[AT] Demolition

[Gene Dotson]

    I owned an International 303 combine shortly after I started farming. 
This combine was worn out in every way imaginable. I used it for 2 years and 
I don't think I ever left the field when nothing was broken. I was combining 
beans one night when I heard a chattering sound. I stopped the seperator and 
it was still there. I got down out of the cab and climbed up by the engine 
just in time for it to throw a rod through the side of the block and start a 
fire. Like a dummy, I called the fire department and they extinguished the 
fire. Should have just walked away and let it burn. The insurance company 
paid for the damage and I installed a 241 truck engine in place of the 
original 221 engine. Had lots of power and first time I took it to the 
field, it broke the variable speed belt. Just 1 of many more problems. I 
would have gleefully watched this machine be destroyed in a derby if they 
had them. I traded it off for a 1 year old model 715 IH and was in heaven 
with that machine.

                            Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Demolition


> Grant,  you stated very well what I was thinking but didn't take time to
> say.  We have a small farm.  I'd love to tend it.  It's not big enough to
> justify buying equipment but I have plenty of tractors.  If I had a small
> combine I could drill wheat, soybeans, grain sorgum, etc. no-till, spray
> them for weeds and combine them.  My 40 acres might take 2 weeks work a 
> year
> doing it that way.  Any old combine would work as long as it didn't spill
> too much grain out the back condition wouldn't matter much.  Of course I
> know the things break down and they are expensive to fix but it's an 
> option
> I'd like to have.