[AT] AT Digest, Vol 73, Issue 9
Mike Meulenberg
meulenms at gmx.com
Tue May 28 15:35:31 PDT 2024
Thanks Dean!
Mike M
On 5/28/2024 9:15 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:
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> Mike and Eddie, I received each of your emails below, but it took a
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> Dean Vinson
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> Saint Paris, Ohio
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> Hi Eddie, for the record, I cannot send or receive most messages from
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> Mike M
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> On 5/27/2024 1:40 PM, Eddie Mccullough wrote:
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> 1. Nice outcome for the 620 (Dean Vinson)
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> 2. Re: [External] Nice outcome for the 620 (Gunnells, Brad R)
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> 3. Re: Nice outcome for the 620 (Spencer Yost)
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> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:44:41 -0400
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> From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
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> To: "'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'"
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> Subject: [AT] Nice outcome for the 620
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> In the department of things working out alright, here's a nice
> story. I've
>
> mentioned recently that I've been thinking of selling my John
> Deere 620, and
>
> yesterday decided to go ahead and list it for sale on Facebook
> Marketplace.
>
> A guy contacted me pretty much right away, and we arranged for
> him to come
>
> see it this morning. He and his dad came out, liked the
> tractor, and we
>
> settled the deal and they took it home. Nice folks, farm
> quite a bit of
>
> land a little ways north of here, and have quite a few antique
> tractors for
>
> fun.
>
> As they were leaving the young guy mentioned that every summer
> they partner
>
> with a local tractor dealership to host an antique tractor
> show, and invited
>
> me to come see the 620 again at this year's show. Sounds good
> to me. I
>
> just now tried a Google search to see if I could find any
> information about
>
> the show, and found this video on YouTube:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX1oAk6fxm8
>
> What they didn't know at the time was that a barn fire a year
> later would
>
> result in the loss of their 620 and several of their other old
> tractors. A
>
> couple of years having now passed since the fire, the young
> guy decided to
>
> look for a good 620 to replace the one they'd lost, in memory
> of his
>
> grandfather. and I came along at the right time.
>
> So I'm down to three tractors now, but feel especially good
> about the 620
>
> having gone to a good home. It's a solid old beast and served
> me well for
>
> the 10 years I owned it, and the original owner for the 56
> years before
>
> that. Before putting it up for sale I lined it up with the
> other tractors
>
> just for fun.
>
> Dean Vinson
>
> Saint Paris, Ohio
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> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:15:35 +0000
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> From: "Gunnells, Brad R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
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> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
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> Subject: Re: [AT] [External] Nice outcome for the 620
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> Sounds like it went to a nice home. Hard to believe it?s been
> 10 years since you bought that. I recall you talking about
> looking at it. Didn?t seem all that long ago you were driving
> that M down your residential street to get fuel. Somewhere I
> still have a picture you shared of it sitting in the snow.
> That should have been on a calendar.
>
> Brad
>
> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of
> Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
>
> Date: Monday, April 29, 2024 at 11:45?AM
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> To: 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group'
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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> Subject: [External] [AT] Nice outcome for the 620
>
> In the department of things working out alright, here's a nice
> story. I?ve mentioned recently that I?ve been thinking of
> selling my John Deere 620, and yesterday decided to go ahead
> and list it for sale on Facebook Marketplace. A guy contacted
> me pretty much right away, and we arranged for him to come see
> it this morning. He and his dad came out, liked the tractor,
> and we settled the deal and they took it home. Nice folks,
> farm quite a bit of land a little ways north of here, and have
> quite a few antique tractors for fun.
>
> As they were leaving the young guy mentioned that every summer
> they partner with a local tractor dealership to host an
> antique tractor show, and invited me to come see the 620 again
> at this year?s show. Sounds good to me. I just now tried a
> Google search to see if I could find any information about the
> show, and found this video on YouTube:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX1oAk6fxm8
>
> What they didn?t know at the time was that a barn fire a year
> later would result in the loss of their 620 and several of
> their other old tractors. A couple of years having now passed
> since the fire, the young guy decided to look for a good 620
> to replace the one they?d lost, in memory of his grandfather?
> and I came along at the right time.
>
> So I?m down to three tractors now, but feel especially good
> about the 620 having gone to a good home. It?s a solid old
> beast and served me well for the 10 years I owned it, and the
> original owner for the 56 years before that. Before putting
> it up for sale I lined it up with the other tractors just for fun.
>
> Dean Vinson
>
> Saint Paris, Ohio
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> Message: 3
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> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:20:30 -0400
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> From: Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com>
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> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
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> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Nice outcome for the 620
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> Sounds like a great ending to an ownership journey all the way
> around.
>
> I sold my Allis C, John Deere B and the 430 for much of the
> same reasons. One of the wisdoms that come with age is the
> wisdom of understanding hobbies have a scale and scope and you
> have to right-size that. Gone are the days of ?no such thing
> as too many tractors?.
>
> I still have eleven engines that I have to maintain and fix on
> two tractors plus mowers/bobcat/sawmill/hit-n-miss plus
> several PTO powered implements, several unpowered implements
> and an old truck restoration. I have all the maintenance and
> repair/restore opportunities I care to have any more.
>
> Having said that I also understand that I?m never too old to
> fall in love at first sight with a tractor. So one may follow
> me home yet before I head off into the great beyond.
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 29, 2024, at 12:46 PM, Dean Vinson
> <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:
>
> >
>
> > ?
>
> > In the department of things working out alright, here's a
> nice story. I?ve mentioned recently that I?ve been thinking
> of selling my John Deere 620, and yesterday decided to go
> ahead and list it for sale on Facebook Marketplace. A guy
> contacted me pretty much right away, and we arranged for him
> to come see it this morning. He and his dad came out, liked
> the tractor, and we settled the deal and they took it home.
> Nice folks, farm quite a bit of land a little ways north of
> here, and have quite a few antique tractors for fun.
>
> >
>
> > As they were leaving the young guy mentioned that every
> summer they partner with a local tractor dealership to host an
> antique tractor show, and invited me to come see the 620 again
> at this year?s show. Sounds good to me. I just now tried a
> Google search to see if I could find any information about the
> show, and found this video on YouTube:
>
> >
>
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX1oAk6fxm8
>
> >
>
> > What they didn?t know at the time was that a barn fire a
> year later would result in the loss of their 620 and several
> of their other old tractors. A couple of years having now
> passed since the fire, the young guy decided to look for a
> good 620 to replace the one they?d lost, in memory of his
> grandfather? and I came along at the right time.
>
> >
>
> > So I?m down to three tractors now, but feel especially good
> about the 620 having gone to a good home. It?s a solid old
> beast and served me well for the 10 years I owned it, and the
> original owner for the 56 years before that. Before putting
> it up for sale I lined it up with the other tractors just for fun.
>
> >
>
> > Dean Vinson
>
> > Saint Paris, Ohio
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