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Jay was a wonderful conversationalist and knowledgeable on a variety of subjects. In spite of this there was one word that seemed to be missing from his extensive vocabulary; NO. When someone needed a favor Jay was always the first to say, sure, we can do that. He hauled heavy treasures from the flea market to the parking lot with his front end loader and even took people to his house "14 miles from the Big Show" so they could use his shop to do repairs on their tractors. Above all Jay was a friend, someone who accepted you as you are and made you a better person when you departed his company. Jay has left our company and has made this a better place for all of us. Jay, you will be missed and we are comforted knowing that you are with Christ in Haven. Rest in piece my friend.

Howard messaged me Wednesday with the news. I remember the first time I met Jay. He came over to my spot and said how much he enjoyed my posts. We had fun playing with his horse head mask that year! Such a mild fellow. I remember when the windstorm destroyed his canopy. I was the first to tell him as I ran into him in the parking lot after dinner. He says "O well, it was junk anyway!" My last conversation with Jay.

I'm so sorry to hear that Jay is gone. You guys have said it all so well already, I really don't have much to add except that I'll miss him, we'll all miss him. Rest in peace, kind sir!

I met Jay in person for the first, and sadly the last time, at this years(2022) Big Show. I felt like I had already knew him from his help and interaction on Redsquare. As many have mentioned, at the Big Show he walked right up to my spot and introduced himself . We sat and talked for well over an hour probably. He even invited me and my wife Libby to join him for supper one night. Talk about good first impressions, he sure was good at that. Thank you Jay- for being so nice to me and Libby. My heart is heavy and my eyes are wet… how can meeting someone one time cause this reaction ? God Bless You Road Apples…

I am very sad to hear this. I enjoyed talking with Jay. He had a way about him that made you feel like you knew each other for much longer than we actually did. Rest In Peace friend. You will be missed.

You may wonder what's a Bobcat doing in the picture?. Well, it's just about the best tire taker offer thinger I have ever used The newest tractor ,a sweet patina C160 auto, followed me home to keep the C160-8 company. The front tires would hold air for a half hour, so it's off to the tire machine.

What a bad news. I never got the chance to meet him, but he was a big help here on the forum as a very active member. He will be missed for sure!

Jay Myers Obituary (1948 - 2022) - Avoca, PA - Legacy Remembers

Oh no, I just logged on to ask who was coming to the Dover Olde Tyme Days show tomorrow. I was so looking forward to meeting Jay there as we have in past years. This is very sad unexpected news. Jay was so upbeat and pleased to have won his recent battle and had nothing but praise for the care Hershey Medical Center provided. Rest easy my friend.

Rest in Peace Jay. This is from 2014.

Jay was the BEST of us. He became a friend from the first time we met. I will sorely miss him.

or even haul a yellow tractor home for storage even though he caught all kinds of guff on the way out of the grounds!

I posted Jay's trading card from 2018 and a picture I found on the site. I met Jay one Thursday morning in the parking lot waiting for the gates to open. He walked over put his hand out and said I'm Jay or Roadapples on redsquare. He was like talking to an old friend. Glad I was able to talk with him a couple times at the big show.

