Tractor Delivery

Awesome day today, the tractor arrived! The weather wasn't too cooperative, Dan Moore (previous tractor owner) wasn't able to load up the tractor as soon as he had hoped due to the torrential down pouring of rain in the morning. Eventually the tractor made the trip from Hockley to the Fifty Acre Wood. It arrived at 4:00 pm which meant most of the tractor playing day was over. After a steep learning curve on operating this 1950ish beauty, I was able to clear out a home for it, pull the key and bid it a farewell until the next play date.

So funny story about this delivery, Dan cranks it up, unloads it off the trailer then turns it off. He installs the PTO then goes over some of the controls with me. He then packs up and leaves. I hop on the tractor and turn the key and it cranks right up, runs for about 5 seconds then dies. I try again but it won't turn over. I keep trying but no luck. At this point I'm starting to feel befuddled. Call Dan up and ask him what the deal is, he says it may need gas. Sure enough I look in the tank and it is totally empty. I hop in the truck get some gas return and fill it up and the cranks up without a problem and just growls like a tractor ready to work. It had not occurred to me that he would deliver it without a drop of fuel, but that's my "duh" moment, and I'm sure there will be more as I learn more about this tractor.