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- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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guess I am ready
For the last few years our towns Christmas parade has been a night time parade which I like, I don't even need to wash the tractor. This time my son has an afternoon Dr. appointment in St Louis on the same day (Dec 1), and between running close on time, being tired from driving 160 miles, and how much my back has been bothering me lately, not to mention the temperature is expected to be around 30 to 35 degrees with a light wind, I am going to leave the tractor on the trailer for the parade, and a neighbor kid will "drive" it through the parade.
Sorry for the picture, but my camera is a few years old, and ever since I went to LED Christmas lights it will not focus properly if I try to zoom or get any closer.
Sorry for the picture, but my camera is a few years old, and ever since I went to LED Christmas lights it will not focus properly if I try to zoom or get any closer.
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Re: guess I am ready
Looks good! Patades are fun to do and people always like to see old tractors. Rusty or shiny, dented or smooth, it doesn't matter. I did one this summer and had a blast.
Luke Riddle
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Re: guess I am ready
Yeah it really looks great ,glad you said something about your camera, I thought I saw a bulb that was burned out. Just funing you all.
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Re: guess I am ready
awww,,,take it off the trailer and let the same neighbor kid drive it. Not near as exciting on a trailer as seeing it running down the road. You will get home and wish you drove it!
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: guess I am ready
razerface wrote:awww,,,take it off the trailer and let the same neighbor kid drive it. Not near as exciting on a trailer as seeing it running down the road. You will get home and wish you drove it!
Neighbor kid has never driven a tractor, plus most parades require either a licensed operator or 18 years old, of which she is neither. Anyone who has ever driven in a small town parade where there is no crowd control knows how dangerous an inexperienced operator can be with kids running out to see floats or grab candy that has been thrown. Those kids can run quicker than their parents can grab them. I was in a parade a few years ago where a little girl about 4 or 5 years old had a sack of candy and looked at me as I went by and held her sack out. Since we travel at walking speed due to bands, the traveling is done in 1st, at an idle or slightly above. I looked at her and said " I don't have any candy, are you going to give me some?" Faster than her mother could move or I could think, she darted out to bring me some candy. You wouldn't believe how fast I locked down the brakes on my old Farmall H !!! Watching the parade traffic which frequently speeds up and slows down, as well as the kids (and some adults) on both sides of the road, sometimes standing along the edges of the street rather than on sidewalks is a job for an alert and experienced driver.
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- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: guess I am ready
Cheap LED Christmas lights do not have well filtered power supplies feeding them. Some do not even have DC supplies, they just illuminate on half the AC cycle. That can drive an auto focus camera nuts. It took about 12 tries to get a picture good enough to post.les king wrote:Yeah it really looks great ,glad you said something about your camera, I thought I saw a bulb that was burned out. Just funing you all.
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Re: guess I am ready
Looks Great John,
It sure is awful nice of you to take the time for the boys and girls enjoyment.
But I'm kinda thinking you enjoy it just as much? I know I do.
Bruce.
It sure is awful nice of you to take the time for the boys and girls enjoyment.
But I'm kinda thinking you enjoy it just as much? I know I do.
Bruce.
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Re: guess I am ready
John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:Cheap LED Christmas lights do not have well filtered power supplies feeding them. Some do not even have DC supplies, they just illuminate on half the AC cycle. That can drive an auto focus camera nuts. It took about 12 tries to get a picture good enough to post.les king wrote:Yeah it really looks great ,glad you said something about your camera, I thought I saw a bulb that was burned out. Just funing you all.
Would the old bulb type Xmas lights work using DC voltage or would they require the use of an inverter?
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Re: guess I am ready
John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:. . . Anyone who has ever driven in a small town parade where there is no crowd control knows how dangerous an inexperienced operator can be with kids running out to see floats or grab candy that has been thrown. Those kids can run quicker than their parents can grab them.
Some parades have banned the throwing of candy for exactly that reason. If you could guarantee that ALL the candy was thrown into the crowd, it would be OK. But I have never seen a parade where candy was thrown that some of it didn't end up in the street (and get run over).
On this one, I agree with the ban.
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Re: guess I am ready
We went to a parade a few years back and we took some coozies from our wedding, we threw them to people we didn't even know. You should have seen the look on their faces.
Every home is a school, what are you teaching?
- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: guess I am ready
The light strings are 120 volts, so you would have to figure a way to get 120 volts DC, or chop the strings up in pieces. That info was for the series strings where if you remove 1 bulb the other go out. Inverter is the way to go. Due to the amount of current the blower to inflate the polar bear requires I have a 1200 watt generator I use for my setup.Sailor wrote:......Would the old bulb type Xmas lights work using DC voltage or would they require the use of an inverter?
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Re: guess I am ready
The LED I was referring to is on the other side of the trailer, man this NOG is good for my eye sight ,wonder if NASA needs help finding a new planet
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Re: guess I am ready
John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:The light strings are 120 volts, so you would have to figure a way to get 120 volts DC, or chop the strings up in pieces. That info was for the series strings where if you remove 1 bulb the other go out. Inverter is the way to go. Due to the amount of current the blower to inflate the polar bear requires I have a 1200 watt generator I use for my setup.Sailor wrote:......Would the old bulb type Xmas lights work using DC voltage or would they require the use of an inverter?
Thanks John.
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- John *.?-!.* cub owner
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Re: guess I am ready
Forgot to mention, I have a small 2,000 watt inverter that is big enough to run it, but the only spare battery I have is an 8 year old one from my handicap scooter that does not hold enough current to run it for the whole parade, and I did not think my wife would like me taking the one out of her car to do it.Sailor wrote:John *.?-!.* cub owner wrote:The light strings are 120 volts, so you would have to figure a way to get 120 volts DC, or chop the strings up in pieces. That info was for the series strings where if you remove 1 bulb the other go out. Inverter is the way to go. Due to the amount of current the blower to inflate the polar bear requires I have a 1200 watt generator I use for my setup.Sailor wrote:......Would the old bulb type Xmas lights work using DC voltage or would they require the use of an inverter?
Thanks John.
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Re: guess I am ready
All went well last night, start time was 40 degrees with a light breeze, and by the time parade was over it was down to 35 degrees. I had the heater cranked up nearly all the way, and the windows open so I could hear what was going on. Christian is a lot tougher than I am, she rode the tractor the entire parade. We had about the 2nd biggest crowd I have ever seen at one of our night parades, which was really surprising considering the temperature. The polar bear has a motor with an offset weight that hangs inside it and makes it shiver. The kids and adults both got a big kick out of that polar bear shivering while it was standing right behind her.
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