[AT] Winter is sprung?

[Spencer Yost]

Having owned and used an Oliver 77 for production, it doesn't surprise me they ran fine when all else needed work.   The only time I had trouble was when I ran pure biodiesel through the fuel system and the fuel pump diaphragm dissolved.   The replacement diaphragm did fine with biodiesel.

Good luck this spring!

Spencer Yost

> On Mar 19, 2016, at 6:59 AM, Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com> wrote:
> 
> Here in California our winter has been an interesting mix of warm, wet, 
> dry and some cold. We have had spring temperatures since early January 
> though so I can't say exactly when it started!  I have been off the list 
> as I am so busy with farming and the seed sales business 
> (www.gourmetseed.com). We have had flooding in our floodplain fields, 
> wet conditions where we have had gaps in our sandy soil ranches planting 
> cycles and even plants that the leaves waterlogged to the extent that 
> they could not have their leaves harvested.
>      But still it is not an actual WET year. The drought is breaking 
> for some and not others. For the antique equipment front, use is finally 
> taking its toll on some implements. The 1955 IH Dyrr disc harrow had 
> part of the hinge break (1" thick steel) after all of these years and 
> acres. It covers at least 1000 acres worth of passes a year now, maybe 
> quite a bit more as we grow 2-4 crops a year on the ranch where we now 
> use it and there are over 120 acres of cropland there.
>      Some of the Planet Jr. planters had to have an overhaul again - I 
> don't know how many times that has happened! Our 1994 - not antique but 
> it illustrates the point of work results - disc had to have the hitch 
> mount rebuilt with new steel finally. It is only 10' wide and yet it 
> covers 200 acres a year, again 2-5 crops per year. And the ripper needed 
> new points again for the umpteenth time.... Even the least new of the 
> new John Deere tractors started giving problems because the fuel hoses 
> have broken down after 8 years. I desperately need to rebuild the weed 
> flamers now, but don't have time and not doing so costs real money 
> because of the amount of labor they save.
>      Ironically, the Oliver 77's all are working fine....
>             Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer of vegetables, 
> herbs, edible flowers, nuts and fruits
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