So an empty trailer is bad
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My trailer has not been empty much lately. If the rain would let up it would get some more exercise. I've had my '54 Power King bought for a few weeks now and haven't brought it home because it's too wet to get it out from it's hole without getting the truck and trailer stuck, not to mention cutting the seller's yard up. If this rain keeps up I'm going to disassemble it and carry it out in pieces. If I were a few years younger and not handicapped I probably would have already!
Is the seller in that much of a hurry? If not then just explain to him what you just said here, about the weather not cooperating, and you don't want to either get stuck out there or tear up his yard, he should appreciate that and work with you. But as far as draining the calcium chloride, I'd just pull the core out of the stem with the valve down low and let er rip. If they are still full, the tubes can't be that shot or it would have leaked out by now.
It's not so much the seller in a hurry as it is the buyer, me. The price has been agreed so I don't mind the seller knowing that I am anxious to get the tractor home. The seller and I agreed that we would wait either until the ground dries or freezes before we move it , and two more tractors that I'm getting from him. The Power King being the only one that I'm in a hurry for, though. If I remove the engine and carry it home I could go ahead and start working on it. Same with the transmission and other components. Everything will be disassembled rebuilt reassembled and repainted as it goes back together. This is not going to be a quick job but a careful , best I can do restoration. The tires and tubes, and probably the wheels, will be replaced with new ones, but I still don't want to destroy anything that could be used on a restoration or repair of another tractor later.
Here again is the "as found" pic before I cut the briars and overhanging tree limbs away. My walking cane is leaning against the front tire.
I may or not have said in my earlier posts but the fenders are straight and solid and I have found no extra cutting or welding that has ever been done to the tractor. Note that the rubber boot around the trans shifter is still intact. The engine and bellhousing has been covered with a rubber tarp, which I removed to take the photo. I can't believe that I saw this tractor five years ago, sitting in the same spot and forgot about it.
Here again is the "as found" pic before I cut the briars and overhanging tree limbs away. My walking cane is leaning against the front tire.
I may or not have said in my earlier posts but the fenders are straight and solid and I have found no extra cutting or welding that has ever been done to the tractor. Note that the rubber boot around the trans shifter is still intact. The engine and bellhousing has been covered with a rubber tarp, which I removed to take the photo. I can't believe that I saw this tractor five years ago, sitting in the same spot and forgot about it.
