[AT] lessons

[Tyler Juranek]

John,
It is a great idea. I've heard tons of stories, but I forget some parts also.
Take Care,
Tyler Juranek
IA

On 7/13/14, jtchall at nc.rr.com <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Tyler, you need to do something I did. A couple years ago I handed my dad a
>
> composition book and said start writing. He filled it with all the old
> stories he could think of. I had heard every one multiple times, but
> sometimes I wouldn't get the facts 100%. The older I get the harder it is to
>
> remember everything, just too much stuff to process it all! This way I've
> got a record to refer back to and to pass down. If he doesn't want to write,
>
> you listen and write/type it out. One day you will be glad you did.
>
> I wish we had more details on my grandfather. There are stories of him
> cutting ice for an icehouse. Considering we are in the South, there is more
>
> to it and climate change might be more than we think. Also tales of him
> working at a sawmill down near Charlie Hills neck of the woods. The logs
> were floated in down the river. The rivers here are too small for that.
>
> In my forties I find myself telling the boys my farm stories from 30 years
> ago, now I know I'm getting old!
>
> John Hall
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler Juranek
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:55 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] lessons
>
> John,
> My grandfather is the same way. Although he doesn't teach me much
> about driving the combine, etc, (we live 90 miles apart so I'm not
> there often), he sure does teach me a lot about the antique stuff.
> In February, grandpa bought a 88 Oliver from someplace down in
> Missouri. It turned out that I was there the Sunday after. Grandpa
> started it up, and I sat on the fender and he and I rode around the
> yard in 4th gear, just puttin. Then he said it was "My Turn" to drive
> it. Grandpa taught me to drive a foot clutch, when dad taught me, but
> failed, (that's a whole other story) hahaha.
> Anyway, grandpa later explained to me that my great grandfather, (the
> same one with the unstyled A) had a Oliver 88 and a Oliver Hart Par
> 70. He also explained that the reason that my Great Grandfather bought
> the Hart Par 70 in 1935 (2 years before grandpa's time) was because he
> had a team of horses, (two if I remember right) that died from some
> sort of infection that winter. He had a choice of buying another team
> of two horses or the tractor, each for $750. So he bought the tractor
> instead.
> This last weekend while I was out there, grandpa and me sat on the
> porch for quite awhile and visited. He told me all about how he
> remembers in 1948 going to the Oliver dealership in town and buying
> the Oliver 88. He said that in 1954, great grandpa traded the 88 and
> the Hart Par 70 in for an MTA diesel, because diesel was $0.05, and
> gas was $0.25. He then went on to say that all of the other farmers
> around the area looked at great grandpa like he was dumb for buying
> such a big tractor, but grandpa said that great grandpa was glad that
> he bought it.
> It is really sad that most of my generation, (at least around here),
> doesn't give a cat's rear about this kind of stuff. People like my
> grandfather and others who remember this kind of stuff won't be around
> forever.
> Sorry for the long email, just thought I'd take the time to share that.
> Take Care,
> Tyler Juranek
>
>
>
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