Goose
Well-known Member
A week or two ago, I posted about needing a rear wheel rim for my M Farmall.
It was suggested I try a fellow in Hickman, Nebraska, about 30 miles or so from me. I tried. Apparently the only way to contact him is on Facebook.
I posted a message on his Facebook page asking him if he had a rear wheel rim for an M Farmall. His reply was one word, 'Yes'.
I posted another message asking him how much and how could we get together on it. It was about 4 days before he posted another one word answer, '$100'. No actual contact info, or info about his exact location, etc.
Yesterday I happened to stop at the parts department of our local Case IH dealer and asked a parts man if he happened to know of any place where I might get a rear wheel rim for an M. Without hesitating, he said K&K Repair in Ulysses, NE, and wrote down the phone number. That's about 20 miles from me, and when the parts man mentioned it I remembered driving past the place once.
I called K&K and the fellow said he would have one. By pure coincidence on another errand I drove within 2 miles of K&K with my pickup this afternoon so I swung in. The fellow hopped onto a loader tractor, drove around behind the shop, and withing a few minutes came back with a rim hanging on the loader. Good solid rim, just needs a little cleaning up.
He charged me $150, but I figured for the extra $50 it was a 'bird in the hand', and I didn't have to try dealing with the guy by Hickman.
It was suggested I try a fellow in Hickman, Nebraska, about 30 miles or so from me. I tried. Apparently the only way to contact him is on Facebook.
I posted a message on his Facebook page asking him if he had a rear wheel rim for an M Farmall. His reply was one word, 'Yes'.
I posted another message asking him how much and how could we get together on it. It was about 4 days before he posted another one word answer, '$100'. No actual contact info, or info about his exact location, etc.
Yesterday I happened to stop at the parts department of our local Case IH dealer and asked a parts man if he happened to know of any place where I might get a rear wheel rim for an M. Without hesitating, he said K&K Repair in Ulysses, NE, and wrote down the phone number. That's about 20 miles from me, and when the parts man mentioned it I remembered driving past the place once.
I called K&K and the fellow said he would have one. By pure coincidence on another errand I drove within 2 miles of K&K with my pickup this afternoon so I swung in. The fellow hopped onto a loader tractor, drove around behind the shop, and withing a few minutes came back with a rim hanging on the loader. Good solid rim, just needs a little cleaning up.
He charged me $150, but I figured for the extra $50 it was a 'bird in the hand', and I didn't have to try dealing with the guy by Hickman.
