[SEL] OT: Titan Tractor Questions

[Luke Tonneberger]

Good luck Joe. I hope it works out for you. Engines are great and tractors 
are alot of fun too. I just picked up a John Deere GP on full steel last 
weekend and cranked it up for the first time this weekend. Had a great time 
with it until the radiator starting leaking.

Luke Tonneberger
Rockford, Michigan
USA
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>From: Joe Prindle <joe_prindle2001 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>Subject: Re: [SEL] OT: Titan Tractor Questions
>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:00:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hi,
>It has been over two weeks since I asked the questions about 10-20 Titans,
>and I am late in replying to thank everyone for the information. I have
>been away from the computer due to an illness in the family and am finally
>getting caught up.
>Thanks to all of you for the info, particularly to Dave Ernst. I seem to
>recall hearing old guys talking about Titan crankshafts years ago, and
>maybe I have a little better idea what to look for now.
>I stopped in to see the guy with the one I had in mind. Neither of us had
>a lot of time that day, but we had a good visit and he has invited me back
>to see it run. He then said he would help me pull the cover off the
>crankcase to look inside. He said his Dad spent a bunch of money on it
>about 30 years ago, got the shaft ground and had the bearing shells
>re-lined. They also have a couple of spare K-W mags for it and they have
>the plowing guide, which is really cool. The tractor has one dent in the
>water tank, which is Ok since I want to actually use the tractor and beat
>the crap out of it once in a while. It turns out that he knows a lot of
>the same folks I know, and his Dad once owned several engines that I own
>now. Moral of the story is that it really is a small world! Actually, the
>story is much more involved than that, but I will wait on the details
>until after I get it bought. I about crapped when I heard where it came
>from. He says it starts easy and runs good, and that we can get together
>later this fall and play with it for a day. He needs to sell the tractor
>for his mother, he has a 10-20 Mogul of his own, so he just doesn't want
>the Titan. If I had a Mogul, I would still want a Titan, they are both
>pretty darned neat.
>The most delightful part of the whole thing is the way that "She Who Must
>Be Obeyed" feels about it. When I got the bug, I said "Honey, what would
>you think of getting an old tractor?" She thought I meant Oil Pull and
>immediately thought of my buddy Paulie's stinky F, which belches smoke and
>throws oil in every direction. I think it is neat, but for me the oil and
>carbon speckles (a.k.a "Rumely Freckles") are a sign I had a lot of fun,
>but not for her. I showed her photos of a Titan with my Dad on it when he
>was 5 years old, and she really liked that. Now that she has seen one in
>person and got to drive one at a show a week ago, she wants one as bad as
>I do. I offered to get her a tractor of her own, thinking maybe a Massey
>Pony or a Farmall Cub would be cute but she says that an 8-16 Avery like
>Don Blausey's would be really nice. I can't figure it out, if she has such
>good taste, how did she wind up with me? ;-) She has been teasing me about
>being a FATG, she made a comment about it in front of some of my buddies
>and then walked behind me and says "Well, looks like all you need to do is
>get the tractor, the rest seems to be well under way!". You can imagine
>how much fun my supposed friends had with that.
>Again, thanks for the info everyone, and I will post pictures when and if
>the deal is struck.
>Joe
>
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>Joe Prindle
>Member Badger Steam & Gas, Baraboo, WI
>www.badgersteamandgas.com
>Hosting the HPOCA Nat'l Oliver Show
>August 19, 20 & 21, 2005
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