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Posted by Slofr8 on October 27, 2003 at 08:34:22 from (12.149.234.232):
In Reply to: Ether posted by Allan on October 27, 2003 at 06:03:04:
About 15 years ago I was foreman for a logging contractor. In late February we hired a few more skidders to try and finish the contract. One skidder showed up on Saturday morning and stayed on the lowbed untill monday morning. It was about 20 below F and the contractor wanted the skidder off so he could use the lowbed for something else. The skidder was a Franklin with an air cooled Deuitz (sp?). The owner could not start it and said he had spoiled the engine before. Something about that type of engine not likeing either. Some of the others told him it must have been a coincidence and after a while he borowed a can from me and tried to start it. He came back asking if we could take his skidder to the shop 'cause he had just blown it. Another coincidence? I don't know one way or the other, but I couldn't have felt worse for him.
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