[AT] Cold snap

[Herb Metz]

We had a 1938 Case CC narrow front end that was shedded under a huge 
hackberry tree all of the time except in the coldest weather; then we would 
drain the radiator after every use and store it in a dirt floor wooden shed. 
One or two pulls on the crank and it would always start. In coldest weather 
I would start it with canvas shudder raised, protecting the oval core 
radiator, then poor the five gallon bucket of water in the radiator.  We 
ground ear corn for the feedlot calves and four milk cows every couple 
weeks.  One day was so cold that the radiator frozen up immediately, and had 
to be replaced.
Neighbors did not keep engines well maintained and spent many hours dragging 
tractors, trucks and cars around trying to get them started; this also 
included starting small fires under F20's.
Herb(GA)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil Bearden
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2018 1:48 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] Cold snap

I remember my Dad talking about having to drain the water out every
night.   I used to have an unstyled A  John Deere that I would park on a
hill to roll it to start, then I would drive around to the water faucet
to fill it.


On 1/7/2018 11:53 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> John, I remember my dad talking about using Kerosene for coolant in the
> engines
> of tractors and cars back in those days.  I guess maybe it was during the
> depression or
> the war and they didn't have or couldn't get antifreeze.
>
> Charlie