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oldron
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 Posted - 10/06/2009 : 17:56:17
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Saw this on my trip have no idea who made it.
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 'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!' |
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BRAD1975
Canada
1562 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2009 : 18:41:42
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| Scary looking...looks like it's got good traction though |
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B-16_IC
USA
2823 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2009 : 19:34:58
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I like the places you went! Rusty iron is one of my favoorite colors. I believe the tractor is a Kinkade, built in Minneapolis MN (after looking at my garden tractor books). Cool old critter indeed. |
Life is all about paying. Pay attention, or pay the consequences, the choice is yours. Rich |
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 10/06/2009 : 20:45:02
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| Looks like they went out of the way to make it weird. Surely keeps the center of gravity low. |
  Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
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oldron
USA
2732 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2009 : 23:07:39
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And then there is this Maytag powered reel mower.
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'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!' |
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skunkhome
USA
12829 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2009 : 23:31:37
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I love the kick starter. that guy doesn't waste any oil on his collection does he.
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Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
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Edited by - skunkhome on 10/06/2009 23:33:00 |
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oldron
USA
2732 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2009 : 23:31:31
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This is in the high dry climate of CO at 5800 ft.The rust hasn't changed in 50 years.
When I was a lad of 10 my mom had a clothes washer with that kick start engine for power.
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BRAD1975
Canada
1562 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2009 : 23:53:46
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| I always wondered what those kickstart motors looked like...my Dad mentioned a few times about a washer my Grandma had with a kickstart...he mentioned once about a motor that used a .22 rimfire type of bullet to start it too. |
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oldron
USA
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Roy
USA
1366 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2009 : 16:59:49
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"tractor that starts with a shotgun shell."
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BRAD1975
Canada
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Posted - 10/08/2009 : 23:33:31
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| I asked him again about it and he says the .22 shell was dropped in a tube and the guy dropped a rod in the tube and tapped it with a hammer....he says it was an air compressor motor and it looked really old...he saw it around 1957 |
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skunkhome
USA
12829 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2009 : 00:01:49
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| The blank shotshell reminds me of "The Last Flight of the Phoenix" |
Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
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oldron
USA
2732 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2009 : 10:41:29
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"The Last Flight of the Phoenix"
A good movie,I enjoyed it.
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