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oldron

USA
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Posted - 10/06/2009 :  17:56:17  Show Profile Send oldron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Saw this on my trip have no idea who made it.
'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!'

BRAD1975

Canada
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Posted - 10/06/2009 :  18:41:42  Show Profile  Visit BRAD1975's Homepage Send BRAD1975 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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  Show Profile  Visit B-16_IC's Homepage Send B-16_IC a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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
12829 Posts
Posted - 10/06/2009 :  20:45:02  Show Profile Send skunkhome a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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  Show Profile Send oldron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
And then there is this Maytag powered reel mower.
'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  Show Profile Send skunkhome a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I love the kick starter. that guy doesn't waste any oil on his collection does he.

Phil



"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."

Benjamin Franklin
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  Show Profile Send oldron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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.
Ron
'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 - 10/07/2009 :  23:53:46  Show Profile  Visit BRAD1975's Homepage Send BRAD1975 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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
2732 Posts
Posted - 10/08/2009 :  10:44:48  Show Profile Send oldron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Here is a tractor that starts with a shotgun shell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1rc3AmX0XQ
'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!'
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Roy

USA
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Posted - 10/08/2009 :  16:59:49  Show Profile  Visit Roy's Homepage Send Roy a Private Message  Reply with Quote
"tractor that starts with a shotgun shell."

That's cool. I love it.
Roy
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BRAD1975

Canada
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Posted - 10/08/2009 :  23:33:31  Show Profile  Visit BRAD1975's Homepage Send BRAD1975 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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  Show Profile Send skunkhome a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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."

Benjamin Franklin
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oldron

USA
2732 Posts
Posted - 10/09/2009 :  10:41:29  Show Profile Send oldron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
"The Last Flight of the Phoenix"
A good movie,I enjoyed it.
Ron
'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!'
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