[AT] On Topic: to be or not to be

Sun Jun 2 18:02:14 PDT 2013

Hi Tyler, No steam, although they have always interested me. Hit and miss are really my thing. Here is one of my favorites. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRv7GdWFSDQ and Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBEamj1JrLo is the one that I take to most shows now. (Sorry there is not more audio>
	Dave

On Jun 2, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> The Massy you have isn't that old at all, if you think about  it.
> Are you into the hit and miss engines or the big steam engines?
> I've always been curious as to how the steam engines run, how to start
> them, how to stop and shut them down, how to blow the horn, etc.
> Tyler
> 
> On 6/2/13, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>> Hi Tyler,
>> 	I'm in Greensburg, PA--just SW of Pittsburgh by about 30 miles. I show at
>> many local shows (including Coolspring, PA) and am at Zolfo, FL (Pioneer
>> Park Days) each year and also at SIAM (Evansville, IN), Findley, OH,
>> Barraboo, WI, Portland, IN and Cotton Ginning (Gastonia, NC). About 12 shows
>> in all each year. Most of my interest is in stationary engines, but I also
>> mow about 4 acres of grass with my 1954 Massey Harris Pacer with a Woods L59
>> mower under it and have lots of respect for all the guys who know about and
>> restore ANY kind of old iron--even tractors!
>> 	Dave
>> PS, That 1954 Massey is, from your perspective, pretty old, but from mine
>> it's just nicely broken in!
>> PPS, In life in general your father's advice is good! GIVER HELL!
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 2, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Dave,
>>> I think the vidio was taken in Febuary 2012. All I can remember is
>>> that it was cold and windy, and after one more spin around the field,
>>> dad made me stere it back to the shed. Then he climbed up on the
>>> drawbar and shouted, "Giver hell!"
>>> Lolol.
>>> Where are you located?
>>> Tyler
>>> 
>>> On 6/1/13, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Tyler
>>>> On May 31, 2013, at 11:19 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Dave and all,
>>>>> I invite you to watc this tape I put up on youtube.
>>>>> I think it will answer all your questions, dave.
>>>>> The link is
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1IrT1BqZuQ
>>>> I now understand. You look like a HAPPY CAMPER! How long ago was that
>>>> video
>>>> taken?
>>>>> My JD A is a 1936 model. It's been in the family since my Great
>>>>> Grandpa Juranek bought it in 1936 brand new on steel!
>>>> WOW! that's a LONG time ago. It's even a year before I was born--which,
>>>> therefore, is the year that antiques were made!
>>>>> Since the vid was taken, it has changed a lot. The exhaust gasket blew
>>>>> on the manifold, valves don't mate 100% and plugs foul easily.
>>>>> Last September, my dad bought a 1934 unstyled A at a sale. He wanted
>>>>> to swap tags and sell great grandpa's. I convinced him that it's not
>>>>> about how much money it takes to repair it, it's about the fact that
>>>>> it's a piece of family history.
>>>> You are wise beyone your years!
>>>>> Dad finally realized the importance and hauled it to a guy's shop for
>>>>> me.
>>>>> The guy is verry nice, so nice that he is letting me do the repair work
>>>>> on
>>>>> it.
>>>>> When it barks again, I know great grandpa would be one happy man.
>>>>> I look forward to that day. It is in the near future.
>>>> Keep us up to date on your progress!
>>>>> Take care, feel free to email and ask all the questions you like!
>>>>> Tyler Juranek
>>>> 	Dave
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 5/31/13, Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Good on you Tyler! Particularly the part where you said that you don't
>>>>>> offend easily! I sure wish that I could attend a show with you
>>>>>> someday.
>>>>>> You
>>>>>> sound like a young man from whom I could learn MUCH!
>>>>>> 	Dave
>>>>>> PS, What is the year/model of your John Deere?
>>>>>> PPS, How in the heck do you navigate when driving the JD? Do you have
>>>>>> someone who yells, "No, damnit, the OTHER left" from time to time?
>>>>>> (Thats
>>>>>> what my wife used to yell at me in the "blind tractor" event years
>>>>>> ago!)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 31, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>>> I don't post on here much, but I verry much enjoy reading all of the
>>>>>>> posts on here.
>>>>>>> Currently I am a highschool student, soon to be a Jr actually.
>>>>>>> As crazy as it seems I am visually impaired, and can't see a thing at
>>>>>>> all. I raise cattle, drive two cylinder John Deeres, etc. I do not
>>>>>>> let
>>>>>>> the visual impairment stop me from doing what I want.
>>>>>>> It takes a lot to afend me, so post away! I love gaining new knoledge
>>>>>>> about tractors old and new.
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Tyler Juranek
>>>>>> 
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