One of those days. WARNING: ENTER AT OWN RISK!!!
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Topic: One of those days. WARNING: ENTER AT OWN RISK!!!
Posted By: AC WD45
Subject: One of those days. WARNING: ENTER AT OWN RISK!!!
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:45pm
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Keep in mind that it's dark outside and snowing like you know what. Ok, so I decided to clean out the shed in which the WD45 sits and maybe move some snow, and everything is at the back, Behind the tractor. So, I try to start the tractor, Rolls over a few times, pops and comes to life...for about a second. Try to start it again rrrrrrr! rrrrrrr!... battery is dead. So I'm thinking "Ok, I'll put it on the charger for a minuet or two and get it started right?" Wrong. So, I leave it on the charger for a good half hour while I move what I can from the shed to the barn. Try the tractor again, rolls over and fires once or twice before the battery looses it's juice. I repeated this process 3 or four times, all the while cussing and spitting cause every time I want to do something around here, I can't get it done because of either no gas, dead battery, rain, etc etc. By now the snows too deep to pull it with the truck, and I'm alone because my girlfriend had a basketball game half way across the state, and the neighbors at work. So, I move what I can to the barn and attempt to pull the door closed. Door gets stuck about half way down so I push up and pull hard, BANG! It shut, but the top half of the #?*!$% door fell in! This is a 20 foot tall door, heavy as heck, and once again, I am alone tonight until around 11:00 when she gets here, and I know there is no way she is going to be up to climbing up the ladder while I hammer the rollers back in to the rails before she goes home, and her dad (my neighbor) won't be home until 3 or 4 tomorrow (trucker). So, Needless to say, I am not in a good mood. ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
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Posted By: GBACBFan
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 8:04pm
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Ask yourself this question: ------------- "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Steve M C/IL
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 8:10pm
| You have my sympathy but sometimes that's just the way things go.Remember,it could always be worse. |
Posted By: rossinmich
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 8:30pm
| Make sure you have fresh gas in it. I know, it always happens when there is 8 inches of snow to plow out of the driveway and you need to get it done. Like on Forrest Gump...sh## happens. Sorry to say that. Ive had those days too. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 9:00pm
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Reminds me of the day the neighbor came bustin in our house saying "Finks house is on fire, call the fire department." Well we were on a party line and the phone was dead. We went to the next guy down the road and sent him to the closest phone to call FD. I went back with the neighbor and he told me to try to move their car, he was taking them all to the hospital. I got in the car and found the shifter and steering wheel locked( brand new 1969 Chevy station wagon) and no keys. I ran across the road to the shed where I knew there was a tractor and tried to roll the door open and it came off the track. I thought I'd just drive the tractor through it. Got inside and the tractor is hooked up to the mixermill and no chain in sight. I can now hear the FD trucks so I head back over to the fire and watch as they water down the corn crib and dumpy old milk house, while the new car turns black and sinks into the ground in a pile of burnt rubber and tin. Oh well, the dad was only burned on his arms and face from busting the door open. The Mom and kids followed him out and didn't get burned much at all. Now tell me how bad your day was again. LOL ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: denwic
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 9:05pm
| All days are good...some just a little better'n others... |
Posted By: Rogers
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 9:45pm
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Every day we can say we made is a good day. Sometimes what happens isn't so good.
Like GBACBFan posted "Will this matter a year from now?". Usually the answer is no when it is yes and bad well that makes a difference. Hopefully when the answer is yes it is good. ------------- Think for yourself and be your own expert. Be willing to change your mind; however, willingness to change your mind doesn’t mean that you will. Blindly following any path is the pinnacle of insanity. |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 10:58pm
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ACWD45, I know all these guys mean well, but sometimes ya just wanna kick something! LOL which would no doubt result in a broken foot! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 11:46pm
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Every day I wake up is a good one!
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 6:01am
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Every day I have an opportunity to have a bad day, I know life is good and God still cares. ------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 6:38am
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OK, maybe not as bad as CTucker's, but one day I was hammer throwing mad when someone left the gate down and the cattle got out. Got them in alright but it just set the day off wrong for me. I decided to go fence in a piece of pasture that had not been grazed for about 10 years. Drove my pickup full of posts out to this slew part but was fairly dry at the time. Started fencing and swinging a corn knife. It started to rain lightly but I was ticked and didn't stop. After about an hour of light rain I went to move the pickup but it was too greasy even in 4wd. Went to the house but wife was leaving for work. Got my D19 as that wasn't far from me and it really started to rain. I'm thinking I really need this truck out as that was my transportation to work the next day. Backed the 19 up to the pickup and hooked up. By myself I couldn't budge it and now the 19 was stuck with the chain just as tight as can be. Walk to my Dad's house a half mile away to get another chain and brother's 7030. Put my 9 year old in the 7030 and pulled the pickup back enough to unhook chain from 19 but now the 7030 was stuck. 3 units down. It's really raining now. Walk back to my house 1/4 mile. Unhooked the 7050 from the digger. Drove down to pull out 7030 with my 9 year old daughter in the 7050. Alright, the 7030 is now unstuck. I backed towards the 19 but now the 7050 can't even get to the 19 and it's stuck. Back the 7030 up to the 7050 and can't budge it and now am stuck with one tight chain again. 4 units down. Walk to Dad's 1/2 mile in the rain and about as mean as a grizzly and even more stubborn. Get the brother's 190xt and he happened to pull in to Dad's. Drove that back and also grabbed my 190 from Dad's. Now with brother, tried to pull out these animals in the rain to no avail. 5 units down and his 190xt was the only mobile one. Drove down to Dad's to get more chains. Dad was home and asked what we were up to. Then said why don't we take his HD11. Duh! Forgot he even had it. Been sitting in the shed out of the way since he bought it a few months before. Well anyhow it floated across that waterlogged slew and pulled everything to safety. I was in no mood to hear Dad say I can't believe you forgot about the dozer. He said it anyway. Way too often I seem to make my own misery but so far that's the worst for me. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 6:57am
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You're never really alone when 'stuff' like this happens , Murphy is right there with you !!
gee Lonn, I don't feel too bad now getting my A-C forklift stuck in 2 inches of mud and using the old D-14 to pull it out ,all of 2 feet ! LOL.
smile guys,dayze like those are why we're supposed to sleep in once in awhile.
