[AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.

[Stephen Offiler]

Definitely plausible, Mark.   Three off-topic stories in support of your
theory:

(1) I do a lot of bicycle riding, and I'm friendly with several shop owners
and employees in my region.  They tell me the bicycle industry went bananas
when the lockdowns hit last spring.  People spending more time at home,
decided to "get in shape" and either purchased a bike or pulled that old
one out of the basement and brought it in for overhaul.  Suddenly bicycles
below a certain price-point as well as parts, tires, tubes etc etc became
vaporware.

(2)  Then there's my wife's roof-rack.  She has a Subaru Forester and
wanted to carry her kayak on top.  The car came with rails but no
cross-bars.  She tried to get them from the dealer and was told nope, there
are none anywhere in the country.  We looked online and thought we found
some, placed the order, only to see it canceled a couple days later.
Apparently the same story as the bikes; kayak people deciding to get out
and enjoy the outdoors.

(3) Next up, the deck on my rental.  We've been renovating for a couple
years and found some tenants this past August who wanted to occupy Oct 1.
The deck itself is sound, but the railings were a little sketchy and not up
to modern code.  I went to the lumberyard to buy pressure-treat 2x4, 2x6,
and precut balusters (for 72' of railings).  I left almost empty-handed.
PT in very short supply nationwide, I was told because of the lockdowns,
everybody decided it was time to tackle that deck project and spend more
time in their backyard.

SO


On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 8:00 AM Mark Johnson <markjohnson100 at centurylink.net>
wrote:

> I think I might understand the logic...with partial to complete COVID
> lockdowns, all us old farts are finally starting on those engine
> rebuild/restoration jobs we've been promising ourselves we'd work on for
> years & years.
>
> Engine machine work, especially on old designs not familiar to a
> machinist under 50, must doubtless take longer to set up and perform
> than other stuff. So, the backlog gets bigger than it would, say, if a
> bunch of us were overhauling small-block Chevrolets.
>
> Anybody else buy my theory? It's entirely possible I could be full of
> **** :-)
>
> Mark J
> Columbia MO
>
>
> On 12/1/2020 5:48 PM, John Hall wrote:
> > I am hearing on Facebook that engine machine shops are running months
> > behind. Can't really understand the logic. Don't know of any mechanic
> > shops that have slowed down. Manufacturing machine shops are no busier
> > than normal, just depends on the industry.
> >
> > John Hall
> >
> > On 12/1/2020 11:52 AM, Dean VP wrote:
> >> Spencer,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> PS:  I did finally get a call back from one of the Machine Shops that
> >> I called yesterday that had been recommended to me by a local JD
> >> Collector.  Yes, we can do it but..... we are out 3 to 4 months right
> >> now.   If that is my only source that would essentially cause me to
> >> lose another year since I would miss all the shows here this snowbird
> >> season.
> >>
> >> Dean VP
> >> Apache Junction, AZ
> >>
> >>
> >
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