Hi everyone,
What a great day at Steam Up. As Monte said in the post above, it started with breakfast at 6. By the time Brett and I got there, Ray and Monte were already into their first cup of coffee. We got to Jim's shop, found another cup of coffee and started setting up.
Clayton and Craig had the big Cat engine and Craig's 16Hp portable on display when we got there.
I forgot to get a picture of Craig's portable.
Clayton had the Cat running several times during the day. If you look close you can see a gas powered air compressor on the front of the trailer. He used that to pump up air for the air starter. I was standing too close to the air starter on the first start of the day, Clayton got me to jump.
The first start of the day took a bit of farting and smoking. The rest of the starts during the day weren't nearly as much fun.
Kelly's 65Hp Case got pulled out of the shop. It wasn't under the smoke jack, so he didn't fire it up inside.
Same mud puddle, different year, different kid.
Same puddle, different kid.
And yet a different kid.
All that neat machinery, and the kids play in the mud.
Later,
Jerry Christiansen