My dad was a Jack of many trades. He caught the last month or so of WWII and then stayed in Germany as part of the Occupied Forces. He wanted to join the Air Force as soon as he graduated High School, but was sent to the Army. When he returned home from Germany he attended Aviation School in Dallas, Tx and received his Airframe and Powerplant (A&P), Private Pilot and Flight Instructor certificates. He returned to the farm just outside the small town of La Grange, Tx. Over the years Dad ran a dairy, raised beef cattle and hay, did custom tractor work, fence building, contracted to built field terraces for the Soil Conservation Service, worked as a Ford tractor mechanic, worked in Bryan and Austin as a Aircraft Mechanic and contracted to fly pipeline inspections. He was a self taught electronics repairman and later in life as his health declined he did CB and Business Band and ham radio installation and repair work. But most of all he loved airplanes. Some of you may remember I previously posted this picture of him flying Santa to town and landing on the Highway to deliver Santa to the Fire Truck for the Christmas Parade. I believe the plane is a Stinson. Shortly after returning to the farm he laid out grass runways on the farm. He also built this irrigation system for the farm which used a 6 cylinder engine he converted to Propane. If I recall correctly, it had a 8" suction and 6" discharge and irrigated the 45 acres of hayland. In the mid-50's he built a large cinder block hanger and shop that could hold 5 private planes. In the picture below a group of pilots were assisting us to paint the La Grange location on the roof. On the backside of the roof (opposite "La Grange") you can make out the "Guenther Flying Service" name. 1964ish the City of La Grange, extended and paved the runway. For a $1 a year lease, the city could say it had a airport. It was a good deal for him too, as it gave his shop a paved runway. One skill he had, was he knew how to sew the fabric sox's and recover the older cloth airplanes. He also knew how to work on the aircraft with wood frames, ribs and thin plywood covering. He continued to do all sorts of work, but in the winter he would try to contract and rebuild a fabric plane for someone. Needless to say, as a youth I grew up around all kinds of equipment! @formariz I greatly appreciate your sharing the wealth of knowledge and experience. Your current writing about the " Carpenters Brace" has prompted me to pull out and clean up 2 Braces I had saved in a box in the barn at the farm. I can remember he built a cattle doctoring squeeze chute that was bolted wood construction. There was no electric power down at the cattle pens, so I suspect it was all built with a Carpenters Brace, probable one of these. These had been in my dads shop/airplane hanger when it was destroyed in a windstorm in 1979. Everything was moved to a barn on the farm. While all the other tools made it to his new "electronic's shop a few years later, these have sat there ever since. One is a Stanley No.66, 8" brace. I disassembled and cleaned it with scotchbrite and thinner and gave the wood several coats of linseed oil. The top pad moved very stiffly and when I unscrewed the wood pad I was surprised to find it actually contained tiny ball bearings. It just needed cleaning out years of barn dust. Its exciting to find such precision on such a simple tool, In light of the low quality found on many tools, The other Brace is a no-name, but I'm guessing dates back to the 50's, just judging on my dads age. I remember as a kid hanging around he shop and drilling holes in scraps of wood with these braces. it's interesting to lay they side by side and see the Stanley used heavier round rod, and the no name's top pad had no bearing or even a bushing. There also was a Stanley No. 78 Plane. I've cleaned it up and waxed it. Did these originally have 2 blades or did you move the blade from one position to the other? I suspect he would have used this to make a rabbit to flush some of the thin wood veneer or other task on the wooden plane parts.

Jay will most definitely be missed. The big W-H show certainly won't be the same without him. RIP buddy.

Pulling loads of firewood around with the ‘68 Charger 12

Thought about that also after I heard the sad news. I think the best answer one can come up with is the one below.

Godspeed…

My gosh... we just had a PM conversation... This is really sad to hear. A good man and friend to all gone. Don

I am so sorry to hear about his passing , he a great guy. I had a nice conversation with him at the BS . I am going to miss him.

Sad to hear of this. I met Jay at the first show I went to in 2018. As said by others, he was just like an old friend.

RIP my friend. Met Jay quite a few years ago at the big show and like Mike, it felt like I made a good friend. Always looked forward to seeing Jay there so I'm gonna miss him. It's sad to loose another.

Looking for a recently scorned married woman willing to sell her husbands Wheel Horse collection for what he said he paid for it.

Used a 753 to peddle some sweet corn. Corn is the good stuff too best I ever seen...

Very sad news. I have never met Jay but saw his name pop up frequently on Redsquare. From all the kind word which were said I can make up he was a great guy and will be missed. My condolances to his loved ones and to all of you who have met Jay and have to miss him now. Mark

Wonderful stuff. I love to see dads and their children working on projects together. That’s real life right there! ~Bill Winn

I chuckled when I sped it up, thinking “That sounds like a 2 stroke Wheel Horse!” It would be my second one in the shop you know…

Years ago, 35 or more, my FIL was employed as a mechanic at a Cadillac dealership. One of his coworkers always picked up the daily paper and read it at break, particularly the "Yankee Trader" ads.. One day he shows up at work with a 2 year old Coupe DeVille with his plates on it - seems a couple got divorced, the car was in the wife's name and the judge ordered her to sell the car & give the ex half of the proceeds, which she did. Did I mention the dollar limit on all items in the Yankee Trader at that time was $50 bucks??!!! Yup, he got the car for 50 bucks - she gave her ex 25... True story... Bill

Rest in peace Jay. And i just realized my post was the last thing he commented on.

RIP buddy .. I had the opportunity to meet with you twice (2016-17) and like Mike said it was like talking with a old friend you knew forever .

