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John Hall jtchall at nc.rr.com
Tue Jul 4 18:11:42 PDT 2017


Farmer, you aren't the only one to use Bondo on a combine.. I patched a 
grain header so long ago I can't remember, but its been over 15 years. 
Duct tape works wonders!

John Hall


On 7/4/2017 11:10 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
>   Amazing how we can suddenly
>> become allergic to stuff. A 60 year old guy I work with suddenly became
>> allergic to bee stings a couple years ago.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>>
>
>
> Back about 1974 I developed a sudden allergy to working for somebody
> else...  :-)
> I tried doing it part-time a couple of times but demands increased to
> nearly full time both times.  One was at the post office. Worst place I
> ever worked, totally inconsiderate local management. The work itself was
> kind of nice.
> The second was as Garst Seeds Research Farm farm manager. Nice folks, nice
> interesting work. Just too much time demand when I needed to be in my own
> fields and our business. In addition to the research farm we were growing
> corn in 9  plots in 3 states. Just too much time.
>
> Great old tractor story on the Case John. Unless you are in the "deep
> pocket" crowd we often just do what we have to do to keep going for the
> least money. Sometimes those things that we nurse along become old friends
> instead of just a tool. Some years ago one old John Deere 45-EB combine I
> used for a long time had more Bondo on it than all I ever used on all of
> the old cars I ever owned. Sections of sheet metal would wear through and
> of course leak grain. Some of those places (especially on the corn head)
>   were really hard to access to replace sheet metal but I could usually
> reach back in some weird location with one arm and apply a thick layer of
> Bondo. Never sanded, couldn't reach it that well... but as long as you did
> it quickly and just smoothed it once and didn't keep trying to work it the
> surface was acceptable. After a little running it polished up quite slick
> and wore remarkably well.
>
> Barns are a whole other ball game...  :-)
>
>
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