sellor not to sell B
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Topic: sellor not to sell B
Posted By: swit
Subject: sellor not to sell B
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 4:23am
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I mainly use my 47 B for plowing snow I recently bought a plow for my truck so with that in mind i dont see myself useing my B much any more I like the tractor its been a great tractor for me the problem is storage i dont have a lot of indoor space to keep it in I will not just keep it out side I refuse to put out side and watch the Mich weather ruin it runs great only minor problems in the 8 years i have had it what do i do My wife keeps telling me to keep it I know most of you will say listen to my wife now thats a switch listen to the wife when it comes to tractors |
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Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 5:15am
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SWIT, Anyone who has owned and used an Alis B will have neverending regrets if they let it get away. Listen to your wife. Just add some more space to store it. Another way to look at is - will your truck still be plowing snow 67 years after it was built? Just my $0.02 worth.
Bob@allisdowneast ------------- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 6:34am
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I'm with Bob with this..buy or build a shelter for your B. Either a 'car canopy' or leanto shed on you existing garage.I regret selling my CA and the G,even though I have 'replacements', it's NOT the same !!
Think of the B as 'insurance' for when the pickup doesn't start when you need it to plow ! ------------- 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: 12 Aug 2011 at 7:18am
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WOW, wish I had the green light to build a mega-shed-barn. You know that's what she is saying don't you?
P.S. Build it 2-3 times the size you think you will need. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: LionelinKY
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 9:47am
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Your obviously intelligent wife practically insists on you keeping it and you still feel the need to ask our advice? I'd have built the shed by now. ------------- "My name is Lionel and I'm an Allisoholic" |
Posted By: Osage_Orange
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 10:53am
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A wise man does not disagree with his wife! ------------- Why is there never time to do it right the first time, but always time to go back and fix it? |
Posted By: Herb(GA)
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 11:01am
| If you are reluctant to build a shed, or add on to existing, suggest adding a "small upstairs" in an existing building. Move some things up there so you have main floor room for the B with snowplow. |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 12:28pm
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I can only hope that you will keep my favorite. It is obvious that you are an outstanding owner and take good care of the B. Also, the B has responded and given you excellent service. I cannot believe, but you also have your wife's permission. Remember, you have a collector's item in the B that is still pulling it's load. I sincerely hope you decide to keep it. Let us know how it goes. Do you have a picture. Good Luck! Bill Long |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 12:31pm
...and then double that... and put insulation under the slab, and PEX tubing IN the slab... and wrap it tightly in steel, put a 200A panel in the wall... overhead door landing on concrete apron AND a man-door with stoop, overhang, and light... refrigerator, microwave, toilet/shower and a slop sink with a big dispenser for Fast Orange (with pumice)... wood-burning furnace in the corner and a little space for big wire baskets of firewood... full stereo sound, satellite TV, overhead bridge-crane, LED night-lights and big sodium low-bay lighting zones for working... |
Stan IL&TN wrote:Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 1:09pm
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Dave, You forgot the bunkroom with satellite TV. My shop doesn't come up to your recommendations, but my wife (joking, of course) says that I will move into mine someday. Now it's off to the Skowhegan State Fair this afternoon to check on HER MM Avery Model V on display and to volunteer a shift at the Lions Club food building. Bob@allisdowneast ------------- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 3:35pm
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You could at a minimum get one of those 18 x 20 steel "sheds" that they put up for $1000. a couple extra sheets of steel for the side walls and it will do for sever al years... NOw, what to do with a B.. I bought one, then bought a blade for it. Got another, then a woods mower for it.. Bought a third and needed a sickle for it. Fourth, and had to get a center mount mower/ chopper for the heavy stuff. Fifth, and had to have a second blade ? Now the 6th, im not sure what implement it NEEDS, but it does pull a plow and disc. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: MilesGray (CO/KS)
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 3:43pm
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Swit, Sent you a PM. Steve, Thank God I'm not the only one!!! LOL! ------------- Miles Gray (CO/KS) 5 1938 B's, 1940 B, 1944 WF C, 1948 NF C, Gleaner A, White Top Rotobaler, 1957 IH Golden Jubilee... I'm either a collector, or crazy! |
Posted By: steigerbro24
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 6:44pm
| I have mine in one of them shed in a boxes. Its not much but it keeps my B warm and dry. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2011 at 8:27pm
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My brother put one of these hoop sheds up 4 or 5 years ago. He winters his boat in it. It's stood up to some nasty storms and several winters and summer heat and still looks as good as it ever did. I don't know that his is this brand but it is similar. http://www.portablegarageshelter.com/garden-sheds/ - http://www.portablegarageshelter.com/garden-sheds/
------------- 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: swit
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2011 at 4:35am
| ok ok i get the message i will keep it i will have to work around the storage issue you all just confirmed what i was thinking i knew i came to the right place even that i all ready knew the responses i would get all ready have the lean to ill check other storage ideas thanks miles good idea |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2011 at 7:29am
| Buy another to keep it company. I told my wife that the slab in the shop would sink on one side if I didn't add tractors to the other side to even it out. |
Posted By: Bob-Maine
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 8:12am
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I really like Thad's thinking. I'll have to point this out to my wife. But our son, who is a professor of civil engineering at U Maine, can't be there when I try this. He might blow me out of the water. But is is a new twist on justifying the next addition. Bob@allisdowneast ------------- I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure. |
Posted By: GregLawlerMinn
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 11:12am
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Swit You can also consider a 8X20 or 8X40 "cargo container" for a storage shed. Cost is reasonable and the tax man does not consider them to be a permanent structure. ------------- What this country needs is more unemployed politicians-and lawyers. Currently have: 1 D14 and a D15S2. With new owners: 2Bs,9CAs,1WD,2 D12s,5D14s,3D15S2s, 2D17SIVs,D17D,1D19D;1 Unstyled WC |
Posted By: JimD
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 11:33am
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I all fairness, asking here is like asking an attourney if you should sue someone :) ------------- Owner of http://www.OKtractor.com" rel="nofollow - OKtractor.com PM for an instant response on parts. Open M-F 9-6 Central. We have new and used parts. 877-378-6543 |
Posted By: GARY(OH/IN)
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 6:51pm
| Greg,Not so sure about that not taxable thing. Indiana was about 8-10 years ago putting a $500.00 value on old truck boxes and the like that appear to be used for storage. They do this mainly to encourage the property owner to get rid of said eyesore. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2011 at 11:15pm
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I had a 12x16 shed that my CA would fit in when I lived in a mobile home park. You can buy one of those metal yard buildings quite reasonable... ------------- "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: beeman
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2011 at 8:14pm
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Hmmm... Great tractor and wife. Take good care of both and count your blessings,Sir. ------------- 1949 B 3930 Ford- Have owned other Orange ,green,red,yellow,dark green tractors and equipment. |