In memory of Hugh McKay

Hendrik · Oct 23, 2010

Today a year ago we lost our friend Hugh. We still miss him on this Farmall forum.
With due respect, Hendrik.

Rick(MN) · Oct 23, 2010

Think of him almost every time I check the forum. I remember when he came on here and how I thought he would be such a great addition. He is missed.

JimB2 · Oct 23, 2010

It is difficult to believe it has been a year.
I miss Hugh's many years of farming experience with IH equipment that he shared with us.
Hope all is well with his family.

JimB

Janicholson · Oct 23, 2010

I treasure the content/legacy he left with us.
Deeply missed. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Oct 23, 2010

I miss the man, too. He knew almost everything there was to know about the older IH products.

Pat-CT · Oct 23, 2010

He is, And will be, missed for many years to come on this board

Dave H (MI) · Oct 23, 2010

Nice of you to remember. He has come into my thoughts a couple of times recently. Must be why.

John M · Oct 23, 2010

Yep, was just remembering that this morning. He is deeply missed!

NDS · Oct 23, 2010

I think of Hugh often, every time off set tractor post come up, Hugh and I had a few differences of opinion but were always on friendly terms. Seems impossible he has been gone a year.

Rumplestiltskin · Oct 23, 2010

It seems like yesterday. :-(

Mark W. in MI

Hound · Oct 23, 2010

Had the honour of meeting him in person once. He was at my place, responding to ad that I posted online. He's was the exact same off the yt board. A good man.
Hound

Faster346 · Oct 23, 2010

(quoted from post at 14:54:22 10/23/10) I think of Hugh often, every time off set tractor post come up, Hugh and I had a few differences of opinion but were always on friendly terms. Seems impossible he has been gone a year.

Agreed..seems like just last week I read about his death. Hope is friends and family are hanging in there.

Jason the Red · Oct 23, 2010

I was a relative newbie when he passed, but I had used large amounts of his knowledge in the archives on my own tractor, and felt like I knew him. He was a good one. Major loss.

tn terry t · Oct 23, 2010

yep sure miss that guy as i have mostly "his sized farmalls" i remember about the first time i asked a question to him his response made me think :you ole crusty so-in so: but i soon learned that that ole crusty so-in so knew what he was talkin bout

we miss ya HUGH McKAY!!!!

Mike CA · Oct 23, 2010

I barely knew him, but the respect he's earned on this forum speaks volumes.

gene bender · Oct 23, 2010

I stoped at his house in Canada acouple yrs ago and had a great time well worth my time spent. Lady at custome couldnt quite figure why me from Iowa would be going to just see a friend in Canada to talk about tractors ect.He was coming thru here until his health got bad and was going to stop here i like the rest sure do miss him.

couv · Oct 23, 2010

I wonder if they could "bind" all of his posts into a down-loadable file, before they "accidentally" get lost in a server crash or Al=Queda attack or something similar.

That way, as many of us that value his knowledge would have his posts in our own computers. I KNOW I'll crash mine sooner or later, and you guys could back me up.

His Offset knowledge was above anyone else here.

To Hugh, I hope you met Big Papa, and you both got a good laugh out of me pulling up posts with the 100 today !!!

bc · Oct 23, 2010

Rest in Peace, Hugh.

Al L. in Wisc. · Oct 24, 2010

I'm glad you beat me to posting about Hugh MacKay's passing. I had thought about it for over a week and just didn't know how to do it w/o getting teary-eyed; and over someone I hadn't even met, go figure. I had bookmarked his passing but the link was not valid anymore. I'm glad the archives are available. His wisdom and sometimes bluntness were posts I enjoyed reading even if I didn't have experience with the off-sets and 560 and even a green one. Hugh sure had experience operating many other motorized equipment also. Those who had the opportunity to meet Hugh should consider yourselves fortunate, I do for the opportunity to read his posts. My hope is that Hugh's family has been grieving his passing for that is the way to heal the loss. I remember him posting that '...there is no finer place for coffee and a place to sit and chat than his porch; his better half Marq; his mind is willing, but his old bones aren't always; the better halfs rows of flowers, his father; the fluids better always be checked before heading back to the field.........'

Farmallhal · Oct 24, 2010

Thanks for reminding us of this unfortunate anniversity. I had a lot of off-forum email exchanges with Hugh and have kept a large file of our emails. I read them on occassion and a couple of days ago was into that file until the wife said it was time to get off the PC and come to bed. I certainly enjoyed my association with Hugh through this site but never had the opportunity to meet him in person although he talked about coming down to Missouri a few times. Haven't heard anything of the family in the past year and trust Marq is doing ok. In one of my later exchanges Hugh indicated they were looking at buying a place back in Nova Scotia as a summer home but he just couldn't do the winters there anymore. A very knowledgeable person who added a lot to the Farmall/IHC forum and we do miss him, Hal.

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