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| pconnie ks
09-05-2012 07:29:23
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Old..are you going to the Ottawa ks. tractor show this weekend..phil
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| old
09-05-2012 10:32:39
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Re: old in reply to pconnie ks, 09-05-2012 07:29:23
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| I have not been out of the state of Missouri since back in 1996 or so. I do not travel well any more due to a bad back and my doctor says to limit how much and how far I do drive. That is one reason I mes with these old tractors less hard on my back because I drive them slow LOL
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| pconnie
09-05-2012 13:08:18
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-05-2012 10:32:39
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| sorry bout that..i understand..fell from a building in 90..in bed 2 1/2 yrs while they rebuilt me..finally said its all we can do for you..take one of these pills when you feel like screaming..dont drive much either..got 6 fords to play with..hobby farm..run them standing on runningboard..go real slow..will take my mutt rat tractor to ottawa show..just around the corner from me..was hoping to meet you..take care..you are a big help to us tinkerers..phil
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| old
09-05-2012 14:43:12
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-05-2012 13:08:18
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|  Bad thing is with me the doctor tells be to stay active or go to P/T so again I do a little hay and play in the garden and that type of stuff. Got way more tractors then I need at something like 30 of them. The oldest one is a 1935 JD-B that was my grand fathers and I have had my grand kids on it so 5th generation sitting on it. Picture is my son driving it in a show
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| pconnie
09-05-2012 18:08:49
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-05-2012 14:43:12
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| great pic..iron wheels gave me fire down both legs..lol..cant take any vibration..had a jd a..sold it cause i couldnt get up on it ..same with a alice c..had to build a chain ladder for the 4000 backhoe..my doc wants me to quit this foolishness..but i wont..took me all day to load the mutt-rat for the show..but i gotterdun..got a barn full of old 2 wheel garden tractors..if i can get some out ..they will go to the show..might not be able to move tomorrow..will see...phil
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| old
09-05-2012 19:38:04
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-05-2012 18:08:49
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| Yep know about the hurt to move thing. I still get a lot done it just takes me 5 times longer to do it. I still have an old David Brailey garden tractor here with equipment but never use it. Still has the engine that would be the same as came on it but it is off another one I had
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| pconnie
09-06-2012 06:07:35
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-05-2012 19:38:04
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| my favorite is a Red E..always wanted to plow with it..steel wheels..monster..thats what made the old farmers so tough..its so much easier to turn key and push button..lift handle and go.lol
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| old
09-06-2012 08:45:53
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-06-2012 06:07:35
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| Well I till my garden with a 1972 Troy built tiller that my dad got new in 72. I had an old gravly walk behind mower but it was so big and heavy and took 2 men to start that I sold it
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| pconnie
09-07-2012 17:28:31
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-06-2012 08:45:53
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| if you get lonely for a gravely ..i got one ..L 5 OR something..the only good thing about it is the cart..nice seat big tires..well built..
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| old
09-07-2012 19:18:03
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-07-2012 17:28:31
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| Years ago my dad had a Gravely that he got in 74 give or take a year or two. Had electric start and a ride on cart behind and boy would it cut. It did seem to have a small problem. If you let it sit for say 2 months the valves would stick so you then had to pull the head off free them up and all would work well till you let it sit to long. Still remember one time when I pulled the head off to free up the valves some kids where watching me and said hey you can not put that head back on you need to go to town and buy a new head gasket. Well I told them watch and see and keep your months shut till I am done. Put the head back on with the used gasket and hit the starter button and off I went cutting the yard and they just stood there with there mouths open like you can not do that but I did any how
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| pconnie
09-09-2012 08:08:24
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-07-2012 19:18:03
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| great story..what part mo.you at? went to power of the past tractor show yesterday. most impressive was 8n with one row ford corn picker .forgot camera truck broke came home on roll back glad i didnt take the Mutt Rat id still be trying to get stuff home..next year if im still kicking..phil
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| old
09-09-2012 09:43:25
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-09-2012 08:08:24
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| I am in the Lake of the Ozarks area of MO The junction of hwy 54 and hwy 5 on the map is the town I live close to and has my mailing address
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| pconnie
09-11-2012 06:17:02
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-09-2012 09:43:25
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| know right where your at..in 60-70s did some work at the end of 5-25..8mm on the lake..cant remember the cove name..spent some time in camdenton..thought bout buying some land back then but passed..ifn i had id be neighboring with ya now..stead of laying round this old ks farm
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| old
09-11-2012 08:31:38
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-11-2012 06:17:02
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| My dad got this place back in 1976 and I got it right before he passed away. Back from the age of 4 to around 9 or 10 I lived in Winfiled KS then moved to Leigh NE. and from there to Athen TN and then Cleveland MS and then the navy
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| pconnie
09-11-2012 13:58:06
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Re: old in reply to old, 09-11-2012 08:31:38
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| grew up in lenexa then saint louis for 5yrs..bought a truck stop in joplin mo..fire forced us out..went to denver to do federal rehab work..got run out of town..moved back to these parts..been here 20 odd yrs..kids want me to sell out..move back to rockies front range..if i get where i cant live alone..might consider it..long a doc. can shoot me up so i can move ill stay..got stuff to complete.
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| old
09-11-2012 14:39:31
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Re: old in reply to pconnie, 09-11-2012 13:58:06
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| I still have relatives in Joplin MO. Matter of fact we just lost on of my moms cousins that lived in Joplin a few days ago. My grand father on my moms side had a farm in the Senica OK area so Joplin was just a hope skip and jump from there. I my self was born in Alabama the town that is the home of the AC-G Gadsten. But before I was 5 I had lived in more towns then I was old. Alabama then 2 or 3towns in MO then up to MN then down to KS and you know the rest. I moved here in July of 1980 so been here for a tad over 32 years
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