grandpa Love
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Guy in NC is on a Cub Facebook group and we were helping him out with some if his cub issues. His neighbor GAVE him a non running '52 cub with cultivators. He has several rental houses in Birmingham AL,and was going to come by our place and buy a few parts ( draw bar, brackets,hand crank...) Was going to swap me the cultivators for the parts. We swapped phone numbers and have talked numerous times over the last several weeks. He has put about $350-400 in parts on the cub and still never got it running. Trying to help him one day I told him to pop distributor cap off and see if points were firing at all. Turns out the distributor shaft isn't turning. Well after more chit chat I asked what his plans were for the Cub. Said he was a preacher and he was gonna use it to pull a trailer around his property for hay rides. I asked if he would be interested in swapping for a running, driving '52 Allis B. Got good tires on the Allis. One rear on the cub is shredded and fronts ain't pretty. I figured it was a good trade. He was worried I was getting the short end of the deal ....... I told him the Allis suited him better, I ain't got implements for it. The cub would go nicely with my collection of cubs. Decided to meet half way. We loaded up yesterday and drove 200 miles east on I-20 and he headed south east from NC. Drove the Allis off my trailer and he drove it around the parking lot at the gas station we met at. Pushed his cub off his trailer and winched it on to mine, flat tires and all...... Everything is good. Well, some time after I got home last night (10:30 pm central) he texted me and wants his cub back !!!!! What??? So. Now I'm ranting to y'all, maybe looking for advice. I included his text.
Allis has been driven all over my place and parked in the barn. Never leaked. Sat on my trailer over night and rode 200+ miles , no leaks. He texted when he got home ,we were still on the road and said it leaked hydraulic fluid all over his trailer??? We talked to him a bit and he wasn't sure where it leaked from.
Text I woke up to!!!!
Allis has been driven all over my place and parked in the barn. Never leaked. Sat on my trailer over night and rode 200+ miles , no leaks. He texted when he got home ,we were still on the road and said it leaked hydraulic fluid all over his trailer??? We talked to him a bit and he wasn't sure where it leaked from.
Text I woke up to!!!!