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General Discussion / delima solved
« on: December 23, 2010, 10:50:18 PM »
I appreciate all the input about accepting an engine as a gift from my old friend,,,,,after much discussion with him I accepted a 1 1/2 hp hit and miss Satley engine,1924, not the best runner but the reason I picked that one is the history can be traced back to the woman that purchased it in 1924 to pump water for her chickens...so I will be the 3 rd owner. I am going to get a sign or plaque made to go with the engine so the history will stay with the engine..it is unusual to be able to trace the history back that far and for him to meet the orignal owner.. we both ended the day happy//sid

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General Discussion / a sad delima
« on: December 20, 2010, 03:46:10 PM »
my 88 year old friend is still in good health but he knows his day is coming very soon..like he says .. how much longer can a person expect to l ive and have a good life...on saturday I stopped by his house to drop off a christmas gift...it only took a minute and I knew he had something to tell me.... he has decided to give most of his engines away and wants me to have first pick.... he knows his family will not have a use for them or know what to do with them.. they will either end up as scrap or junked..so the delima i have is do I pick an engine or what. after thinking about it for several days I still do not have a solution...he has about 50 engines and most are of med, value except 4 or 5/// he has only put 2 engines off the list that he wants to keep/// he has a lot of hit and miss and throtle gov. engines,iron horses.etc/ he has only one lister, a 3 or4 hp square hopped gas version. i do not know the model but it is a good running engine,the more I think about it , I do not want to make a decision...I do not know what to do...sid

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General Discussion / engines for sale
« on: January 22, 2010, 01:58:04 AM »
I started my new year traveling with a week in south Florida at the Florida flywheelers engine swap meet... cold the first few days but warmed up and was very nice by the end of the week.....the only problem was the lack of engines for sale... very few.on the other hand the display of engines was the best in years.some of the best and well maintained engines that I have seen in years were on display.I walked around for hours just watching and recording the displays,,,I am always amazed of the engine builders from the early last century.. if you look careful, not much is new, a lot of the modern ideas were tried a 100 years ago.in the last few years i never see  any Lister clones or Petters. in all of my travels ,I have seen less than a dozen origanal Listers etc./just not that many out there.any way ,back in Feb. for another show. I will see what is out there....sid

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Everything else / utube movie
« on: November 28, 2009, 09:15:21 PM »
A friend put this video on utube. it was taken at the Georgia National fair this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSnLiDDxSug/the second one is of me and my son running one of my diesels// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSnLiDDxSug// the 3 rd one is of my 15 hp F/M running/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ4uTPShtN4/ copy and paste links and they should play///// Been away for a while/ the longer I am retired the more I am gone..it seems like I just pack and unpack. sid

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General Discussion / randon observation on engines
« on: June 24, 2009, 01:11:08 AM »
RANDON THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATION from a person with too much time on his hands..