------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 6:59am
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You need a few of these. I have a 12 pack of them. Battery's last longer and always fully charged when you need them. Have them on tractors, farm truck, ATV's and riding mowers.
http://www.batterymart.com/p-batteryminder-plus-12v-1_3a-battery-charger.html - http://www.batterymart.com/p-batteryminder-plus-12v-1_3a-battery-charger.html
------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 7:15am
| I've had my share of days like that, and I've come to this conclusion: If no one gets, killed, permanently disabled, or emotionally scarred for life, then life will go on and the bad day will soon be forgotten. Darrel |
Posted By: Ken(MI)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 9:37am
| Lots of good Allis people out there in Pewamo, sounds like you need some good tractor buddies. You must have more snow than we got in Lansing, it barely covers the ground here. |
Posted By: Jeff-in-Kunkletown
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 12:40pm
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Mama told me there'd be days like that...just didn't tell me how many.LOL. ------------- Sucess is how high you bounce after hitting bottom. Gen. George S. Patton |
Posted By: LoggerLee
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 1:37pm
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Sometimes the biggest smack in the face comes when everything looks good. I bought a Allis "M" crawler,got a great deal,and the guy gave me a Oliver 35 combine with it,looked all there....checked a bunch of stuff out,got the tires to hold air,getting ready to fire it up...well the frickin starter is gone,looked em' up online,sure they sell em',$250 smackers,for a combine the owner who knew anything about it is long gone,so does it run? no way to know,unless I want to roll the dice and spend $250 on a starter that I probably wont get $50 for if the engine don't start....oh well,going to build a crank and see if I can start the dang thing when the weather gets up over freezing. Not to mention we were going to buy a running dozer this summer,but NO we got too good a deal on some old Cletracs,so....the work didn't get done. Then the grader my uncle and I were going to fix....well if we could get the dang repair manual before spring that would be great. LOL,yet somehow life goes on,and I have some stuff to bellyache about! :) |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 2:17pm
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Dear Lord... So far today, I am doing all right. I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or self indulgent. I have not whined, bitched, cursed, or eaten any chocolate. I have not charged on my credit card. However, I am going to get out of bed in a few minutes, and I will need a lot more help after that. Amen. ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: Dave Richards (WV)
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 3:32pm
| How does the saying go? "What doesn't kill us usually succeeds on the second attempt." |
Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 4:28pm
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Ken, We probably got the same amount of snow, but it drifted in the drive. Wind pushed it off the fields. ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 4:32pm
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You guys need to quit being philisophical..........same days ya' just wanna kick the dog! LOL LOL! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 4:50pm
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Well, here goes again. Wish me luck, lol! ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 4:53pm
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Some days just make you rethink "Why I chose this job". Nothing like putting head gaskets on a 7.3 diesel in a van that has 500K on it. Fix one crispy broken wire and break 2 more in the process. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: roughstock
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 5:37pm
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I am with Lou on this one. Some days you just have a rough go at it. Venting helps. I hope you feel better AC WD45. Like I always say, "I'll listen to you vent, but sympathy will cost you a 12 pack." Brian |
Posted By: bikley
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 5:43pm
Why the poor dog kick the dang cat |
LouSWPA wrote:Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 5:53pm
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because the dang cat will shred me!
kitty will rip me a new one, pooch will understand! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: GBACBFan
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 6:02pm
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I knew of a fella that heard water dripping under his sink at night, and was on his hands and knees checking it with a flashlight in his birthday suit. I probably don't have to tell you what the cat did to cause him to jerk his head up and put a big knot on the back of his skull! ------------- "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Mark Twain |
Posted By: RickUP
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 7:02pm
| I never kicked the dog, I just took it out on the wife. Can't remember why, but I don't do that anymore. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 8:06pm
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Larry, can I pass that story on? LMAO ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: GBACBFan
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 8:12pm
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Feel free, Charlie, the mental picture always makes me laugh. ------------- "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Rogers
Date Posted: 02 Dec 2010 at 10:14pm
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I will admit that sometimes you do just want to kick something. ------------- Think for yourself and be your own expert. Be willing to change your mind; however, willingness to change your mind doesn’t mean that you will. Blindly following any path is the pinnacle of insanity. |
Posted By: jrjuday
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2010 at 12:01am
| Some days it doesn't pay to wake up, much less get outta bed! I can't have a whole lotta sympathy for a guy who misses an opportunity to drive an HD-11 'cause he FORGOT. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2010 at 7:00am
Believe me, I got none. Dad bought it in the fall and parked it in the shed and by spring I had completely forgot he had it. Driving the 11 helped my disposition some. The lesson is never be too grumpy to get out of the rain. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: LoggerLee
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2010 at 9:34pm
| I ran a HD11 a bit,they're a dang fine machine. |