[AT] Going to get them.

[Dave Merchant]

Looked at the pictures...

Besides the sentimental value, they really look great!

Congratulations!

(Also good to hear your prep for the hauling.)

Dave


On 8/3/2017 4:35 AM, Herb Metz wrote:
> Henry, Good Thinking and Great Follow Up.  Now you have your own museum, and
> can have your own parade; things you can enthusiastically pass on to your
> son.   I am sure that all of us antique tractor enthusiasts are also
> enthused with your good fortune and good follow up. Herb(GA)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2017 9:39 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] Going to get them.
>
> I wrote a couple days ago buying some tractors my great uncle built.
>
> Yesterday I did a bunch of calling to arrange details. Started with my
> parents asking if I could spend the night as they live about an hour
> away from where they were. They said yes, and oh, yesterday our
> preachers were over for a visit and they had just come from a visit to
> Roger Anderson who showed them some homemade  tractors he was selling...
> I had seen him larger church functions over the years and never talked
> to him. Turns out we go to church with his wife's aunt back in Iowa.
> Small world we live in.
>
> Today I took off work to go get them with my son. First buy an electric
> tilt trailer (on short notice I'm limited to what is in stock at the
> dealer it wasn't my first choice, but what I can rent isn't big enough).
> Get to the dealer and my turn signals are dead. Not a good start, they
> suddenly started working again as I got into Minnesota. I suspect that
> the switch is bad, but it is hard to know when everything works in the
> driveway.
>
> Next stop find tie down chains. I didn't trust what tractor supply had
> so off to fleet farm which had something that looked good.
>
> Stop for 10 minutes every hour because my son is just potty trained.
> Until we get to MN when he took a long nap, right about the time I had
> to go of course. Stopped to pick up my dad for the last hour, and a mid
> afternoon snack.
>
> Finally got to the tractors at 4:30. They used a fork lift to load them,
> they hadn't been started in a few years though everything is free. I
> wish I had known that, but it doesn't matter as these are of sentimental
> value and I can fix them. Tie everything down and now at my parents
> house for the night.
>
> Pictures are at. I can post to the list if that doesn't work, but that
> is tricky.
> https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1637816409563261&id=100000047543435
>
>    Henry Miller
>    hank at millerfarm.com
>
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