of the
old
> pancake style sealed beam lights wedged in there.
>
> It very much has the "Sherwin Williams Restoration" going on. Paint
> right over old grease/dirt in many places. The tin looks pretty good
> though. Not all beat up. From 50 feet away, it looks nice.
>
> The set screw holding the RH steering arm is in bad shape--right much
> flop, but the steering gear itself is pretty tight. LH tie rod looks a
> little tweaked.
>
> It has the newer ZENITH carb. A little bit-a choke and the little
booger
> fires right up. It has a definate miss though, one cylinder sounds
plumb
> dead. My heart sank to my stomach the first time I heard it run.  But,
I
> think/hope the miss is a bad plug, bad plug wire, needs a tuneup, etc.
> It starts up and runs too good to have more serious trouble--I hope.
In
> other words, I hope I haven't bought myself a paperweight.....  It has
> been changed over to IH distributor ignition--no magneto.
>
> The touch control wouldn't work this evening and when I checked it, it
> was way low on fluid--I found that there's a pinhole leak on the
> pressure line where it's soldered (?) to the block which bolts to the
> back of the hyd. pump. I added a little fluid and the system works
fine
> with no load. So I gotta get that brazed. My first fear was the pump
was
> bad and pumping Hy-Tran into the engine. That doesn't seem to be
> happening but I'll have to keep it watched.
>
> The brakes are good enough I can stall it in any gear. (OR should that
> be: the engine's in such bad shape I can stall it in any gear?  Again,
I
> hope it ain't a paperweight.....  )
>
> Seems to smoke just a touch at startup or when I "loaded" it with the
> brakes. Maybe that's just because it hasn't been run much---or see
> above!
>
> OH--the oil gauge--it's the older gauge with the IHC emblem on the
face
> instead of the IH. Did any Cub's ever have that gauge? From the looks
of
> things it's a '49 by the S/N but I gotta go look if it's early, late,
or
> whatever. Most of the codes on it are late '48 that I have looked at
so
> far.
>
> It has Goodyear tires all the way around. One front is a replacement,
> but I am suspicious that the other three may be original. If not, they
> are way-old. Wish they had some sorta date code I could read.
>
> In general, I wish this tractor could talk and tell me what it's seen
> and done. As I said, all the mounting holes except the ones for the
> drawbar have cork in them, except also for the two lower ones on the
> clutch housing. I wonder if it didn't do a lot of sicklebar mowing or
> belt work. It has the belt pulley attachment on it, but the flat
pulley
> is gone--it has the sicklebar mower pulley (I think) on it instead.
Cubs
> around here cultivated, cultivated, cultivated. And put out lots of
> fertilizer at the same time. This one doesn't appear to have done as
> much as that. I got it as a bare tractor--no implements, not even a
> drawbar.
>
> I have to confess: I bought it with the idea of possibly re-selling it
> for a modest "profit." It's beginning to grow on me though  ...and the
> seat is actually very comfortable....
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie
hill
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:52 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long
>
> Al, give us an update.  How was the trip, was the Cub as advertised,
> etc.?
>
> Charlie
>
>
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