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Krouthead
06-16-2003 19:51:06
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Re: Re: NATPA RULES fine print...except Bill Bear in reply to dean, 06-16-2003 15:40:37
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The hitch was 3/16 to close to the axle center.
The wheels were 3/8 to wide.
These are legitamate reasons,and I understand if you change the rules for 1,soon there will be a 2nd and so on.But the wheels are metric and they were marked so,they had never been touched.And whos to say he was dead on the center of the axle,come on 3/16? While the crime lab was going over my old junk heap,Bill Bears' highly questioned IH,was setting to the side of the line with noone around.After the line of tractors had diminished,Bill arrived,mounted the questionable machine and entered the building,with no scrutinization whatsoever!! Several months later...I changed the wheels,and the hitch as directed.I called the Tech offical about a smaller tractor,to ask: what size wheels are 16.9/34 supposed to be mounted on?I told him who I was, and that I was the person with the oddball Deutz tractors.He stated,"well it doesn't matter about the wheel size,because you cant pull that tractor."I thought he was just joking,because of the previous circumstance,and we had left on a good terms.He stated,"that tractor is to new,you can't pull it."I asked how do you know that,I cant find any literature on it whatsoever?He stated "I dont know , but another guy does, I'll give you his phone number." I knew at that point there was no need in wasting a call.I have been told its from 57-63, I dont know,I can not get litereature,but I have pictures of tractors that look identicle to it with dates of 58, so who knows.They can't prove it isn't and I can't prove it is.So now you see my unweilding anger toward Bear, with his latest attemp to bend the rules with fabrications from himself and his suckass buddies!!!If he can pull I shoukd get to pull!No one says much, because like myself they love to pull, and there is no other place to pull in the winter, so they suffer through!I do have a 1952 Deutz with full documentation, even the original manual complete with dates.I have followed Natpa rules to the tee,all it lacks is the wheelie bars.It has been doing very well.It pulls 5500&6500,won both classes in Pella,Ia and Harrison,AR.
Lots of Luck, Be Happy
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