where im from
hi im timbo im from new york state central ny near norwich ,or 40 miles north of binghamton ny or 60 miles south of sayrecuse ny chenango county i own my own home with a nice tool shed shop in it are the floor model drill press lots of lights ,a welder,torches, grinders ,wrenches by snap-on ,snap-on air compresser,and all air tools for it, pretty much complete mechanical shop ,im retired/disabled and have around 18 years in the diesel mechanics fields ,air conditioning ,brake systems,transmissions ,and all related service of mainly bus engines ,as i used to work at cornell university in ithaca ,other intrests,,,fishing hunting,any thing from rabbits squirles to black bear ive taken seven of them in my lifetime of their persuit,i very much enjoy whitetail deer hunting ,and where i live its all surounded by 38ooo acres of prime state land woods ,medows,and streams with brooke trout when i bought this place ,i figgured id plan ahead for my eventual retirement,and just after the purchase of same house and five acres ,i was injured in a saw mill accident where a fellow dropped a lift of red pine cabin logs on me when i went to put skids down for him to set the lift on he wasnt watching at all i woke up in the hospital with my back hurt and L3-4 to S1 fused together witha bone graft fusion ,that has failed did not fuse and now due to stress on other discs in my back i hqave a herniated T11-12 disc about to rupture, have a confirmation by MRI and will be in surgery soon like maybe this month or first part of april 2007 i have to under go lots of tests before they cut and chop on me for the 3rd -or 4th time i lose track with the pain ive been for 17+years ,but sure do enjoy small engines and garden tractor pulling im allways looking for that extra advice no matter where i find it ,and who knows some day ill be pulling a garden tractor at the county fair ,have several older sears tractors and one 1958 wheel horse rj same year as i was born ,it was converted to a puller with a 10 horse briggs and stratton engine and had the frame lengthend 2 feet out front by previous owner who knew nothing of the rules about the frame haveing to be original but knowing what i know with time i could cut and weld back to original specs and have one hell of a puller im sure for the stock 5 horse power class at least also have a very old simplicty 3.5 horse riding tractor complete with deck and runs excelent i was a skilled mechanic for years now its just a hobby of sorts ,but this is really who i am 48 years old retired disabled small engine hobbist glad to have this site