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Glenn FitzGeral

08-22-2004 16:43:44




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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't an awful lot of nice old tractors butchered for pulling? The few old pulling tractors I've been around were painfully stripped & welded, never to return to their original beauty! I am a very practical sentimental person and would never do this to my babies.




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C. Amick

08-24-2004 10:05:58




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 08-22-2004 16:43:44  
I'm not a puller, but I think most of the pulling tractors were once junkers. I don't think many pullers spend money on restored tractors and then modify them for pulling. It's better for the tractor to be used for something than to rust away or get sent to China.



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Glenn FitzGerald

08-24-2004 05:20:20




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 08-22-2004 16:43:44  
I don't like the trailor qween thing either. I like fixing them up and using them the way they were designed to use...fieldwork, etc. Like I said, I'm a practical person! Glenn F.



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Augie

08-23-2004 09:36:04




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 Two schools of thought in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 08-22-2004 16:43:44  
I"d just as soon sit around and watch paint dry as look at row upon row of over-restored trailer queens sitting at a tractor show.

I"d wager that there are more antique pullers built from fencerow junk than what are built from good running, complete tractors.

All three of our pulling tractors were ready for the boneyard when we got them. I guess we could have just let em go to China and get smelted down to make tin cans, but there"s a whole pack of folks who like to complain about that too.

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L.Lamp

08-23-2004 23:00:42




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 Re: Two schools of thought in reply to Augie, 08-23-2004 09:36:04  
Well, here's the way I look at the situation of restoring old tractors. You can sit arround and watch paint dry or you can really do something and save a piece of history for a little while longer. Once in the scrap bin they are gone forever. All but two of my tractors were basket cases when I got them. Nothing makes as sweet a sound as the first time one of those old dead engines fires up. Yes, it is hard work, but it is fun for me!!

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Les...fortunate

08-23-2004 04:53:06




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 08-22-2004 16:43:44  
I think those "pulling" tractors are gross.



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todd hamilton

08-22-2004 20:45:39




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 08-22-2004 16:43:44  
Hey Glen, I don't pull my SC and it is pretty close to original in apperance. It does have 12 volt on it and SW gauges. The gauges have little sockets for lights and I am going to put some in - maybe green or amber, amber would look nice with the paint. I will have the only SC with a lighted dash!



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L.Lamp

08-23-2004 07:34:11




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to todd hamilton, 08-22-2004 20:45:39  
The second, maybe but not the first. I have lighted gages on my SC and DC and a couple of newly restored SC's. The DC I wired to the lights, but the SC I wired to the battery wire to the distributor. That way I know at a glance if the ignition switch has been left on or some has messed with it. Instead of the pull switches I use a push button that caps the stem to keep water out. Same for the lights. Radio Shack has them.

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todd hamilton

08-23-2004 20:14:47




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to L.Lamp, 08-23-2004 07:34:11  
Cool! I put a caution light on my left fender and mounted the flasher under the dash. We live on the edge of town and have considerable traffic, so the light helps with the safety issue.



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L.Lamp

08-23-2004 23:18:42




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to todd hamilton, 08-23-2004 20:14:47  
I have in mind to put a rotating beacon on a 3/8" pipe and make a perminent mount on each tractor for the 3/8" pipe and plug the power wire into the little pigtail all new battery cables come with. That should give a good heads up as to where you are when driving on the road like your caution light.



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Lamont

08-22-2004 19:03:49




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 Re: A HOT BUTTON in reply to Glenn FitzGerald, 08-22-2004 16:43:44  
More power to ya! I like to look at originals too! It sure is fun to pull though. What would we do if all of them were kept original? To each his own.



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