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

Dave Merchant nesys_com at ameritech.net
Wed Sep 19 06:47:33 PDT 2007


...and on most bridges of that type, the sections of precast concrete beam are
held together with glue!

Cub looks nice though, everybody needs at least one.

Dave Merchant



At 08:35 AM 9/19/2007, you wrote:
>Al, I meant to write back before you left and ask you exactly where you were
>going to pick it up but I forgot until it was too late.  It's possible that
>it might have been easier for you to get off of 295 (or 95) onto 360 and go
>in the back way.  The scenery would have been better if nothing else but
>it's too late for that now.
>
>I was just kidding you about your  chain down job.  Actually I was
>impressed.  You had it chained up like a pro.
>
>I've been through Richmond on I 95 one time since 295 opened.  It's a good
>bit closer that way but that one trip reminded me why I don't do it.  That
>bridge is a bit discomforting.  I don't really mind high or long bridges but
>that one is strange.  It's a suspension bridge with only one set of towers
>and cables down the middle and 3 hugh concrete lanes cantilevered off the
>sides.  I can't imagine what the stresses on that thing must be with loaded
>tractor trailers running in those outside lanes.  I wish I could see the
>structure under it.  Then again maybe it's just as well I can't.
>
>Charlie
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
>To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] New Old Tractor Purchase, was Plowing in Ohio/Long
>
>
> > 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-----
> > From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [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'"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > 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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