[AT] Cold weather starting T, G & Y

[rlgoss at twc.com]

Thanks, Dean.  I had hardware-type items from there that lasted through the better part of 50 years.


Larry
---- Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote: 
> Founded in 1935, the chain was headquartered in Oklahoma City and named for its three founders: Rawdon
> E. Tomlinson, Enoch L. "Les" Gosselin, and Raymond A. Young. The initials were ordered according to
> the ages of the three, with Tomlinson being the oldest.[2][3] Raymond Young, the only one of the three
> partners to remain with the chain, oversaw its operations until his retirement in 1970.[4]
> 
> Dean VP
> Apache Junction, AZ
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> rlgoss at twc.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 9:36 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Cold weather starting
> 
> That brought back a bunch of memories, Farmer.  In Oklahoma we had a T.G. & Y store.  For the life of
> me, I can't remember what those initials stood for.
> 
> 
> Larry
> ---- Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > We used to have a neighbor who while he was a good neighbor was a pretty
> > poor mechanic. His stuff hardly ever started on its own even in good
> > weather and that was just his normal thing. He had a steep hill along one
> > side of his barn lot that ran about 60' or so down to a fair sized creek.
> > He would park tractors along the top of the hill and if one wouldn't start
> > he rolled it down the hill to start it. There was a short flat area at the
> > bottom where he could turn and drive out to the road. One day when I was a
> > kid I asked him what he would do if one didn't start. He said "I'll just
> > run it off in the creek".
> > We had an occasional cold weather starting problem with a Ferguson TO-20
> > that lasted too long. It sometimes would not start with the starter but
> > would pull start in about a foot of pull. The starter had been serviced a
> > couple of times but still was just pulling too much current. A TSC rebuilt
> > starter cured it. That was back around 1960 when our closest TSC (was still
> > called Tractor Supply Store) was near downtown Indy and smaller than my
> > house is now.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > 12 F & 4 MPH wind; about as cold as it gets here (hour north of Atlanta).
> > > Years ago, in central KS,  I am sure there were quite a few mornings with F
> > > Finks weather conditions, when I climbed the silo and threw down a pickup
> > > load of silage for sixty head of cattle.  Sometimes it seemed like more
> > > silage blew back and up into your face than what you had thrown down the
> > > chute. Then unloading into long feed bunks. Dad always kept the pickup well
> > > tuned, so only concern was shift lever bending/breaking, so shifting was
> > > veerrrrry slow.  That was back in the good old days.  Herb
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Fink Sr
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 4:50 AM
> > > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > > Subject: Re: [AT] Cold weather starting
> > >
> > > Boy Dave i agree on farmer would say Cold, it is 4 below in central PA
> > > this morning with a wind about 20MPH
> > > R Fink
> > > PA
> > >
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> > Nothing will teach you patience like a horse. Rule #1, the horse is rarely
> > wrong...
> > If you want to get inside of a horse's head love is the key, not anger or
> > impatience and never revenge. Pet it, groom it, feed it, water it; and only
> > then ask it to work with you as a friend.
> > 
> > Francis Robinson
> > aka "farmer"
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com
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