[SEL] Helping a Good Friend!

[Curt]

Dave,
Thanks so much for the excellent documentation of the redemption of both 
an engine and a man.
Many of us only dream of finding a barn or shed fresh engine. I seem to 
recall your big Herc was retrieved from a shed. It would be fun to hear 
from other list members who has found what, discovered in barn fresh 
condition. Tell us your stories. The engine, the location, the stories 
(and lies :-) ) you had to tell to talk the engine away from the 
original owner. Remember what Royster had to go thru just to get a 
simple compressor? There's got to be some good engine stores too! So 
tell us your stories and let the rest of us live your adventures 
vicariously.
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC
P.S. Spencer, a huge congratulations on your engine and to your recovery.

Dave Rotigel wrote:
> Hi All,
>          It's only a few times in a man's life that he is able to help a 
> good friend turn away from the DARK SIDE and enter upon a path that leads 
> to a fuller life and happiness. Last Saturday (April 14, 2007) was one of 
> those days for me!
>          My good friend has been a FATG for years. He has even written 
> books on the subject of antique tractors. He and I have known each other 
> for many years, and I could always tell that there was something missing in 
> his life. A year or so ago, my friend came to that conclusion himself. 
> After much soul searching he reached out for help and it was my good 
> fortune to be there in his time of need!
>          Several times in the past year my friend has tried to turn away 
> from the DARK SIDE, but each time something went wrong and he was unable to 
> turn his life around. However, several months ago he made another attempt 
> to begin his journey away from evil--and this time he has succeeded!
>          Saturday I ventured to Waynesburg, PA to meet Spencer Yost and 
> help him take his 25 HP Ball Oil Field Engine off the oil well where it had 
> spent it's entire working life. At 7:00 AM I met Spencer and Brice Adams 
> and Steve Sewell for breakfast and by 8:00 we were on our way to the Ball 
> engine site some 20 miles away. Spencer had hired a fellow with an 
> excavator to assist with the job. (What a God-send that was!)
>          Steve had said at breakfast that we had better have the engine on 
> his trailer and chained down by noon--"Or we will be getting wet!" By 11:30 
> it was on the trailer and chained down! It started to rain at 11:45. (Steve 
> is usually not that far off!)
>          All in all Steve, Brice and I had a great time helping Spencer 
> turn toward the LIGHT! He is now the proud owner of a 25 HP Ball Oil Field 
> engine and well on his way to a fuller and happier life! (Just look at the 
> smile on his face in the pictures!)
>          Dave
> PS, Pictures are at: 
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/rotigel/Spencers_Ball_Engine/index.html or 
> you can go to http://www.oldengine.org/members/rotigel/ and click on "SE 
> List Members Engines" and then on 
> "<http://www.oldengine.org/members/rotigel/Spencers_Ball_Engine/index.html>Spencer 
> Yost's 25 HP Ball Engine"
> PPS, The first two pictures are of Steve Sewell handing me the flywheels 
> that I won on the X-mas Charity Auction--you will see them again!
>           
>
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