baldntatted Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 anther round of bad Storms coming threw the area again. we have had really bad ones here the past couple of days. now there calling for 70 to 80 mph winds and 7 inches of rain.....better gas up the boat.
Vintage Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 It's been raining a lot more than usual around here lately, with a few of the main roads becoming impassable for the first time I've ever seen. But with a river going through all these little towns and plenty of creaks lining the roads, I'm not surprised. For some reason, to my father, a flood says "gas up the tractor" rather than gas up the boat. :hmm:
Blue88Comanche Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 What brand tractor is that? I think my grandfather had one like that.
kro10000 Posted April 26, 2011 Posted April 26, 2011 What brand tractor is that? I think my grandfather had one like that. I think that is a ferguson
HOrnbrod Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 looks like a ford 8 n to me Not a Ford. I think they all had vertical grilles. But I don't know what it is. :dunno:
JeepcoMJ Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 ferguson 30. ford 8 and 9n tractors are more or less the same thing. to this day, I still feel that the 8 and 9n tractors are fairly useless. I like my restored MHF 50 high crop...nice, gets the job done, very rare being between the brand name switch. anyways. storms have been bad here in south east WI, too. my basement is 4" full.
JeepcoMJ Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 Nothing runs like a Deer. You mean like an over priced pile of junk? Then you are correct
terrawombat Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 Judgement day 5/21/11. This is the beginning.
mjeff87 Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 anyone heard from Hornbrod this AM? Don......you folks ok? SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 642 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTIES... AT 634 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MULTIPLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS NEAR GUNTERSVILLE AND ARAB. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ARAB. THESE TORNADOES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRANT...PAINT ROCK...WOODVILLE...LANGSTON...LIM ROCK...SECTION... LARKINSVILLE AND SCOTTSBORO.
HOrnbrod Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 Yeah Jeff. Some close calls early this morning, and another bigger front coming through now. This one looks like it will pass just north of us. Six deaths confirmed and tornadoes touching down still. Damn I hate this crap.
kro10000 Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 ferguson 30. ford 8 and 9n tractors are more or less the same thing. to this day, I still feel that the 8 and 9n tractors are fairly useless. I like my restored MHF 50 high crop...nice, gets the job done, very rare being between the brand name switch. anyways. storms have been bad here in south east WI, too. my basement is 4" full. Called it :D The only tractor I've ever driven/worked on is an old Ferguson. Love that thing
Vintage Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 ferguson 30. ford 8 and 9n tractors are more or less the same thing. to this day, I still feel that the 8 and 9n tractors are fairly useless. I like my restored MHF 50 high crop...nice, gets the job done, very rare being between the brand name switch. anyways. storms have been bad here in south east WI, too. my basement is 4" full. Called it :D The only tractor I've ever driven/worked on is an old Ferguson. Love that thing Yep. 1952 Ferguson TO-30. :thumbsup: Another batch of storms coming tonight and still have some loose pieces on the bridge we're building. They survived the worst flood of the year so far, so we'll see this time. Time to gas up the tractor.
freakjeep93 Posted April 27, 2011 Posted April 27, 2011 ferguson 30. ford 8 and 9n tractors are more or less the same thing. to this day, I still feel that the 8 and 9n tractors are fairly useless. I like my restored MHF 50 high crop...nice, gets the job done, very rare being between the brand name switch. anyways. storms have been bad here in south east WI, too. my basement is 4" full. massey harris furguson . must be a 55 . i have a 1955 mhf pacer. only a 17 horse. me and dad are restoring it this winter and were just gunna use it for mowing now that we have the new tractor.
HOrnbrod Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Holy crap, what a day. A little bit after my previous email, another front came through. I was in the garage when a tornado touched down right across the street, ripped up a few Bartlett pear trees, came across the road and yanked a huge maple tree right on the corner of my driveway and dropped it right across my neighbor's driveway. Then it went back across and ripped out every tree for about a quarter of a mile down the road until it died. Luckily none of the trees fell on anyone's house. One of the neighbors got a video of it on her cell phone and as soon as we get power restored (I'm on generator now and miraculously the inet is up) she'll send it to me and I'll post it up. It looks good on her cell phone. We've been cutting trees up all day between tornado warnings and I'm beat. The generator is keeping my beer cold and I expect my neighbors over any time (BYOB) since I'm the only one that has a generator. Heard from my daughter who is going to school at UA in Tuscaloosa. A tree fell on the house by a tornado where she is living off-campus (she was in class when it happened) and is now living in a shelter on campus since the house is AFU. It's been a wonderful day.
baldntatted Posted April 28, 2011 Author Posted April 28, 2011 glad to hear your OK. My wife has family down in childersburg. and bessemer. and silacga been tring to call them. Were hoping there power is out.
jeepdoggydogB Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Sounds terrible, prayers to all of you. I can see retired USN Don (Hornbrod) still has his priorities in order by keeping that beer cold! Beer helps in times of misery, God bless you all.
mjeff87 Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 glad you made it thru ok Don :cheers: Same storm system is about to pass thru my backyard here in about an hour or so.....already a couple tornados late last night west of us and a few are now breaking out north. Came to work with the chainsaw in the back of the Jeep in case I need it to get home tonight ;) Jeff
Blue88Comanche Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Dad and I are making plans to help the tornado victims. http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30031
richasco Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I hope everyone down there is ok. I did two rotations in Alabama for work in February and March. I based out of Alabaster and Anniston and met some really nice people. We are sending out two planes tomorrow morning to map the damage. On a side note I saw some video on FoxNews that showed a red swb Comanche that was somehow spared while everything around it was leveled, this was in Cullman County.
mfpdm Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Glad to hear your OK. Thoughts and prayers out to all those that have been affected by these storms. Keep the repair locker manned there shipmate. :wrench: :cheers:
HOrnbrod Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I hope everyone down there is ok. I did two rotations in Alabama for work in February and March. I based out of Alabaster and Anniston and met some really nice people. We are sending out two planes tomorrow morning to map the damage. On a side note I saw some video on FoxNews that showed a red swb Comanche that was somehow spared while everything around it was leveled, this was in Cullman County. Cullman county is the next county west of me. They took a hard hit. I had to drive 100 miles south today in the MJ to find gas for the generator, and the devastation was horrible. The power lines were still on the roads but the trees had already been cleared. Several line crews on-site from NC, SC, VA, etc. giving our local boys a hand. Man, I've been thru the Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption, Typhoon Paka that leveled Guam, and numerous other typhoons, and this ranks right up there. 280 body count so far and many more unaccounted for. And dead animals and birds everywhere in the fields. Damn vultures and turkey buzzards survived though. We were very lucky in my area, just trees transplanted, but the main TVA feed from N. Alabama that 90% on the rest of the state was completely wiped out. I think we're in for many many more days w/o power. The Inet comes on maybe 1-2 hours a day, so that's good. We're stocked up pretty well on food, have water, and the generator will power the fridges to keep stuff from rotting. And the brew cold. :cheers:
87Warrior Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I am on vacation assistance duty with my grandparents in Asheville, NC but am sickened that I can't make the short drive south the help out the tornado ravished communities. I do know that several of the tree crews I work with at Kansas City Power and Light have gone down to clear trees from the downed power lines. Don, good luck keeping the beer cold. I hope the best for you, your family and community.
Donkey Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I heard they are sending people and trucks from the power companys down here in tampa. I wish i had the means to load up the jeep and some supplys and go up and help.
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