[AT] List Members in NE

Fri Nov 2 04:41:19 PDT 2012

Thanks BO will check it out.
R Fink
PA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bo Hinch" <bohinch at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] List Members in NE

> http://www.propane-generators.com/propane_regulators.htm
> It is a simple hookup , pull start and cranks right up on propane or
> natural gas as well as gasoline .
>
> Bo Hinch
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Richard Fink Sr <rfinksr at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> BO do you know where you got the kit that it will run all three.I have a
>> 10k
>> i have thought about doing that to. Would be better than having gasoline
>> sitting around now with all the moonshine in it.
>> Thanks
>> R Fink
>> PA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bo Hinch" <bohinch at gmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> >
>> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] List Members in NE
>>
>>
>> > So far , we have not had a problem in the last couple of years . Or as
>> the
>> > old saying goes , we dodged the bullet . I have my generator hooked up
>> for
>> > natural gas so don`t have to worry about standing in line at gas 
>> > stations
>> > as Rita taught me a lesson .
>> >
>> > Bo Hinch
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:16 PM, charlie hill
>> > <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bo how did you come out in the last hurricane down your way?  I know 
>> >> it
>> >> was
>> >> supposed to go to your east but it looked to me like it tracked 
>> >> further
>> >> to
>> >> the west, at least a lot of the rain did.
>> >>
>> >> Charlie
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Bo Hinch
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 6:03 PM
>> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> >> Subject: Re: [AT] List Members in NE
>> >>
>> >> I understand your problems as we go through that quite often here in 
>> >> s/w
>> >> Louisiana ( 20 miles from the gulf ) .
>> >> Wish there was something I could for you because it ain`t no fun . 
>> >> Will
>> >> keep you in our prayers .
>> >>
>> >> Bo Hinch       in         S/W Louisiana
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I am located in the northwest corner of NJ, far away from the ocean.
>> We
>> >> > have been on the tractor + 25KW generator since Monday afternoon, 
>> >> > and
>> >> > there is no indication of when it might come back on.
>> >> >
>> >> > The phones went out Monday afternoon and just came back on, so at
>> least
>> >> > I can do Email.
>> >> >
>> >> > The Farmall 560 has been running fine, and I was able to get 15 more
>> >> > gallons of diesel fuel Monday evening, but I went out yesterday and
>> >> > today and not one gas station was operational within 10 miles of 
>> >> > here.
>> >> > Also, the engine is losing oil through the leaking rear main seal, 
>> >> > and
>> >> > I
>> >> > am out of diesel rated engine oil. I tried to siphon fuel out of the
>> >> > furnace oil tank, but I didn't have any luck. As it is, that tank is
>> >> > down to about 1/4, so it is probably just as well that I didn't take
>> >> > more out of it So I decided to pull the 560 off-line and put a gas
>> >> > tractor on the generator - I do have 20 gallons of gas. I fetched 
>> >> > the
>> >> > International 240U from my neighbor Claire's barn and hooked it up,
>> and
>> >> > it appears to be doing fine. I am hoping that there will be some gas
>> >> > stations open tomorrow, assuming power gets restored in the area, 
>> >> > even
>> >> > if we aren't back up. (Part of nearby Hackettstown had power, but 
>> >> > not
>> >> > the part that had any stations that had diesel.) If the 240 poops 
>> >> > out,
>> >> > I
>> >> > also have the Ford 860 on "standby". The Super M hasn't been run in
>> >> > years, and it is blocked in by the Farmall 340 that has the tank out
>> of
>> >> > it, waiting for me to clean and seal it. And the Case 430CK has the
>> >> > generator down at the shop for rebuilding. (I could probably run the
>> >> > Case without the generator, except that I wouldn't have a fan!)
>> >> >
>> >> >  From the few minutes of the endless TV coverage that I watched (I
>> >> > guess
>> >> > there is one good thing about satellite - it never missed a beat), 
>> >> > it
>> >> > looks as if the NY and NJ shore got really hammered - massive
>> >> > destruction right at the shore line with extensive flooding 
>> >> > everywhere
>> >> > else.
>> >> >
>> >> > Diane just announced that a power company truck just came down the
>> road
>> >> > slowly with lights flashing, so I am hoping that they are checking 
>> >> > for
>> >> > down wires before restoring power. At least that is my hope...
>> >> >
>> >> > I had only one tree come down - the top half of a big conifer 
>> >> > snapped
>> >> > off and dropped on to the lawn, but there are LOTS of small branches
>> >> > all
>> >> > over. In spite of everything, we only got 2" of rain Monday-Tuesday
>> and
>> >> > no flooding.
>> >> >
>> >> > I hope all is well with you folks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike
>> >> >
>> >> > On 10/30/2012 8:25 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>> >> > > The storm of the century has hit., how are our members in the path
>> >> > > of the storm doing?  We are experiencing some of the best weather
>> >> > > ever right now here in OK.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Cecil in OKla
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