[AT] hello?, now "people never get rid"

[Gene Dotson]

    Herb, as you know I grew up in a big family on a small farm. No way to 
buy good machinery so we got pretty good at taking someone else's castoffs 
and keep them working. Same with bicycles as a youngster. Dad always had a 
pile of scrap iron next to the barn that helped with many repairs. Nothing 
went to waste. Learned to weld at 12 years old after Dad bought a Forney 
welder. Self taught and a few shaky jobs early on, but have improved quite a 
bit now.

            Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] hello?, now "people never get rid"


>
> Gene
> Nothing wrong with your practice.   My Dad practiced that all of his life.
> If we did not have it, it involved six miles to town and another eleven
> miles to a larger town with farm implement dealers (considerable time and
> money).  We became quite creative.
> Herb
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 1/26/2011 11:25:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] hello?
>>
>>     Charlie;
>>
>>     Don't know if it is luck or just the fact that some people never get
> rid
>> of anything that may have a use someday.
>>
>>     Thinking of a way to extend the outside edge of my too short
> backblade
>> so it doesn't leave a windror on the back side of the blade. I have an
> old
>> front blade off a small garden tractor I could use, but it is buried in
> the
>> back corner of the barn loft behind too much stuff to move. Probably put
>> that project off till later. I found a set of tire chains hung up in the
>> barn for 10 years. Going to shorten them to use on my JD 240. Need it to
>> pull my airplane into the hangar and it is helpless in the snow and ice,
>> even with ag tread tires. Should make it better for pulling the lawn
> roller
>> too.
>>
>>                     Gene
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] hello?
>>
>>
>> > Gene, don't expect to get that lucky everyday!
>> >
>> > Charlie
>> >
>> > -----Original Message----- 
>> > From: Gene Dotson
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:32 PM
>> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] hello?
>> >
>> >    John'
>> >     Nope, not at NAPA, Advance, TSC, local lawnmower hop or at nearest
> CIH
>> > dealer. It is a 17 MM metric bearing. Ingersoll dealer at Celina, 40
> miles
>> > away has 2 of them and told me they were also used on the mowers. Well
>> > gosh
>> > I have a Case mower in the barn I never have used and it has 2 of these
>> > bearings. Took about 15 minutes to get back in service.
>> >
>> >                Gene
>> >
>> > P.S.  For what it is worth, Our local NAPA store is not the super parts
>> > stores some of yopu seem to have.
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "John" <johnwidener at sbcglobal.net>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:13 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] hello?
>> >
>> >
>> >> Might check with Napa, they can get allot of different idlers for
> mowers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
>> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:47 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [AT] hello?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>    Nope, not down. Just nobody has anything to report.
>> >>>
>> >>>    Keeping busy clearing the snow. Just finished clearing my airstrip
>> >>> Sunday with the little Case 222 and snowblower when I lost a bearing
> in
>> >>> the
>> >>> belt idler pulley. Looked 4 different places yeaterday for a pulley
> and
>> >>> could not find one. Discovered today the same pulley was used on the
>> >>> mowers.
>> >>> I have a mower deck I have never used and scavenged one from it. Fast
>> >>> repair
>> >>> and no cost and I still have one more for a spare. Back in business 
>> >>> in
>> >>> less
>> >>> than 1/2 hour.
>> >>>
>> >>>            Gene
>> >>>
>> >>
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