[AT] lessons

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

Glad you agree, now begin collecting! My favorite pieces of old iron are 
ones that have stories to go with them. On the flip side I've got lots of 
stories where the old iron is missing. We tried very hard to find my 
grandfathers McCormick 10-20 and his Galloway saw rig. We traced the 10-20 
to the last owners and their descendants don't know what happened to it. The 
Galloway was believed to become part of a large collection that was 
auctioned off 25-30 years ago.

John


-----Original Message----- 
From: Tyler Juranek
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:36 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] lessons

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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