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[Anonymous Poster]

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Best wishes,
Steve

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I WOULND BUY FROM ANYBODY BUT A LOCAL DEALER, SERVICE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAVING A FEW DOLLARS

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Is that a would or a would not?


Glen

 

[MChalkley]

Kubota Lover - I understand your point, I think, and I agree that it has merit. I've bought 4 tractors from a local dealer, because I like him, trust him, and get good service from him. If it weren't for him, however, there's not another dealer within 60 miles of me that I'd trust to do the maintenance on a crowbar.

Therefore, I think it would be more accurate if you said "Finding the right dealer is more important than saving a few dollars." For a lot of folks, based on the conversations I've had with many, many dealers, "the right dealer" isn't to be had within a 2-hour drive. For them, I'm not so sure that 2000 miles is much different than 200.

MarkC

 

[scruffy]

MarkC,
I must admit to a slight puzzlement. ;o) Could you please explain that maintenance on a crowbar?
I've got this 65 year old peeler bar out in the garage (was my dad's many years back), and I've hauled it around now for the past 25 years as well as used the dickens out of it. What specifically should I do for the ol' thing, besides let it hit a foot now and then? (definately an ouch) Thanks for the info up front!!! )

 

[MChalkley]

Scruffy - It sounds like you're maintaining your crowbar properly to me. As the author of "13 Easy Ways to Disassemble a Crowbar", I consider myself to be something of an expert on the subject.

I have to confess I'd forgotten about the "letting it hit a foot now and then" maintenance regimen. I sit corrected: I would gladly let a few of the "dealers" around here do that part of it for me. Of course, even then, I might not get it back. Hmm, no, I think I'll even do that part myself. Better to have a bruised foot now and then than be without a crowbar...

MarkC

 

[scruffy]

MarkC, this thing ain't exactly a 'crow-bar'. It's hex shape (about 1.25"X6 foot) and has a angled flat tip on one end and a pointed end on the other. Handy as the dickens when you have to roll a log, pry something large (railroad safe for example) to move it across the floor...whatever.
WHen you leave propped against something, it has been known to fall over hitting a foot and causing massive amounts of blue air to appear in the immediate vicinity.
My Dad said it was a peeler bar, so it has always been.

 

[MChalkley]

Scruffy - Sounds useful, except for the falling on your foot part. I've got one of those, too - always called it a pry bar, 'cause that's what it usually gets used for.

MarkC

 

[BobT]

Scruffy,

I got one of them too, and totally agree that it is the handiest dang tool in the barn. Everybody around here calls them a "hot bar," as in "go get me the hot bar." Where that comes from, I do not know. But man is it useful, for leveraging the tractor axle up an inch just when you need it (instead of using the jack), or banging on something, jabbing a pole loose, etc etc etc. Mine was in the barn when I bought the farm, so I "inherited it. The previous owner said it was there when he bought---so around 45 years its been in that barn, at least. I don't believe I have ever seen this tool for sale, even at the feed or farm supply stores. I guess lots of old time farmers (most of whom had fully equipped shops) just made them, and I do see variations and different "styles" to them. But they always are hex-shaped, flat or angled on one end, and pointed on the other. Guess we're lucky to have one, 'eh? If there is an "official" name for this tool, I'd like to know it, so if I need to buy another I'll know what to ask for!

BobT.
A Indiana Boy

 

[BobT]

Scruffy,

I just re-read your post and saw that your Dad called it a "peeler bar." That makes sense that maybe it originally was made as a tool for peeling bark off of logs. The fellow who had the farm before us did some logging and lumber work, and even had an old tractor-powered sawmill. I donated that mechanism to the local tractor museum, along with a 100 year old paper pulp press.

But as I look at the bar now, it would seem to be perfect for peeling bark off of logs. Of course there's a hundred other uses...

BobT.
A Indiana Boy