[AT] Texas

[Richard Fink]

AMEN  Cecil.
R Fink
PA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil R Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:14 PM
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
>>>
>>>
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