[AT] The last question I had on my list for December.

[Rob Wilson]

I also visited my Grandma and Grandpa's farm and being too small to actually
do much manual work I "got" to ride on the wagon and stack the bales while
the neighbor boys and Dad tossed them up to me while Grandpa drove the A-C
C. I was amazed how these kids only a few years older than I could grab a
bale in each hand and toss them up to me to stack. The other treat was
getting up in the haymow to stack the hay in the barn as high as the roof
right next to the wasp nests on what seemed the hottest day of the summer.
Since I was a city kid I didn't get to drive the tractor but got to do the
stacking. I remember we were over the hill and Grandpa dropped the wheel on
the wagon which was actually two wheeled wagon made from a model T rear end
and a tree as a tongue and the entire load dumped off on top of me. Grandpa
and Dad thought I was dead or at least maimed. I was only shook up and
hopped back on to stack the load after we dumped it. It's really ironic that
I being a city kid at the time was never allowed to work the equipment while
Grandpa was alive but after all was said and done and the farm sold to my
cousin I was the one that ended up with the A-C C that was my Grandpa's
first tractor. And as most of you know thanks to Gene Dotson it's restored
and better than ever. I'd give my left arm to have those days back and smell
the sweet smell of fresh mowed hay. It never did seem like work even when I
got to be old enough to toss bales myself. 
Rob

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of David Myers
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] The last question I had on my list for December.

Well, seeing as how I only got to visit Grandpa's farm and not live & work
there, the only tractor work I did when young was mowing Dad's lawn (every
other day).  Hated it.  Large lawn and Dad's pride & joy.
Now I love to go mow lawn at my in-laws farm.  My, how things change!
Farmall 'A' with Woods L-59 mower and a couple hours totally ignoring the
rest of the world is better therapy than fishing (can't catch fish but I can
cut grass <g>).
The other fun I have is the restoring and repairing of the old iron.  Don't
think I will ever tire of turning wrenches.
David

--- On Thu, 12/31/09, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject: [AT] The last question I had on my list for December.
> Either as you were growing up or now,
> which tractor job did you like
> best and which the least?



      

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