[AT] List Members in NE

Richard Fink Sr rfinksr at verizon.net
Thu Nov 1 11:48:43 PDT 2012


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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