[AT] Going to get them.

[Bo Hinch]

AWESOME is the only way to describe them .


On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Dave Merchant <kosh at ncweb.com> wrote:

> 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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