This summer, I ended up bringing home an old Hancock paddle scraper. I saw it setting in the yard of a local equipment consignment auction house, so I ended up placing an absentee bid. I expected to not even come close, but whaddaya know, it was mine!
It is relatively straight, but it had the typical repairs of something of that age. Patch plates here and there, with some added supports where previous owners thought it needed some...
I pulled it home - most of the way. I ended up blowing one of the airplane tires that had about 10 layers of cords showing, about a mile from home. That was a story in itself... Needless to say, after the farm tire man could not get the bead loose, I pulled it home anyway.
A few cylinder replacements and one repaired, I popped a few hoses. After a few trips to town, I got to try it out. Heavy old beast!
Does anyone know much about these? I haven't decided if I'm keeping it or not, but I would like to paint it up anyway. I'm not sure of the capacity or what color its supposed to be. It may end up Cat yellow when I paint the 955l.
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It is relatively straight, but it had the typical repairs of something of that age. Patch plates here and there, with some added supports where previous owners thought it needed some...
I pulled it home - most of the way. I ended up blowing one of the airplane tires that had about 10 layers of cords showing, about a mile from home. That was a story in itself... Needless to say, after the farm tire man could not get the bead loose, I pulled it home anyway.
A few cylinder replacements and one repaired, I popped a few hoses. After a few trips to town, I got to try it out. Heavy old beast!
Does anyone know much about these? I haven't decided if I'm keeping it or not, but I would like to paint it up anyway. I'm not sure of the capacity or what color its supposed to be. It may end up Cat yellow when I paint the 955l.