[AT] List Members in NE

Thu Nov 1 06:40:30 PDT 2012

I converted my gasoline generator with a kit . It will now run on propane ,
natural gas or gasoline .Kit cost was 185.00 and don`t take a rocket expert
to install it .

Bo Hinch

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>wrote:

> I don't have access to natural gas yet where I live.  I hear it's coming.
> My mother has access but hasn't had the lines run yet.  I'd like to put a
> NG
> gen. set at her place.
> Then if all else failed it could be a gathering point for the whole family.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bo Hinch
> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:35 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> 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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