Volume 20 Issue 3 Summer The official newsletter of the Cascade Two Cylinder Club published five times a year

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1 The official newsletter of the published five times a year Volume 20 Issue 3 Summer 2012 Parades SW 4th of July Parade July 4, 10:00 am Paul Hieb contact Arlington 4th of July- Parade 4:00 pm staging 5:00 pm parade Harold Eastbury contact Lopez Island Caravan July 21, 2012 Details on page 3 John Deere Day Washington Tractor Lynden Saturday, July 7 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Barnett Implement Mount Vernon Parts Guys part 2 In the Winter edition of the Cascade Two Cylinder Club Newsletter we covered Dave Moores and Mike Taylor. Now we want to continue with their colleagues Steve Cruze and Lyle Archer. Steve Cruze Like the other parts guys at Barnett's, Steve is a local guy growing up in Burlington. He got his start with Holley's Auto Parts working for two years before moving on to Coastline Ford Tractor in Everett. He remembers the old computer card system and the paperback books for locating those parts! Steve started with Barnett Implement in the Snohomish store on October 15, 1996 in the golf and turf division. After 8 years, he moved to the Mount Vernon store. Steve doesn t have any farm background but really enjoys working with the old stuff. Give him a chance and he really enjoys researching the parts sources! The Cascade Two Cylinder Club members really appreciate the Barnett parts guys for coming up with an alternate parts source if Deere strikes out. That s good service! Steve says that the computer has worked into all aspects of the job and the newest technology involves the gps systems. This means more knowledge, more classes on how to deal with these systems. Steve wants to be a part of that. What can the collector do to help with locating those two cylinder parts. Model number is great and a lot of the collectors seem to have the old Deere parts catalogs. Besides the fun of research, Steve enjoys the family atmosphere at Barnett Implement. What makes Steve a special parts guy? Well he has lots of patience. Steve, you and the other parts men are appreciated for those qualities. Lyle Archer Lyle has been working as a John Deere parts man for 31 years. He says he started on April 1, 1981 and wonders about the significance of that April 1 day! He got his first job at age 18 with Gearhart Ford in downtown Mount Vernon. He next worked for Leitner Auto Electric which was known later as LAE. After 4 years and 4 months in the US Navy, Lyle got a job in the parts department with NC Machinery. He worked there for 13 years moving from parts man to parts manager. After some company downsizing, Lyle left and worked briefly for Skagit Gardens building greenhouses. Missing the parts business, Lyle got a job with Cascade Tractor in Everett. After a few months in Everett, Jerry Rindal called from Barnett s Implement and then Lyle was working at the Barnett s Implement Snohomish store. That parts job involved agriculture parts, industrial, lawn and garden and eventually turf. Around May 1990 Lyle was given the opportunity to transfer to the Mount Vernon Barnett Implement store where he has worked ever since in the lawn and garden parts department. Lyle didn t grow up on a farm but his parents rented a house from a crop farmer. He remembers as a child the (Continued on page 4)

Page 2 Internet Users! Check out our web site www.cascadetwocylinder club.org for pictures of club members in local events! Need Magnetic Tractor Signs?

It was a beautiful day with 16 tractors plowing about 90 acres with a great lunch. Thanks to all who helped. We had 10 tractors at the Farmers Day parade on June 2 in Lynden.

2 Page 2 Internet Users! Check out our web site club.org for pictures of club members in local events! Need Magnetic Tractor Signs? C as President s Message The shop tour went very well and everyone enjoyed Jack Hilde s shop and trucks. On to plow day, it took three Saturdays to get a good day, but it was worth the wait. It was a beautiful day with 16 tractors plowing about 90 acres with a great lunch. Thanks to all who helped. We had 10 tractors at the Farmers Day parade on June 2 in Lynden. Three more parades coming up, June 16 Berry Dairy Day in Burlington and the 4th of July in Sedro-Woolley and Arlington. Our summer caravan is July 21 to Lopez Island. More in this newsletter about time and cost. Make sure you have lights, good brakes and a slow moving sign on the back of your tractor and at least a 10 mph tractor. See you at the next parade! Paul Hieb, President Call Greg Greenfield $25 Minne Vander Hoek. Under the guidance of Loren Dahl, a work day was conducted with Alan Brinson, Ray Riggles, Phil Smoots, Les Faber, Van Osborne, and Paul Hieb. The horse mower was cleaned and surface rust conditioned with a metal preservative. Morrie Robinson says that preserving the old look (patina) with out scratching the metal promotes the value of the antique. The mower will be displayed in the museum at the P.S.A.T.&M.A. show grounds near Lynden. Loren has also completed a John Deere horse cultivator to be on display. John Deere model 40 and cultivator Separating the Chaff from the Grain Plow Day 2012! Got er done on May 12 at the Gail Thulen farm off the La Conner Whitney road. It was a beautiful, sunny Skagit Valley day with the ground just dry enough to plow. Check our website Cascadetwocylinderclub.org for pictures. Dain hay mower! The Club scored with a donation of a real antique Dain horse hay mower donated by club member Pedal tractor donation Tom Jensen has donated a classic John Deere pedal tractor which will be detailed and raffled at the P.S.A.T.&M.S.show in Lynden this summer. This is a great fund raiser for the Club so buy tickets! John Deere pedal tractors are highly valued collectables. John Deere Day! Washington Tractor aka North Washington Implement, Lynden is holding the annual John Deere Day Saturday, July 7. Owner Jim Hale has invited classic Deeres from our Club. Tractors should be on display from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Help support them! Burlington Berry Dairy Day parade Yes it rained but 17 classic Deere and owners braved the weather! Good Burlington crowd. Check the club website cascadetwocylinderclub.org for photos.

