not owned by Gannet are you Smokey?
Best Cheers
Frank
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----- Original Message -----
From: Smokey Briggs <smokey@pecos.net>
To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 4:58 PM
Subject: LRO: PTO praise
> You never know when a PTO winch is going to save the day.
>
> You take a lot of grief owning an unairconditioned vehicle that tops out
at
> 50 in West Texas. I publish the newspaper here in Pecos. This morning we
got
> a special shipment of paper in. Paper comes in 1,000 pound rolls, 27
inches
> wide. Our shipments are supposed to be shipped rolling, since we do not
have
> the equipment to move it when it is laid down flat. Well, this 24 roll
> shipment came on the flats. You just cannot pick one of these up and set
it
> on end, no matter how many people you have, and its not safe to try.
>
> Long story short, after much scratching, I finally remembered the Koenig
> winch on the front bumber of the rover. A little southern engineering and
> presto, one very capable roll-tipping machine. That winch saved a lot of
> money today.
>
> All the best from West Texas
> Smokey Briggs
>
>
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