Posted by S MacKay on October 29, 2009 at 04:46:53 from (70.26.82.3):
In Reply to: Thinking of Hugh posted by Wardner on October 27, 2009 at 10:48:06:
Wardner said: (quoted from post at 10:48:06 10/27/09) It does seem unusual that he never mentioned his illness. His last post was on 13 Oct 09, ten days before his passing. I can understand that he would not want to turn this forum into the Hugh MacKay Death Watch Board but it would have been nice for all of us to say goodbye. And it would have lifted his spirits in the last few days.
I now presume that his absence for the first 10 days in September was not due to a computer problem. He must have been in a hospital.
I can confirm that Dad did not know he had cancer until Friday October 9th. He worked a regular work-week that week and went to the hospital on Thursday with what he thought was a bad cold. He didn't take a pain killer until two days before he died. He was an enormously strong man.
He had the 130 half-torn apart when he died in order to replace the front crank seal. This is the tractor we use to plow snow. Not being an accomplished Farmall mechanic I have been scouring the forum trying to figure out how to finish the job. I am happy to report I got the thing ready to put back together. It was weird and funny to find his advice archived here. What a great thing!
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - An Old-Time Tractor Demonstration - by Kim Pratt. Sam was born in rural Kansas in 1926. His dad was a hard-working farmer and the children worked hard everyday to help ends meet. In the rural area he grew up in, the highlight of the week was Saturday when many people took a break from their work to go to town. It was on one such Saturday in the early 1940's when Sam was 16 years old that he ended up in Dennison, Kansas to watch a demonstration of a new tractor being put on by a local dealer. It was an Allis-Chalmers tractor dealership,
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.