[AT] Salvage yard listing

[Mike Sloane]

While I was replying to a question about salvage yards on another list 
(Farmall_Tractors at yahoogroups.com), I checked out the ATIS salvage yard 
listing that I always recommend to folks who are new to older machines. 
While the listing is great, it appears that it is a little out of date. 
I wonder if some of the folks who have a little spare time on their 
hands would want to take on the task of bringing it up to date? Most of 
the bigger yards now have websites and/or Email these days, but I also 
suspect that some of the operations gone by the wayside as their real 
estate was gobbled up by suburban developers. There are yards that 
advertise in the old tractor magazines, like Red Power, 9N-2N-8N-NAA 
Newsletter, etc. that don't show up on the list. For example, I looked 
for one of my favorites, Biewer's Tractor Salvage in MN 
<http://www.salvagetractors.com/> and didn't find it. I suspect that 
there may be others.

Maybe an "ad hoc" committee could divide up the list and come up with 
some changes to send to Spencer some time in the next several months.

We might also want to create a listing of really great aftermarket 
suppliers of parts, decals, documentation, etc. I have been very 
disappointed at the quality of the stuff coming from Valu-Bilt and 
Tractor Supply lately - too much inferior Asian stuff that don't hold up 
or fit properly. But there are some really great suppliers out there, 
and they deserve our business and support. For instance, in my Farmall 
Cub restorations, I deal with TM Tractor Parts 
<http://www.tmtractor.com/index.htm> whose parts are almost all "Made in 
USA" and are an excellent value. I know that there are other equally 
great parts suppliers for all the other makes and models out there.

I am not, by the way, offering to organize these efforts - that isn't 
something I enjoy or do well at. I am just throwing ideas out for 
consideration.

Mike