[AT] List Members in NE

Bo Hinch bohinch at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 11:48:53 PDT 2012


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
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> ----- 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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