Hit And Miss Engine Shop with Ron Morefield

[@JohnCRV]

I was watching him start that engine and my first thought; OSHA would have a ball in that place if it was not a museum LOL. very good Tom, loved listening to his stories, thanks for taking us along. Have a good Memorial Day my friend.

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Ron is fun to hang out with. There's a ton of old engines and other cool equipment there. Thanks for watching!

[@shawngilbert928]

OSHA was enacted for government to make money. It also enables lazy people to have excuses not to work

[@joeestes8114]

I absolutely love listening to the story's about the old days of the simple life.

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Me, too. He had us all paying close attention to his stories. We spent a good two hours with Ron the day we visited the Laws Museum. It took us two days to get through the rest of the museum. Highly recommended and free, as well.

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Thanks for watching and commenting, by the way.

[@donnythedealer1472]

Gotta love the old hit and misses. I am always bringing new ones home, its an obsession😄

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

They are cool and I can see how you could become somewhat obsessed with them. Ron sure has a pile of them at the museum to tinker with. Thanks for the comment, Donny!

[@ArbitraryExploration]

That is fascinating to watch! I have seen one run but never seen one started. So cool to watch!

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

They are fun to watch and to imagine them running a mill or some other job back in the day also. Thanks for the comment.

[@robquinton9835]

love these old engines...so simple and gets the job done.....

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Ron has a great shop, it was fun seeing all that old iron.

[@VinnyMartello]

Thanks for sharing this bud. This is just so neat!!!

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Glad that you enjoyed it, Vinny! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@HikeCamp]

Very interesting place... The man seems to know the history of each engine.. 👍😀👍

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

The history of all the engines is the fun part fo me. Ron is a fun guy to hang around engines with. Thanks for watching.

[@Interp66]

I love this video! Thank you for sharing!

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Great video and thanks for sharing👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Thanks for the comment!

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Your very welcome

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Yeah FlyingAxblade :)

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Ron said they will run day and night for a long time.

[@EricWhiteChooseGod1st]

That's too cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@RCAFTailWind]

That's a place I would love to drop in on during a road trip. Great experience I think

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

If you are in the area it's not to be missed. The whole museum is fantastic and it's free. Thanks for the comment!

[@Sportsman101]

How loud would that place be if he started them all up ? Lol. Very cool place!

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

The engines are not as loud as I expected but all of them running at once would be a riot. Thanks for commenting.

[@rmartinez6659]

Buen video....tengo uno de 12 hp z....e logrado hacerlo trabajar le adapte un platino y bobina con una batería y arranco ya trabaja lo único es q le escurre agua por la junta de la cabeza de válvulas aún no se dónde conseguir el empaque.....tienen una potencia increíble estos motores

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Me alegro de que te haya gustado el video. Tal vez puedas hacer tu propia junta.

[@rmartinez6659]

@@TomandJulieMineExploring que material se utiliza para juntas

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

@@rmartinez6659 Puede comprar una hoja de "material de junta" en su tienda de autos o en linea. Tambien puedas probar un producto como Permatex Right Stuff u otro.

[@rmartinez6659]

@@TomandJulieMineExploring gracias por la información

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

De nada, Sesar.

[@adventurehawksancientharmony]

I used to have a Hercules, another Witte and a Fairbanks Morse

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

They are fun to wrench on and get running. This was a fun visit to Ron's shop.👌

[@kentkirkpatrick7953]

Sooo the guys behind the fenced off door must be the "I wanna touch it" Folks?

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

It started off Ron was giving us(Julie and me) a kind of private behind the fence tour and no one else was around. A few people started showing up and he invited a couple more people in but not all of them. I was kind of wondering about the liability issue if someone got tangled up in a flywheel, but it was all cool. Thanks for the comment!

[@kentkirkpatrick7953]

That's to cool. Sounds about right tho, a fence to keep us big kids off the toys! Lol

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Exactly, Kent.

[@rogerdereske5923]

Well you fooled me, l saw that US NAVY hat and thought, l bet he was an Engineman, never figured a BT...

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

Engine man would be a good fit for Ron.

[@gizzyguzzi]

Looking at that shop, it occurs to me it was a bit hazardous to work around those engines, tools and belts. Dumb people didn't live too long. Maybe that explains why we have so many stupid people alive today?

[@TomandJulieMineExploring]

You are correct. Those flywheels, belts and spinning shafts are all potential dangers. I'm not sure how old you are, but earlier in my life, I remember seeing more people missing fingers than I seem to see today. I agree that common sense doesn't seem as common as it once was. Thanks for the comment!