[Richard Bell]

Thanks Don. Really do appreciate it

[Richard Bell]

6-28-23

Karl,

It is so rewarding for me to see my dear friends, like you and so many others from Sky Soaring doing so well. Keep up the spirit of such a great club. Thanks, Dick Bell.

[Richard Bell]

Memorial Day sounds good to me Steve.

Dick

[Richard Bell]

Hi Don,

What I have done in the past is to park my truck and trailer on Getty road just short of the stop sign, and unload the tractor there, then work on the entrance until I can move the truck and trailer onto SSI property.

If I do that, I would need someone to stay in my truck until I can move it.

Dick

PS How much in a hurry are you to get this done?

You can give me a call on my home phone at 815-923-216 I will be here today until around 1:00p

[Richard Bell]

Don,

I have a Kobota tractor with a bucket and rear blade. I have cleared the driveway in the past. I need to be able to get the tractor and trailer far enough into the driveway, (clear of Rt 20), to be able to unload it though.

I have not been past the field for a couple of months, and don’t know what the new entrance is like, or how much snow has accumulated there.

Can anyone fill me in on that?

Thanks,

Dick Bell

[Richard Bell]

I totally agree with Don Grillo and Jim Skog about having the overhaul done at Poplar Grove.

I had my Piper Comanche there for a few years and had all maintenance done there, plus a complete engine overhaul. It is a first class operation.

Drive or fly over there and arrange a tour of the overhaul area. I think you will be impressed.

Dick Bell

[Richard Bell]

Many years ago we had the chance to have the ditch at the east end of the runway work done for free. All the person, who owned and operated the heavy equipment company wanted, was one year’s free membership to the club. He would pay all his bills for flying, etc.

The current board at that time, in their infinite wisdom turned him down. The reason? They said  that it should be free because if he became a member of the club, it should be considered a donation.  He never came back after that, and I did not blame him.

Speaking about the ditch there, just filling it in without a fairly large section of metal drainage material would invite a possible major flooding situation. Believe me, I know from experience, seeing past flooding from the field just to the south east of there. It becomes a torrent of water.

Sorry, I was grounds chairman for a number of years, and know the SSI land well, and am babbling on.

[Richard Bell]

Don,

Go down the street from the field to B&K Power Equipment, 815-923-4547, 17009 Riley Harmony Rd, Marengo, about :05.  Talk to Bob or Barb.

They are Hustler dealers, and that is the place I originally bought the Hustler for the club, many years ago.

They should be able to help finding the right part.

Dick

[Richard Bell]

Very nice!

[Richard Bell]

Hi Don,

I work numerious times, in the past, on the fuel valve.

I found that if I tightened the glass bowl too much to the gasket, it sometimes shut off or restricted the fuel flow. Don’t ask me how. Anyway, you might try loosening it a bit.

Thanks, Dick Bell

[Richard Bell]

Hi John,

Thank you so much for making the internet speed increase happen.

I have had absolutely no trouble logging into the web cam site since the increase of internet speed at SSI.

Also, many thanks to Dennis Burke, (who I have yet to meet), for listening to my thoughts about the web cam system.

Dick

[Richard Bell]

Don,

You might try B&K just down the road, (North), from the field. Bob has a lot of knowledge about those things, and he has worked a lot on various things for SSI in the past.

Thanks,

Dick Bell

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