I think I would consider my self lucky. I collect engines because i like them and have little use for them for power generation/ if the power goes off I just go south or north for a few hundred miles and stay in a motel//we seldom have power outage of more than a few hours//growing up in poverty in the north Ga, mts. with out running water or indoor plumbing. I have no desire to go back to primitive conditions and live off grid. as they say done that/ I admire the people that want to do that.  As you grow older it becomes more important to live with in 3-4 minutes of a good rescure unit/mine is 1 mile away/ every major hospital is less then 5 miles away/ I have had so many friends that retire and move to the country and die before a rescue unit can reach them/it will happen to all of us....even tho I live in the city, you could not tell it.  Very private and only a few random gun shots..
Growing up in poverty did not stop a good education. I went to 1 room schools with out running water or bath rooms/ teaching aids were a black board,chalk and a stick for crowd control///the first t.v.the first transitor radio were beyond belief.
    because of a good education and experience I was able to retire at 55 and have fun full time..I have been collecting engines,tools etc, for over 30 years, after retirement I found that I had the means and time to pursue my hobby.engine shows are the main source for most engines. I found my first indian lister at an antique engine show in 1999/been hook on diesel ever since.25 years ago it was not any trouble to find a good engine at a very moderate price.$3-500.00 would but a pretty good engine.move forward 20 years and all you can find is junk// the good engine are priced too high/ the younger generation finds that it is impossible to spend several thousand dollars for an engine that does not earn it keep/ we are losing the younger collectors/most engine shows the exhibators are in their 70-80s/ and I hate to say some are not very friendly/I have been to 6 engine shows and swap meets since January/from south Florida to Indiana/1100 miles between them/and I am sorry to say, it has gone down hill. now it is a good place to find flea market items/the economy has changed and people are trying to sell every thing just to make money/
    If I lived in England, it would be hard to out bid me on some of those SOM listers/instead of selling off  my engine colection,I would be enlarging it/
    Now I only use my engines for fun/I grind corn and make grits and corn meal/email me if you do not know what grits are/I attend about 10-12 engine shows a year and travel 14-16 weeks of the year/  the main thing is to have fun and enjoy life. follow your dreams/ work hard but also play hard/
  on a different but related subject.. in my travels I have been thru Ohio dozens of times/ never stopped until this year. because of a schedule change I spent 2 days in Dayton Ohio...the Wright Patterson museum is the place to visit//could not believe that I had passed by this place so many times and never stopped//you would need more than 2 days to enjoy it/I have never been interested in aviation. but this museum has something for every one...the best part,,, it,s free.. can not beat that/ anyway off to Denton n.c next week,,,,just some random thoughts///sid

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General Discussion / Engine show in Denton North Carolina
« on: June 23, 2009, 09:55:18 PM »
it*s that time of year for the gathering in n.c.. this is the place to see about 1000 tractors and up to several thousand engines.some rare so very common/some well restored and some just there/we usually have several members forum stop by/this is one of the largest shows in the country ,so if you are interested in engines or tractors, it is a good place to spend the day/ I will have a lister there so stop by and we will talk and run a diesel/the show is always around the 4 th of july/ the only problem is the heat/ it make las vegas seem cool// as usual no personal interest I just like to go to the show/ I think this will be my 20 th year/ sid

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Petteroids / run away petter
« on: June 17, 2009, 12:19:21 AM »
it is a well known fact that the petters sold from the west coast have a well earned reputation for running away,leaking oil and fuel and almost anything else that can break or fall off/as an owner of one I can voice my openion of them///the one bad part is they were sold even when it was determened that they were dangerous/// after owning one for 3 years and with the promise to my self that I would never sell it and use it only for parts/ I finally solved 2 problems// I modified it so the speed could be controled to some degree and some one wanted to buy it/// after a long discussion with the buyer and many warning ,it changed hands// with a considerable loss on my part// it went to a man who has a reputation as a very skilled mechanic..// believe it or not,we are still friends//I now have 2 petters left but they came out of North Carolina from Mike who has a reputation of sell very high quality engines//I still have 2- 8 hp listers I purchased from him// one in 1999/ many years before the sand issue came up from importing junk///
   I have been away from the forum for a few months.been to a lot of engine shows from Florida to Portland Indiana and have not have internet connection at most place so I started leaving my lap top at home//I am behind in a lot of topics so I will try to catch up/ has the one ton concrete block issue been settled yet/ send me an email and I will send you a move of my 8 hp lister running on a drop frame cart mius the concete block and not even shaking the cart//of course it was imported in1999 and is well balance and behaved//
I see the forum has gained a few members but do we keep track of the ones that just slowly fade away/ I wonder how many are still active///as one of the first few members I have seen a lot come and go and a lot were drive off because of their views../of course some had a very short fuse to begin with and it did not take much to upset them///of course we have our share of the (I am always right and you are wrong group)///but all in all ,just a typical group///excpt at time we have had some excellent knowledge appear here//and a fair share of all of the other// sid

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General Discussion / every one need a good laugh on christmas
« on: December 25, 2008, 07:50:08 PM »
this should make everyones day// enjoy// just remember. some people are not qualified to play with a hammer or lister///sid/http://fragg.me/video/explosive-sledgehammer

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