[AT] still on the job

[Tyler Juranek]

Hi John,
How did you keep that tractor maintained as good as you have? You'd
think that things would start wearing out after awhile...
Is it converted to 12 volt, now?
Grandpa still has his Oliver 66 gas that he bought in Lions Nebraska
when dad was in high school. He used it for cultivating, and a few odd
jobs around the place, but now it just runs an 8 inch auger. But now
it doesn't do that to much either as grandpa is starting to retire.
But his definition and my definition of retire are two different
things. :)
As long as the battery is charged up, he can go in the little shed and
hit the button and it's a goin'...
Take Care,
Tyler Juranek
IA

On 10/24/16, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Worth noting, it has the original generator and starter (according to my
> dad), although I am certain both have been rebuilt a couple times.
> Technically that isn't true, one of them along with the battery and/or
> lights were stolen when the tractor was new (before my family took
> delivery). Things may have still been in short supply from WWII, or some
> sorry SOB just decided to help himself to some free parts.
>
> John
>
>
> On 10/23/2016 10:34 PM, Kenneth Waugh wrote:
>> John, that is both a neat picture and an even neater history!  Thanks
>>
>> Gene Waugh
>> Elgin, IL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 23, 2016, at 8:28 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Rolled a 5 acre field this afternoon with dad's 47 M and 12' Dunham
>>> culti-packer (mulcher). It has a joy rider seat and a John Blue spray
>>> rig. My grandmother bought it new. It has never missed a year farming,
>>> although the heavy tillage work went to the diesel Deeres in the late
>>> 60's. Today I let my son do the driving, first time he has done any real
>>> field work other than baling. I first ran this tractor doing the same
>>> thing over 30 years ago.
>>>
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