[AT] respirators--now barrel trains

[John Hall]

 Some clubs go the extra mile and take a big, older lawn mower and strip the 
sheet metal and build a new shell that looks like a locomotive engine. The 
cars in our club's train are all painted different tractor colors complete 
with decals, steering wheels, and exhaust pipes. We had bicycle horns on 
them but the noise was unbearable! There is a small piece of angle iron 
welded on the side of the cars to be used as a step. The seats are (I 
believe) salvaged off old school desks--the ones for little kids. We started 
with hard rubber lawn mower wheels but they wore out after a few years and 
we went back with pneumatic.  In both cases we used aprox 20" wheels. Keep 
minimal slop in the hitches to help with backlash and noise.

 Ours runs all day during our show and never lacks for riders. And the best 
part is we do not charge for the rides.

John Hall


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] respirators and Isocyanates (Urethane paint)


> I'll be darned!  I've never seen one but it sounds like a nice idea! 
> John
>
>
> At 02:29 PM 03/29/2008, you wrote:
>>On Mar 29, 2008, at 12:02 PM, John Wilkens wrote:
>>
>> > What's a "barrel train? ....some special RR train?
>>
>>Hi John, I believe what is being referred to is a child's ride that
>>is made up of (typically) 55 gal. drums that are pulled by a garden
>>tractor. You sometimes see a "barrel train" at engine/tractor shows.
>>         Dave