[tcb] Re: VW Quiz
- From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 18:16:31 -0700 (PDT)
The old 8N! Was a one-mule farm tractor. They touted it when introduced as
replacing one mule, that is, it would farm a 40 acre farm, which is what one
mule could handle. Buy an 8N and retire your mule. The reason I have so many
hours on a popping Johnny B is that they were great tractors for mowing hay. A
7' sycle blade and you could run it wide open in top gear with the PTO running
fast enough with its gearing to mow the hay. Most tractors would not do that.
I have mowed close to 40 acres of hay in a day running daylight to dark
standing up on the thing and running flat out.
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From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 7:54:36 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: VW Quiz
The 8N or the 600 Jubilee were better for smaller tracts of land. I've had one
of each of those too. That Johnny Pop would sputter and Pop, I had a Series
60 with the wide track front end. That and the live PTO made it a great
machine.
I've had a *few* tractors but wouldn't consider myself a sod farmer. A long
time ago, I bought some land from a relative. On it was a 1940s Oliver that
he'd owned. It had caught fire when he was using it one day so it sat. I was
clearing the land, so I drug it off the property with a chain and put it on a
family lot nearby. About a month
goes by and a guy calls me and asked me what I wanted for it. Mind you, this
had four flats, was burned (rusted up); I let him take it. It's now a show
winner in the inter-mountain west, go figure..
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 5:15 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Will: I have about a gillion hours in the saddle of those things. Great
tractor for its time.
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From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>I owned one when I lived in Utah. I had it for four years and it mainly just
>scared the hell out of me. Lever clutch and all. I had 10 acres to care for
>so it was just a weekend toy.
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>You also couldn't start the thing in winter either.
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On May 5, 2010 11:37 AM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Damn Will; I would never have suspected that you were that old.
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From: Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 9:18:31 AM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: VW Quiz
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>I call BS and i've owned a two cylinder Johnny Pop too.
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On May 5, 2010 9:08 AM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Ok, guys, here's the correct answer: And someone needs to try this with the
>bus/car tied down and wheels chocked.
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>We are going to give the prize to Dave for the earliest and nearest correct
>answer, so round of applause to Dave.
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>He jacked the left rear wheel off of the ground, put it in second gear, turned
>on the ignition, and spun the tire by hand and it fired right up.
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>Anyone who has ever started a "popping Johnny" John Deere tractor will
>understand this principle. And if you never have: well, you grab the large
>external flywheel, which is about the size of a VW tire & wheel, with two
>hands and give it a big spin.
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>As I said; we need to get someone to try this; and of course post the video on
>the net.
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From: J Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 11:36:50 PM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: VW Quiz
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>Where's McGyver when you need him?
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>He wired a sack of 'taters in series to a cigarette plug, let it
>trickle charge for awhile, then jacked up the bus, spun the wheels in
>gear to add some additional charge, pulled it outta gear, spun the
>wheels as fast as possible and popped the clutch in gear.
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>Either that or he pulled a battery from one of the other abandoned
>buses in the field and got lucky.
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