[AT] Junky Crane? Jacktown area....

[Tim Nobles]

Well, he's right about the old tractors disappearing.....cause the farmland 
is going fast.  The sister-in-law lives just a road up from the new 33 which 
crosses the river in Bethlehem.  When they got there about 12 years 
ago....their back yard was a cornfield.  Now it's hundreds (probably more 
than 1000) houses.  I use to drive the back roads during the day to see what 
I might see.  It's alot harder than it was 10 years ago.

Remember I bought a hydralic pump for my AC C.  I went to Juny and he wanted 
$35.  Then I came back a couple of months later and he wanted $50 for the 
same EXACT unit.  When I brought it to his attention that his price had 
risen......his comment was "guess you should've bought it last time when it 
was cheaper"...................My brother-in-law still tells that story with 
a big grin.

Thanks for update
Tim Nobles
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Junky Crane? Jacktown area....


>I haven't been to Junky Crane's in at least 10 years. The last time I
> was there, he was complaining that business was terrible because junk
> antique tractors were getting harder and harder to find. He blamed it on
> Valu-Bilt going around the country and buying up every old tractor they
> could find, running or not, just to part them out. He also complained
> that farms were fast disappearing in his area as the land was sold for
> developments. Then he complained that the 200'x200' Morton building he
> bought was a disaster, and he was suing Morton because they refused to
> repair the problems. He did a LOT of complaining.
>
> Mike
>
> Tim Nobles wrote:
>> Mike S LeRoy P and a few of you Eastern Pa. people can fill me
>> in........what happened to Cranes salvage near Martin's Creek Pa?  It's
>> probably been at least 4 years since I've been by there.  I drove by 
>> there
>> this past Thursday and they have scales and trucks and looks like some 
>> sort
>> of gravel operation.  And his field of precious equipment is gone with
>> mounds of dirt piled up so I couldn't see what was behind it.
>>
>>>From there I found my way to Jacktown and drove around the show grounds.
>> Wish I could've made my trip on the weekend of the spring swapmeet. 
>> Drove
>> past LeRoys home, it was morning and fiqured you were at work....didn't 
>> see
>> any action and LeRoy............., it looked like the tractor line up out
>> back has diminished since I last was there.
>>
>> Sister-in-law is moving from Bethelhem, so I probably won't be in that 
>> area
>> again for a long time. Had some nice roadtrips out that way.
>>
>> Tim Nobles
>> South Dayton, NY
>>
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