The adventures of a new ope service writer

ah days of my youth- no direct cranking- 3 cranks to get operator, tell who you wanted, make connection, good to go. Sometime later got the new newfangled rotary dial unit- party line- whole town. Every one got a new #, 2 letters and then numbers 7 digits total no more local operator which was sad because no one knew what anyone else was doing or if help was needed for what ever reason.

 

Ours was 23R13.

Been decades - funny how some odd things stick with your memory.

 

Ours was 23

 

Li10187

 

Circa 1955, with the help of the local operator, ours was, Region 6-5314. Later it was RE6-5314 with no local operator, that was about 1960. Then about 1964 we went full modern with the push button Princess phone and the number morphed to 736-5314.

 

Pronounced '23 ring 13', btw...

 

My old man, step father actually, was into technology. We had the first color t.v around our parts. It was delivered in the morning just as I was leaving for school. I'll always remember that day, November 22nd. 1963.

 

This one sat outside for 2 years with 10% ethanol in it. We drained some of the gas out on the floor by accident. Heres a pic after the gas evaporates, of the water that was left.

Corn should be made into whiskey.....not gasoline. This fuel destroyed a $200 electric fuel pump, $40 mechanical fuel pump, not to mention the labor involved in flushing 2 tanks. Injectors seemed ok surprisingly, as it was an efi engine.

 

For all us midwesterners who can't mow due to it being too wet, I present this beast.

 

And not to out do my previous post of awesomeness, I present this weeks candidate of people who shouldnt weld.

 

WOW!

 

That's some real nice bolts-n-bubble gum work right there.

 

This is suppose to be the first zero turn tracked mower. So how does it zero turn without destroying the grass under it? Or is it just for fields and brush mowing?

 

Those welds look fine...they look like that just needs a little black paint and you won't notice them at all..from my house.

 

I have not driven it personally. The owner said its not near as bad as youd think.

Given the increased surface area lessening the psi to the turf vs a tire and assuming a competent operator knows to not let the pivot side sit still, i can see them doing better than one would think.

 

Yeah I was just gonna say that even one with turf tires will tear the grass up pretty good if you actually do a "zero turn"

 

I'll drink to that! whiskey not beer.. but I've been known to fill a travel mug with whiskey when I'm on that river..

 

We just use this when it's a little wet.