[AT] [External] Re: Nice Tractor Day

Gunnells, Brad R brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu
Mon Nov 11 12:05:13 PST 2019


Tyler, where in eastern Iowa did you get it? There is a man named Dave Hahn near Iowa City that does a lot of work with Olivers. I think he buys some at auction and fixes them up. So I was just curious.

Brad

On 11/10/19, 8:17 PM, "AT on behalf of Tyler Juranek" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of tylerpolkaman at gmail.com> 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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