Rust getting bad all over my Kubota

[Soundguy]

a friend of mine goes to peru now and then ( maried to a gal there ).. and the tractors they commonly use in many 'villages are 40-50's era us 'vintage' models..

soudnguy

 

[grsthegreat]

a friend of mine goes to peru now and then ( maried to a gal there ).. and the tractors they commonly use in many 'villages are 40-50's era us 'vintage' models..

soudnguy

yupppo, back BEFORE computer chips and injectors, and everything else that fails.

THEy will survive an EMP attack too hehe.

 

[Soundguy]

yupppo, back BEFORE computer chips and injectors, and everything else that fails.

THEy will survive an EMP attack too hehe.

the village ( and I do mean VILLAGE ! ) his wife lived in has an old WW2 diesel generator that they start up once a day to pump water from a well. wheile he was down visiting the 'family' he helped them build a watr tower at their house.. about 400g stock tank and some 25' posts ( tree trunk shaped ) and made a perched water table.. ran the 'hose' up to the top, and the pipe from the tank down to the house.. they now let it fill whenthe genny runs, and then have running water the rest of the day.

stuff we take for granted...

 

[grsthegreat]

the village ( and I do mean VILLAGE ! ) his wife lived in has an old WW2 diesel generator that they start up once a day to pump water from a well. wheile he was down visiting the 'family' he helped them build a watr tower at their house.. about 400g stock tank and some 25' posts ( tree trunk shaped ) and made a perched water table.. ran the 'hose' up to the top, and the pipe from the tank down to the house.. they now let it fill whenthe genny runs, and then have running water the rest of the day.

stuff we take for granted...

isnt this the same way So. Florida water district does theirs????

 

[Soundguy]

isnt this the same way So. Florida water district does theirs????

none of the other houses in the village have water when the genny is off.

ie.. genny on, pump runs, and pipes go to each house. you got water while pump is on.

my friend showed his inlaws how to perch a water table.. apparrently something not previously known in that area

so.. no.. not the way we do it in south florida. where a centralized distribution point feeds people on municipal water from a mass storage tower.

no individual towers at peoples houses..

 

[Egon]

perched water table../QUOTE]

There might be a little difference between a "Perched Water Table" and an elevated tank.

 

[Tollster]

I have to 100% agree with that! The sad truth of the way things are with today's products & not just tractors. And the other sad part is that most companies don't want to back their products which leaves the consumer stuck with the bill. Things have really changed since the days of old.

Makes ya wonder why foreign companies tend to make such an impact. When you loose customer trust in your products, you are lucky to get them back.

I am steadfast on this, and unfortuately, I have not purchased an american truck, or car in over 20 years.

 

[sweep]

I think the new tractors will last on average 22-25 years and then they will be scrapped due to not being able to get the parts.

There are so many variations of new tractors it will be very expensive for the manufacturers to keep parts...and many modern tractors ar eonly made for a few years then dropped.

This was not so much a problem with tractors out of the 40-60's. A Ford 9n, 2n,8n was made for nearly 23 years without much difference between models.

My TC45A was only made for 3 years and you do not see many out there.

I plan on keeping mine forever and every so often I buy some extra parts-mostly electrical stuff-relays and senors that I may need one day. If I don't use them one day someone will buy them from me I'm sure

 

[DieselnHooters]

I plan on keeping mine forever and every so often I buy some extra parts-mostly electrical stuff-relays and senors that I may need one day. If I don't use them one day someone will buy them from me I'm sure

yes you may very well need a spanish speaking mechanic some day, good thinking on the rest also

 

[Soundguy]

yes you may very well need a spanish speaking mechanic some day, good thinking on the rest also

heck.. you might want to speak spanish, arabic AND chineese..