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My stuff from the Midwest is home!

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Topic: My stuff from the Midwest is home!

Posted By: GlenninPA
Subject: My stuff from the Midwest is home!
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 3:37pm

Now I just have to collect everything I have laying around all you guys places here in the East....

Thank you to Bill Pickard, Dale Schafer, Phil Emery, Wil Manweiler, Gary Arneson, Bob Dalrymple, Richard Aiken, and Bill Poor for either transporting or holding on to all the pieces and parts that I had bought over the last couple years. I bet you are glad to see the stuff go!

The swap meet at Le Sueur was an experience that everybody ought to have at least once in their life. Deb sent me on this trip as a 50th birthday present, so I have to thank her as well. I do not think I could find any finer woman for me. I once heard somebody at Hutch say "Life is just not fair...", and I can attest to that, I don't know how she puts up with me!

I'm glad to have good friends that I could help out by hauling items for them, they certainly helped make the trip less daunting. It was good to see old friends that you don't get to see all that often, and it was good to make some new friends.

If anyone is ever thinking of going to the Swap Meet from the East, here are a few tidbits of info I gleaned from my receipts:

My route:

PA -> OH -> MI -> IN -> IL -> WI -> MN -> WI -> MN -> IA -> IL -> IN -> OH -> PA

approx 58 hrs of drive time

2995 miles

209 gallons of fuel

$815 total cost

Average cost per gallon $3.899 cheapest: IA $3.759 Most expensive: nw IL $4.159

I'd do it again, but it is sure tough on the wallet. I spent less on treasure at Le Sueur than I did on fuel for the trip !!!

However, I found a Snap Coupler drawbar for a B, a steel wheel extension rim for a B, a steel wheel 1 bottom plow, about 12 winged gas/radiator caps, 60 cultivator parts, B PTO delete plate, original early B gas tank strap bolts, a B gas tank and a whole bunch of other neat stuff I had always thought I could use.

Now I just have to get everything put away until I am ready to use it.......

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Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

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Posted By: JohnCinMd
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 4:30pm

If you sell one of your other treasures you got a few years ago, you'd pay your fuel bill....

Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 5:10pm

Thank you Glen for hauling my Frig and lawn sweeper back here safely.Its hard to find people that will haul items and take care of them. Thanks Fred

I might add that after you stop in the morning with my items I was happy ,but after I came back home from york last night i was happy as a Pig in $H!T.

Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 7:44pm

I thought the sweeper was in the middle of the road?? Confused now! :-)

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Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 7:55pm

John,

They have a price now..... (as Fred says "Call me")

Glenn

Posted By: Matt MN
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 9:06pm

It was great to meet you Glen.

Matt

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Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 4:52am

glen, Glad to run into you again. It was a short visit but you still had lots of miles to cover and another few stops to make on your way back home.We'll have some time for visiting and talking orange at Hutch, that is if we can float a loan to pay for the gas.LOLMaybe we can even find a way to make amends with Fred for the "lawn sweeper episode. (Do they sell hot dogs in Hutch?) Glad you had a safe trip and only one really bad experience on the trip. God Bless.

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Posted By: BILLP-SE-MI
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 7:15pm

Glenn, looks like ya had fun on the Great Orange adventure. Le Sueur swap is something to see. Thanks for stopping at Ed's place for my parts.

Have a good one BILL P

Posted By: Wil M (NEIA)
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 8:43pm

Good to hear you made it back home safe and sound. I was wondering if you made it home yesterday. Was good to visit with you and meet Chris. You are always welcome here. Hopefully we can get togther up at Hutch.

I still think that lawn sweep would have worked good around here picking up limbs and leaves.....

Wil

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Posted By: GA-IN-TEXAS
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 9:34pm

GLENN,HOPE YOU CAN GET SOME USE OUT OF THE STUFF YOU GOT FROM ME.THE PRICE WAS RIGHT ON THOSE PARTS-LOL- EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO SCRAP IT ALL,HAVE A GREAT DAY-----GARY