[AT] Butt Buggies, snow & ice

[Herb Metz]

Gene & others,
Your last sentence reminded me of many years ago, one early/mid-morning a 
box semi pulled onto the two lane state highway some distance in front of 
us.  A few miles later the ice on top of the box became loose enough (from 
some combination of the sun, wind and road bumps) that the next sizeable 
road bump dislodged this big sheet.  One of my rules,  'do not follow a semi 
very close', sure paid off as that flying sheet of ice probably would have 
caused considerable damage to cars sheet metal and glass, etc. had we been 
much closer.  Flat bed semis and dump trucks are even more likely to cause 
such dangerous situations; one doesn't normally consider such possibility 
involving box trucks/semis. Herb(GA)

-----Original Message----- 
From: gdotfly at gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:59 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] Butt Buggies

Farmer, your messages came through fine on my iPhone, but not my laptop, 
maybe something wrong with the sync.



As for the Choremaster butt buggies, most of them have been retired in favor 
of golf carts. Seeing one now is a rarity and still hear the remark about 
building one .


Past Saturday night was our annual directors and officers appreciation 
dinner. Was held at Richards restaurant in Portland this year. Was great to 
break the winter blahs and visit with the gang as well as good, free food. 
Imagine driving a 125 mile round trip for free food???

Snow and wind in west central Ohio Sunday night. Maybe 5 inches of snow but 
strong winds to drift it. Finished clearing the drifts this morning with the 
little Case 222 and snow blower and scoop shovel.


Been doing some shop work. rewired the golf cart trailer and replaced one of 
the lights. Have ordered a new chain storage box to mount on the tongue. 
Also mounted a new box on the 16 foot tandem trailer. Last Tuesday morning 
had a light wet snow. went out with the broom and cleaned off the vehicles. 
Was going to climb on top of the motor home to sweep it off. Remembered a 
broken ladder support, so decided to repair it. 3 hours later when I had 
that project done, the snow had all melted.



Gene






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From: Indiana Robinson
Sent: ‎Saturday‎, ‎January‎ ‎24‎, ‎2015 ‎2‎:‎08‎ ‎PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com





"Hey look... Somebody made a butt buggy out one of those one wheel Chore
Master garden tractors"
George Willer and a number of others and I must have said a sentence like
that to each other a thousand times over the years. It always brought a
smile (You had to be there). George loved that joke.
I was reminded of it a few minutes ago when I saw such a butt buggy posted
on a Facebook group. The instant I saw it I had to say that sentence out
loud, prefaced by "Hey George".

Funny the things that stick with us...


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Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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