roy697
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Roy's Pond
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Post by roy697 on May 29, 2010 23:02:38 GMT -5
What do you think of making this a lawn ornament? A paint job & set it on a rock, it is on the back side of a pond we bought.  |
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Post by bradblazer on May 30, 2010 9:35:28 GMT -5
It would look cool as an ornament but now that you're a restoration expert you should get 'r running!  I have a very vague memory of my grandfather's working pump house in WI. I remember the engine running and water pumping and all kinds of moving parts. Then I was shooed out because the place was too dangerous. I would have had to be 2 or 3. Our home place in WI had (has) a defunct pump house. All kinds of overhead shafts, gears, & flat belts to run tools off the one power source. |
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Post by linus69 on May 30, 2010 12:01:05 GMT -5
Very cool, would make a great ornament, did you research it yet ?
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roy697
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Post by roy697 on May 30, 2010 17:36:11 GMT -5
I did a little research. It is called a Hit & Miss engine. I know there are parts that have been robbed. I have way to many other things that are going to be priority over that kind of project, but I thought it would make a very unique lawn ornament. I did have a neighbor ask me if he could have it for scrap, must weigh a couple hundred pounds I would think. When the time comes I plan on using the pole that attaches to the 3 point to move it. I am getting prices for a small pole barn so I have a place for my rv & Franky & his attachments.
The wife & I bought 54 acres in White Plains Kentucky. No buildings no utilities. Pole barn is first project. If you have thoughts about do's & don'ts on a pole barn please express them. I am a city guy.
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Post by bradblazer on May 31, 2010 23:29:53 GMT -5
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psj12
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Post by psj12 on Jun 1, 2010 9:37:08 GMT -5
I'll bet the parts are sellable on Ebay.
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roy697
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Post by roy697 on Jun 1, 2010 17:04:34 GMT -5
I'll have to consider the Ebay thing.
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Post by bracabric on Apr 5, 2013 9:39:32 GMT -5
Hope this is the right place to post this,
My good lady has said for some time that as our Lawn area is so large we ought to get a ride on Mower, well, I didn't like the price of them very much and kept putting it off, then we found and bought this cunning ride on mower with 4X4 called a Horse ! it's wonderful, it fuels it's self and produces fertilizer as it mows, and it's friendly ! and it's fun to ride !
For those with a little Spanish it's got a name ( Voy y Vuelvo ) ( bit like Arnie ) and I can't imagine how I coped without it, all that pushing and re fueling and servicing.
Isn't technology wonderful ?
Dick
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Post by linus69 on Apr 13, 2013 11:51:42 GMT -5
Very cool Dick, lot`s of luck with him, where are the pictures. You should have started a new thread about him Dick, but now I also wonder what Roy did with that old Hit and Miss motor of his from three years ago?
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