3 Page 3 Club Officers and Board Members OFFICERS President Paul Hieb Vice President Loren Dahl Treasurer Tom Jensen Secretary Ray Riggles BOARD MEMBERS Jeff Cowles Phil Smoots Van Osborne Greg Greenfield Alerd Johnson Gary Friend Norm Teselle : : Web Master Curtis Johnson Plow Master Herk Sorsdal The Newsletter is the official newsletter of the Cascade 2 Cylinder Club and is published five times a year CTCC Summer Caravan Lopez Island Going Back to Lopez Island Hosts: Bob Burt, Jim Smith, Phil Weinheimer and Ken Rose July 21, 2012 Reservations Only! We need an accurate count of people attending for our Island hosts! Please make your reservation by July 5 to Paul Hieb, (360) or Tom Jensen, (360) Family invited, Hay ride on Lopez Tractor should have operational brakes, safety triangle, lights and travel 8 m.p.h. plus Schedule 7:30 a.m. Meet at the Farm House Restaurant and travel together to Anacortes Airport 8:00 Unload tractors at Anacortes Airport and drive to Washington State ferry terminal 8:30 Be in line for 9:35 sailing to Lopez Island Caravan on scenic Lopez Island Lunch on your own at Lopez Village Dinner at Phil Weinheimer home Return on 7:35 p.m. ferry to Anacortes Costs: Approximately $30 per tractor/driver to cover ferry fee.. If tractor trailer is towed, combined unit must be less than 20 long for reduced fare. Ferry walk ons can buy tickets at ferry terminal.

Page 4 Directory! When renewing dues please include email address and tractors you want listed in the directory. If you don t wish tractors listed on the web please indicate.

4 Page 4 Directory! When renewing dues please include address and tractors you want listed in the directory. If you don t wish tractors listed on the web please indicate. You can also update online at Hardcopies of directory will be available at general meeting. C as Membership Dues $15/Year Please note! If your address label has a black circle around it then Treasurer Tom s records indicate that you have not paid dues. Please send your dues to Tom Jensen, 202 Rainbow Drive, Burlington, WA or bring the money to the next meeting. web address -Search member/tractor database -All newsletters 1996-today -Events calendar -Pictures and Video 1993-today -Huge collection of web links (Continued from page 1) farmer running a John Deere H which sounded like a tractor should sound! Lyle would like to own a Deere tractor someday but hasn t had the need or opportunity. Lyle s life is really the parts department and his family. The computer age first entered Lyle s life in Technology can be overwhelming but it is part of our life. In Lyle s time working with Deere, he has noticed that the corporate Deere doesn t seem to care for the people in the dealership as they once did! It s too bad but maybe things will turn around. They make a great product! Some of the more enjoyable features of the job is helping people with their needs and working with a great group of people. This seems to be a common theme with the employees at Barnett Implement. The lawn and garden parts folks don t have too much opportunity working with the classic two cylinder crowd much but if you have lawnmower needs the model number and serial number really help. Lyle really enjoys working with the customers and it is rewarding when he can take an angry person and make them happy! Lyle says that people want to know when he is going to retire to which he replies, It s a life sentence! Like most people he says that he might retire someday when he gets a few more bills paid off and he can find that fishing pole! Lyle says that he and his wife Dee believe that God put us here to help each other and others. ajohnson Meeting Minutes General Meeting April 21, 2012 Washington Tractor Lynden, WA Meeting called to order at 10:12 AM by Paul Hieb, President. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved Treasurer s Report: $ on hand, No outstanding bills. We have about 40 members who are still unpaid for Old Business Loren Dahl talked about the shop tour at Jack Hilde s shop. It should be good with several nicely restored trucks. New Business: John Deere Day July 7, 2012 at Washington Tractor, Lynden, WA. Plow Day, April 28, 2012 Thulen Farms, LaConner, 1/2 mile north of Downey Road on LaConner Whitney Road, 9:00 am start. RFD TV has shown some of our guys with tractors on Saturdays between 7 and 8 am. Coming events Caravan, Lopez Island July 21, 2012, Alerd Johnson is the contact person. Tractors should have good brakes and be capable of 8 mph, it is also recommended that you have lights and a slow moving sign. Lynden Parade 1st Saturday in June, Norm te- Selle contact, Berry Dairy Days, Burlington, June 16th, Loren Dahl contact, 4th of July Sedro-Woolley, Paul Hieb contact, 4th of July Arlington, Harold Eastbury contact. We were invited to look at Con Holleman s shop. He was just finishing restoring a Waterloo Boy and was starting work a a 3020 JD Diesel. He does good work. Tom s famous raffle followed the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 11:004am. Ray Riggles, sec..

