[AT] Melting it all down.(copper is the new gold)

[charlie hill]

Yeah Steve, we know.  You just want some huckleberries. LOL

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Melting it all down.(copper is the new gold)


> William Powell wrote:
>> We have a about 100 acres in upstate NY that was passed down through our
>> family for about 100 years. It was the summer pasture from my Aunts farm. 
>> My
>> father stayed on the farm with Allis Chalmers equipment (C, WC) through 
>> the
>> 40's every summer. My great uncles would take the cows their in the 
>> summer.
>> Anyway, my grandfather built a hunting cabin on the summer field. My 
>> father
>> bought an 8n in 1978, the first in our collection and the beginning of my
>> tractor obsession.
>>
>> The land was well suited for huckleberries (a small tart blueberry) and 
>> they
>> sprung up everywhere. Other farms that were let go (and there were many)
>> also had many blueberry's. The other farms are now woods, no more
>> blueberries....
>>
>> Our field was starting to get taken over by the woods. I hopped on the 8n
>> and would cut for weeks every summer. So, in time we were the only place
>> around with blueberries. (amazing picture from google satellite images, a
>> sea or woods, and then our property... Though, every summer we would come
>> for vacation and not much was on the bushes.
>>
>> Then we were talking to a bartender (our friend) at a local bar and she 
>> was
>> telling us how one of her customers was bragging about the 10 gallons of
>> berries she picked at the secret spot she found (our property). Gee, not
>> just enough for a pie, but 10 gallons! Our property is about 1 mile off 
>> of
>> the main dirt road...
>>
>> So, the land now is in a trust owned by myself, my brother, and my two
>> sisters (Another story..). Anyway, my sister, who is no stranger to a
>> confrontation is riding her four wheeler down the main dirt road from our
>> property last year and spots 4 people with two buckets of Tupperware 
>> under
>> their arms walking up toward our road last year. She stopped and asked if
>> they were going to our property. They said yes. My sister said that our
>> Stepmother has been up there to pick and nothing was left, so, she would
>> rather they would not pick. So that was that. We did not even know these
>> people.
>>
>> As far as metal, the place is 300 miles away, would not be surprised if
>> someone started walking with our implements...
>>
>
> Where is this place located in Upstate NY? If it's close to me I could
> drop by now and again and see if things stay put.
>
> -- 
> Steve Williams
> Firefighter,EMT, Fire Police
> VanHornesville Vol. Fire Dept
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