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Junk Pile Tractor

By Harry E. Warren

Rt. 1, Box 1041, Parma, Idaho 83660

First let me say that I am 91 years old and I can remember the first gasoline engine I ever saw, in 1900 my grandfather had it. Our power in those days was horse power and I have spent many days on the platform of an eight horse power, driving the horses furnishing power to saw wood. I have seen threshing being done with horse power, steam, big heavy oil and gasoline tractors. I also was in my teens before I ever saw an automobile. The first ones were single and two cylinder cars. Always having wheels in my head, I did trouble shooting on stationary engines, tractors, automobiles, and also built radios and repaired them for many, many years. I owned and operated threshing machines with steam power and many oil and gasoline tractors for power, later operating combines during my many working years. In my later years I collected some old eng...

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