5 Page 5 Green & Yellow Want Ads Please note that want ads will be run one time unless renewed. Ads need to be limited to five lines and will feature John Deere tractors. Other non tractor antiques ok if brief. For Sale McCormick-Deering thresher, David Harrison, For Sale New standard rings to fit JD , $25; Green Lighting sand blast sand, Paul Hieb, For Sale JD LUC engine $200.00, JD 6 disk, Norm teselle, For Sale: 1944 John Deere BN, hand start, single front wheel, good front tire but rear tires need replacing, modified rear rims, doesn t currently run but is loose. Original paint. Tractor located in East Wenatchee. $1000 or offer. Ron West, Anacortes For Sale 24 deck over trailer,18 deck PJ bumper pull, asking $4000; 4 tow behind sprayer, 12 volt, used 6 times. $200 Pat Galbraith(360) For Sale 1947 parts D, Gary Friend, For Sale JD A, parade ready, $2300 Loren For Sale JD 50, 1953, Harold Eastbury, For Sale Two hydraulic cylinders from Farmall 230 loader, 32, 38, make offer. John Deere #5 mower; Bob Burt, Lopez Island For Sale Loader for JD M, lawn art single bottom plow, make offer A. Johnson, For Sale Franklin Mint John Deere Pocket Watch (6) Collection Plus Display case; (1) Novelty John Deere Pocket Watch with chain 14 Max Warner Abbotsford, B.C. For Sale JD horse manure spreader, make offer; hay mulcher, McCormick, good condition; 1958 SWD 4 wd snow plow truck, make offer; Terry Pope For Sale JD 50N(single front tire) with JD loader, tractor runs, good tires, 3 pt. hitch, $900; JD MT wide front, runs good, tires ok, good metal, $1100; Bob Scollard, Wanted Looking for JD unstyled AR or D, Don McKay Wanted Looking for a JD 40T, Dennis King, Wanted Parts for JD MC cat gearmatic winch parts, what do you have, Tony Splane Wanted Articles or ideas for articles for CTCC newsletter Wanted Your address so we can get you a quick notice of meetings, events and plow days. Send to webmaster@c2cc.org Alerd Johnson, , editor@c2cc.org Wanted Members to mail or club related pictures/video to webmaster@c2cc.org

Page 6 C as Calendar of Year 2012 Events Wednesday, July 4... Sedro Woolley 4th of July Parade, Paul Hieb con... tact Wednesday, July 4.

.. Veterans Benefit Car, truck & tractor show,... Sedro Woolley Saturday, July 21... C2CC Caravan Lopez Island August 1-4.

.. Belleville (Oscar's) Threshing Show, Burlington For more details on event times and location, contact the club officers or boards members.

6 Page 6 C as Calendar of Year 2012 Events Wednesday, July 4... Sedro Woolley 4th of July Parade, Paul Hieb con... tact Wednesday, July 4... Arlington Parade, late afternoon, Harold East... bury contact Saturday, July 7... John Deere Day, Washington Tractor, Lynden,... 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Sunday, July 8... Veterans Benefit Car, truck & tractor show,... Sedro Woolley Saturday, July C2CC Caravan Lopez Island August PSAT&MA Show, Lynden, IHC featured tractor Saturday, August 4... Stanwood Parade, Gary Reinecke contact August Sky Valley Show, Monroe August Belleville (Oscar's) Threshing Show, Burlington For more details on event times and location, contact the club officers or boards members. Phone numbers listed on page 3 Alerd & Curtis Johnson, Editors Gibralter Road Anacortes,WA Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID City, ST Permit No. CSX Inside This Issue > Steve Cruze and Lyle Archer, Barnett Implement Parts Pros > Lopez Caravan Details > 2012 Summer Events

Volume 17 Issue 4 Fall The official newsletter of the Cascade Two Cylinder Club published five times a year

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