SMITTY Wrote:
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> What I have been doing? This past winters
> projects.
>
> This is my new hand pump car, it's all new. I
> designed it with a taller tower so us taller "old"
> guys don't have to bend over so much. I also have
> put rails inside and outside my "Smitty's Rocky
> Marriage Ranch Narrow Gauge Railroad", Salisbury,
> Oregon back shop. The rails are 2" X 2" X 1/8"
> wall square tube with 1/4" X 2" tie straps every
> 5', I have about 400' of track down, my 200 acre
> property is a mile long so I have room for
> expansion, who knows I might have the rails all
> the way to Silverton in a few years! . This works
> great for running my light weight narrow gauge
> speeders, Model "A" Ford, Velocipede and hand pump
> car on, but my 20 ton Plymouth is a bit too heavy
> for this type of track. I built a hand crank
> roller to roll the 2" square tubing, when I roll
> the tubing I invite my heavy duty truck driver
> friend over for lunch! When I built the new hand
> pump car I also built an extra pump handle and
> crank shaft that is FOR SALE if you want to build
> your own hand pump car this is the hard parts, I
> made the handles look like a casting. I also have
> 36" narrow gauge motorcars and a 20 ton 1927
> Plymouth HL-4 FOR SALE.
>
> I want to keep farming so some of the toys have to
> go!
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>
> Farming: The only way to come out of this
> business with a small fortune is to go into it
> with a large fortune and quit before you lose it
> all.
>
> Actually I want to keep farming till it's all
> gone!
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> So if any one is interested in my for sale items
> send me an e-mail back channel.
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I think the C&T should buy it and start a "Railroad Body Building Boot Camp." Your end game is to be able to crank that car from Chama-Cumbres in 3 hours..