[AT] Nice Tractor Day

[John Hall]

I'm in the central part of North Carolina. There are quite a few Olivers 
in the eastern part of the state.

John


On 11/10/2019 9:17 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:
> Hi John,
>   I live near Council Bluffs, Iowa, which is in  the southwest portion.
> There aren't very many olivers around here, and so this one I bought
> from a guy in eastern Iowa. The olivers that are around here are
> mostly all gas burners. Nothing against gas power, but after all the
> crap I had to fix with the 88, I wanted diesel. So far, its been
> great!
>   Where do you live again, John?
>   Tyler
>
> On 11/10/19, John Slavin <chaunceyjb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Tyler:
>>
>> Great picture!  I’m trying to remember, what part of Iowa do you live in?
>>
>> John S.
>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 21:38:30 -0600
>>> From: Tyler Juranek <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>
>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> Subject: [AT] Nice Tractor Day
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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
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