Fw: Re: [SEL] Portland - Gas Prices]

[Charles R Bryant]

Subject: Re: Re: [SEL] Portland - Gas Prices]
 Marv,

 I don't know where the saying "two seasons, winter and one month of hard
 sledding" come from. This is logging country here and I did
 work in the woods prior to going in the army.during World War 2.Lumberjacks
 are  now about a thing of the past. The machine cuts the tree down, limbs
it and
 is hauled tree length to the paper mills and weighed, not scaled. It used
to be
 cut  in 4 foot lengths and if hemlock spruce or fir it had to be peeled. In
the
 winter it used to be dumped into the streams and rivers and floated down to
the
 mills in the spring. This is no longer allowed. I have heard many a story
 about loosing teams of horses hauling loads across the lakes. In fact my
friend lost
his truck and load driving across a lake (thin ice caused by  a spring)

 I had better get something "on topic" here. My father bought a new 6 HP
IHC,
 Igniter engine about 1918. He used it just for sawing wood for heating and
 cutting ensilage ( corn fodder) for the silo. He had it and the saw on
 skids
 which he towed around with horses even to the neighbors.At the beginning
 of World War 2 he had it stored in the barn and it became stuck. The
 government
 had a repair program where they furnished tools,shop and instructors that
farmers could
 bring there farm equipment in for repair. I talked my Dad into bringing the
 6 HP "M"
 there. I got the engine unstuck and running and we used it on the farm once
 again
 cutting corn for the silo. About 1950 he sold the farm and had an auction.
 At the auction I started the engine and it sold for $15.00. I left the
State
 of Maine shortlytly after and pursued
 a career in aircraft. When I was relocated in Missouri from Switzerland I
 bought a house
 across the street from a guy the was president of the local engine and
 tractor club. That's  how I got into the engine hobby. For the past several
years I have hunted the State  of Maine all over looking for this 6 HP "M"
but never have found it (I could
 identify it from some welded repairs). In fact today I would pay $1,000 for
this
 engine. So thats how I got into the engine hobby and why IHC engines have
been one of my
favorites.

 Charlie Bryant

>From Maine-the two season Country




 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "MARVIN HEDBERG" <marvhed at ecenet.com>
 To: "Charles R Bryant" <mogul460 at localnet.com>
 Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 2:05 PM
 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [SEL] Portland - Gas Prices]

 charlie,
 my ?? is, did maine or minnesota lumberjacks originate the winter and
 tough sledding saying?

 my dad was a logger and my grandfather ran horse-powered logging camps
 here around the turn of the century so i've heard that saying since i was
 a wee tyke!! i grew up with work horses on the farm and in the woods as
 well. now i enjoy going to the shows to "play" with the equipment i grew
 up with :-))

 marv in minn



Charlie Bryant

hard sledding