[AT] Nice Tractor Day

[John Slavin]

Tyler:

Great picture!  I’m trying to remember, what part of Iowa do you live in?

John S.

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> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 21:38:30 -0600
> From: Tyler Juranek <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>
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> Hi all,
> Today was an absolutely fantastic day outside here in the portion of
> Iowa where I live. It was supposed to get up to at least 60 today. Not
> sure if it did, but the temps were outstanding. Dad and I worked
> outside all day cleaning out the shed. As you might imagine, it did
> include moving the tractors out.
> I did get the John Deere A going today and got it out and wiped it
> down with rags and let it run outside for about two hours or so. It
> wanted to only run on #2 today, so if I had to put money on it I think
> the mag cap is probably dirty or something. It isn't getting any juice
> to the number 1 cylinder. If it does, it isn't for long.
> We also moved all of dad's tractors out. He has the Farmall 966, an
> 886, a New Holland, and the little Oliver 550. Of course my 770 diesel
> also came out, but not until later.
> While we were reorganizing things inside, our neighbor from up the
> road came over. I like to call him "Grandpa Bob", since he is one of
> those "grandpa to everybody" guys that's always hanging around. He
> took all the tractors down the road, with the exception of my 770.
> We had a nice visit also and reminisced about all of the good times
> we've all had with the old iron.
> Bob always likes to drive the 550 that dad bought this July, so now we
> call it Bob's 550. Hahahaha.
> After we were about done with everything, I did get the 770 out for a
> joyride. As you all might remember, I am visually impaired so it does
> have a buddy seat on it. I like to call the person who rides with me
> the "navigator" as all they do is assist me in knowing which way to
> go. I attached a picture here of it also. The buddy seat was
> originally built for my Oliver 88, but when I sold the 88 I kept it
> and use it on my 770 now. If you look closely, you can see the shed in
> the background along with a tree at the neighbors.
> It was taken by the road.
> All in all, it was a fantastic and fun-filled day! Probably the last
> nice one for awhile, as it is supposed to get down into the 30s
> tonight, snow flurries tomorrow, and 15 on Monday morning!
> Anyone else doing any tractor related activities this weekend?
> Take Care,
> Tyler Juranek
> IA