[AT] Texas

[charlie hill]

Couldn't have said it better myself Cecil and it's going to get worse if we 
aren't careful.
That's not a rant to my ears.  Just facts.


Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:14 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Texas

Charlie
I didn't take it as an insult.    Perhaps if someone was in France or
Spain, we could get some parts for those late model John Deere's!!!
  I like the Belarus because it is reliable.  It could use some creature
comforts, but since the A/C is not working, I just open the windows and
tie the doors open, and use it.

   I would absolutely bake in my TS110 New holland without the air
conditioning working.   In fact,  after a thorough of the A/C evaporator
in the New Holland, the air works much better, and it uses about 10
gallons of fuel less per day...   I think the evaporator pressure
remained high due to the air blockage, and the compressor was pumping on
higher head.   The compressor also cycles when it is below 100 deg...

When I think of all the expense we went to with the worn out American
tractors we had..  Making do with an after market cab that never had a
rear window, and   Freezing in the winter while feeding cattle. ...
We could have bought a Belarus in the 90's with a cab and air for less
than half price of a JD or IH or even a Ford without a cab.   But
instead we listened to the propaganda from the US manufacturers about
the Russian tractors having bearings that were not round, and shafts
that would not seal, etc. etc.    All the time JD, IH, and Ford were
making everything offshore, and hiding the fact from the public.   I
remember the hype about us needing to convert to the metric system so we
could send our products overseas.   It was just hype put out by the high
paid executives in order to send everything offshore so they could get
paid a thousand times more than they were worth.

Sorry, about the rant, I just hate thinking how we were tricked into
believing so much crap about the foreign tractors and equipment  when we
were being sent that same equipment just re-badged as American.....
Then to prevent Belarus from competing in the US, they changed the
emissions rules so we had to buy the US badged stuff that used more fuel
under the guise of being emission compliant.     After WWII Eisenhower
said the worst problem the US had to face was the Military-Industrial
complex. It took longer than he predicted, but it has happened.  The
Military industrial complex is so big it can buy and sell politicians to
get anything it wants...  All the while te little guy is paying for it....

Cecil in OKla

Cecil in OKla



On 7/17/2012 3:59 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> LOL ok but I figured you'd have some spares or something you wanted. 
> grins.
> I wasn't trying to insult your tractor but I guess it might have sounded
> that way.
> I just knew you liked Belarus and would be interested in the plant and the
> possibility
> of putting your hands on some parts that might be hard to find here.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:27 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Texas
>
>
> I don't know what parts I would need, the only thing that does not work
> is the air conditioning that was installed in the US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 7/17/2012 12:27 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Dennis if Cecil Bearden had known you were going to the Belarus plant he
>> would probably have wanted you to ship a few parts home...
>> RIGHT Cecil?   I bet that was an interesting trip.  Don't they still
>> pretty
>> much build stuff with casting and tooling technology like we used here in
>> the 50's?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dennis Johnson
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:58 PM
>> To: AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> Subject: [AT] Texas
>>
>> I tried to post a few days ago, but the post failed
>>
>> I live in Rosenberg (SW Houston) Texas, and have a few project tractors
>> there.
>>
>> Spent last week in Minsk, home of the Belarus tractors, and traveling in
>> Russia this week.
>>
>> Dennis Johnson
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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