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Witte made pretty

I happened on one of your magazines (Farm Collector, October 2002) that had the article about the Witte saw. I happen to have one of those saws and thought you might want to see mine.

We keep the saw in a barn at his place outside of town where we rebuilt it. The saw had not been running since the 1950s. When we went to pick it up, it was in a field and had no engine. A local merchant who deals in antiques found us an old Briggs & Stratton engine that we incorporated to the saw.

- Danny Hunt, P.O. Box 603, Belle Plaine, KS 67013; e-mail: dadada@oldwiz.net

"Mighty" nice

A few years ago I was talking to a man about tractors, and he said he was building a Wheel-Horse crawler. Two years ago his wife had a yard sale, and my wife had to go to it. The man was not at home at the time, so I asked his wife about the crawler. "It's in the garage," she said. "Co look at it, he hasn't worked on it in a long time."

The loader was off and setting in the corner. The engine was under his workbench, and there was a 10-hp Wheel-Horse engine sitting beside the frame. I told his wife if he ever wanted to sell it to let me know. About a week later, he called me and said, "Come over here, we got to talk."

The price was a little salty, but he had had machine work done on some of the splines and sprockets, which doesn't come cheap! I got it home, cleaned and painted it, and put it together with the original engine, and it runs good. I have loaded dirt in my little trailer with it, and it does a good job. Last year there was an auction with a Mead crawler without any tracks. I thought it would be good for parts if I ever needed any. When I looked at it, the model for auction was different. It was a Mead Speed Cat. It is a drive-shaft drive and has three-speed transmission. The Mighty Mouse is chain drive and two speed. The price was right, so I bought it. I am working on it now, and I need tracks and rear sprockets for it.

- Bruce Atkinson, 220 W. Pray St., Monrovia, IN 46157; (317) 996-3224; e-mail: brusteamT@webtv.net

Nuts over square bolts

In response to the letter about square bolts and nuts, Fastenal Co. can get them plain or plated. Some stores have a minimum purchase order of $10.

You can also get them online at www.fastenal.com. I buy from the store in Mentor, Ohio, (440) 255-2240.

I'm into dairy items, but I buy bolts for my brother because he's into walk-behind garden tractors. The guys joke about the square nuts and bolts, but they always get them for me, and they don't worry about a minimum purchase order.


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