[AT] quiet

[charlie hill]

Reminds me of one of my favorite old jokes.
A couple of dim witted fellows buy a mule but when they try to
put it in the stable the mule won't duck his neck down to walk though the 
door.
The fellows set about with saws and jacks and start to raise the door 
opening when
a stranger walks by and asks what they are doing.   They tell him the stable 
door is
too low for the mule and they are fixing it.  The stranger offers a 
suggestion.
He tells them their stable has a dirt floor and suggests they just dig out a 
little in the doorway
until there is enough clearance for the mule.  The two fellows pay him no 
mind and keep working
so he walks away.  After the stranger is gone one of the fellows looks at 
the other and says:
Did you hear that durned fool, doesn't he know it's the mules neck that's 
too long not his feet.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Henry Miller
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 10:18 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] quiet

That is an excellent question.  I'm not sure if my wife will let me out to
play tomorrow or if this will have to wait a couple weeks until the holidays
are over, but I'll find out.

On Sunday, December 23, 2012 22:00:03 charlie hill wrote:
> Henry can you let enough air out of the tires to make up that 1"?
> Or does it have foam filled tires?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: henry miller
> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 4:26 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] quiet
>
> Busy, we had a blizzard here in Iowa on wednesday/Thursday.  I got worried
> Wednesday cause I didn't want to shovel out.  Saw a John Deere 125 skid
> steer on craigslist for not too much, but I didn't get back in time: lost
> traction going up a hill on the main road and there I sat until a tow 
> truck
> got me (the skid loader couldn't pull me, I tried).  Since I was following 
> a
> plow when I lost it I decided that a night in the hotel was smarter then
> the back roads the 5 remaining miles.
>
> Thursday I made it home, with the help of a friendly neighbor with 4 wheel
> drive.  (The second neighbor the first couldn't pull me either). Then the
> skid loader didn't start: ice had blocked the shutoff in the off position
> and I couldn't get it pulled out enough.
>
> got that started Friday, and plowed out.  Now it sits in front of the
> garrage, not starting: for reasons I don't understand yet.  I think if I 
> ran
> the starter long enough it would start.  Assuming the battery has enough
> power and the starter takes that much abuse.
>
> I know there is one bad glow plug: I have to remove the oil filter to get 
> it
> out though, not a project for today. I can't get enough leverage to budge
> it.  (This is an isuzu c201 engine, not the original - by all reports a
> great engine)
>
> I found there is a hydrolic leak that didn't show up while test driving 
> it.
> I'll be working on that next I guess.  Probably time for new hoses on a
> machine that old. (If I had money i'd have got a nicer machine - but then
> I'd wouldn't have a 2 wheel drive truck either.)
>
> Next job is remove the roll cage, then I can get it into the heated 
> garrage
> and take care of all that.  (Just need on more inch to get in as is.
>
> The over eating and napping can come latter, I got a project now.
>
> jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> >Too quiet on here, you guys overeating and napping already?
> >
> >John Hall
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