Gee I hope Dave is OK

dickfoster · Jul 27, 2018

I hope Dave of Dave's Tractor in Redding CA is OK. As many here know Dave is a frequent contributor here helping many with service related questions. As some may also know Redding is beset with a huge largely uncontolled fire in Redding and the surrounding area and its a real mess there now.

BlackOps · Jul 28, 2018

i too hope all is well. he is a great resource and most helpful person.

JerryK · Jul 28, 2018

Yes Sir....!!!!! And all the folks by that big fire. Not much they can do but get out of it's way on those big ones... nature rules.

Gary Fowler · Jul 28, 2018

I lived in Redding for several months back in the 1985. Lovely town and surrounding area. Loved the fishing in Lake Shasta. I sure hope they get that fire under control soon.

I hope this isn't a trend. I lived in a subdivision in Ft. McMurray, Alberta Canada for over 2 years and a couple years ago, a forest fire consumed almost every house in that subdivision, including the one I lived in, plus many more in this small town. It still hasn't recovered even though they have been rebuilding like crazy.

JerryK · Jul 28, 2018

Stay away from upper/lower Michigan....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Inspector507 · Jul 28, 2018

Dave's tractor lot is near Red Bluff, California, according to his website. Redding is about 35 driving miles from Red Bluff. The fire map I looked at shows the fires are still a bit away from him. Don't know how old that info is though.

dickfoster · Jul 28, 2018

Inspector507 said:
Dave's tractor lot is near Red Bluff, California, according to his website. Redding is about 35 driving miles from Red Bluff. The fire map I looked at shows the fires are still a bit away from him. Don't know how old that info is though.

I haven't looked at the map lately but the Carr fire is huge, 80,000 acres this AM. I'm getting smoke from it today all the way down here in Nevada City. Every August since we've moved here, we've had the smell of smoke the the morning and it doesn't smell like victory.

Stuart122 · Jul 29, 2018

Red Bluff is SE of Redding, the fire is west, north, southwest of Redding. Long ways away. It could get red Bluff, but not too likely. Bought my 1526 in 2016 from Dave. Drove up from Paradise, picked it out, gave 'em a check, 3 days later they delivered the 1526 TLB to my place. Easy to deal with, nice folks. Bought a Chinese flail from Dave's a few months ago, works great. Putting the hoe back on was a pain in the rear.

radios1 · Jul 29, 2018

you can ask here, it don't seem like there is a problem though.. Dave's Tractor, Inc - Contact Us

dickfoster · Jul 30, 2018

Stuart122 said:
Red Bluff is SE of Redding, the fire is west, north, southwest of Redding. Long ways away. It could get red Bluff, but not too likely. Bought my 1526 in 2016 from Dave. Drove up from Paradise, picked it out, gave 'em a check, 3 days later they delivered the 1526 TLB to my place. Easy to deal with, nice folks. Bought a Chinese flail from Dave's a few months ago, works great. Putting the hoe back on was a pain in the rear.

Tell me about it. I just went though the reattaching backhoe drill. I'd made a dolly to ease the task and I guess I made the dolly just a shade too high so that it wouldn't allow the pins to engage the lower hooks. After I got it off the dolly and on the ground then on to the tractor it occurred to me to back the tractor up onto some blocks so the dolly would work as lifting the tractor up a bit is the same as lowering the dolly a bit. DUH! Oh well, live and learn. What puzzles me is how I managed to get the hoe off the tractor and onto the dolly in the first place. Some wierd geometry going on here.