[AT] A message for Ralph

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

My uncle plugged the beater on his 6620 Deere with green dog fennel while 
cutting wheat one June. He tried rocking it, reversing it, finally burnt up 
the belt. We went to help get it going the next morning. Carried every kind 
of hand, coping, keyhole, and tree limb saw we could think of along with a 
couple sharp butcher knives. It was raining that morning, so coupled with 90 
deg. heat, it wasn't fun. Three of us took turns going inside to work on it, 
took about an hour or two to clear it. That was a new weed to us that from 
then on was scouted for and then sprayed.

John Hall

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dean Vinson
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 5:29 AM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] A message for Ralph

> there was one memorable day that I spent part of an afternoon
> and evening laying inside the combine on the straw walkers with
> various hooks, saws, and finally a "sawzall" cutting flax straw
> out of the plugged beater. Not something I ever want to do again.

I remember you saying flax straw is very tough.  Did you ever read the old
"Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip back in the late 80s or so?  One strip had
young Calvin's dad laying on his back with his head under the kitchen sink,
attempting a plumbing repair, with assorted tools and parts laying nearby,
while Calvin read from a home-repair manual:  "Step 1. Consult this list of
handy expletives."

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net






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