[AT] List Members in NE

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Wed Oct 31 17:16:23 PDT 2012


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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