[AT] Going to get them.

[Mattias Kessén]

Nice done. Great that your was with you, he'll remember it. When did your
uncle build them?

Mattias

www.rodjagard.n.nu

2017-08-03 16:41 GMT+02:00 charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:

> Henry, I suspect you are back home or close to it now but on the
> issue with your trailer lights, if they are grounding through the
> trailer ball or hitch you probably don't always have a good ground.
> Try running a separate ground wire from your truck frame to the trailer
> chassis.
>
> Great story and adventure for you!  Thanks for sharing.
> I'm looking forward to more pictures.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----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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