It’s sad to hear that we’ve lost a valued member of the forum

Oh no! Mr Jay I wish you have found rest.

Just 'nother Kodak moment here... I gotta read this thread more often just good pics here and a good BS thread...

I'm certainly going to miss you my friend, rest in peace, Jay. He was a good old boy, I too I'm going to miss our talks, always looked forward to seeing him each year.

I never met him, but thoroughly enjoyed his contributions to the forum. He was one of the very first people to welcome me upon joining, and always came across as a sincerely decent and kind human being. He will indeed be missed.

Decided I need a hilo attachment for a Wheel Horse!

Same reaction here... my heart is very heavy... and I never physically met him in person. Just goes to show what an impact he had. I wasn't going to say this, but I think it is in good company so I will share. He was one of the older guys around who encouraged me to continue pursuing my education. My Master's degree that I am fixing to begin on Monday will be dedicated to him. I hope Jay's family sees this, and knows that although I never had the pleasure to meet him in person, he made an impact in my life. Now I need a beach towel... Don

Mods… please remove this post. It will destroy the value of our ‘s overnight…

We started putting the engine back together today it’s still in the donor B-80 and it’s going into a better shape B-80 for one of my pulling tractors.

I found this on YouTube. @tractorchick this is awesome!

On our way back home from the Black Forest we stopped at the Unimog museum in Gaggenau, Germany. Although the exhibition was smaller than I hoped because of them building a 'new and improved' museum it was still worth the visit. The ride in a Unimog on a specially laid out track was quite the experience. I found a whole new kind of respect for these machines. Won't stop at almost anything.. 45° climb? No problem! Stairs? Piece of cake. Logs? Pff, like sticks!

Pulled rear hub to today to change the seal, I've NEVER had one fight me this hard... It didn't win. After cooling off & a trp to the hardware store for new screws I put the dash plate back on. It was cracked & I repaired it from the back, then I had my Mother paint it for me, you're never too old to ask Mom for help. Thanks Mom! ( I told her she didn't have to do the electric clutch because it doesn't have one )

Awesome stuff about your Dad. It exemplifies the term “ the greatest generation “. They were the most creative, resourceful people with a love and interest in many different areas. The stuff that was invented and innovated in that era were the building blocks for everything we have today. I consider myself very lucky to have been surrounded every day of my earlier life by such people. I was a bit of an oddity always being around all these older men that took me in to their midst and not understanding why they cared so much for this impetuous foreign kid. One thing however that was immediately obvious to me was that I got respect by just merely being associated with them. Your story brings up many memories and emotions. Those are good braces. Stanley’s are always top of the line with bearings and thicker heavy duty arms. They are both the non ratcheting type. The no name one seems to be a 10” sweep which will provide higher torque drilling large holes. The Stanley 78 is the workhorse of rabbet planes . They were and are common but you however have a Type 1. The first model of that plane produced. Only one blade came with it just being transferred to the front when needed. Unlike later ones those did not have a blade adjusting feature. As a journeyman I had one in my tool box which I used constantly. There is also a fence and a depth stop that came with it. That plane and its design so efficient that they are still made today . The made in England model is a particularly exceptional tool. A timeless quality tool. This is a complete one. I have several but this is the one which I used for years as a journeyman which I am pretty attached to.

Here’s one. I thought about selling my Horses one time.

I believe I’ll try the widest ones first. Like a drag car, more rubber to the road.

Jay sounds like a good guy I would’ve loved to meet him but hopefully he is in wheel horse heaven enjoying himself

As I had said in a previous post, I sold two of my favorite horses last week, and was hoping to get a Commando 8 this weekend. Well, the wife and I took a 350 mile road trip today and picked up the Commando. The third generation owner told me how his grandfather purchased the tractor new. Then his father got the tractor when grandfather died, and he got it when his father died. Today he parted with the Commando, and it began it's new journey to my family. I didn't get back home until after dark, so the tractor is still in the van. I will have better pictures tomorrow. Here is a side view of the Commando. As you can see, it has the wrong decal on the hood, and a replacement throttle cable has been added on the side. The mower deck is in excellent condition, It has been maintained properly and new spindles were replaced within the last year. Extra belts came along with it. As a bonus, I got a box of parts which I haven't even explored. I was told there are new spindles and other spare parts for the deck. The seller gave me the original manuals and all of the service records that he could find. After I take the tractor out of the van, I will provide more pictures.

Got my C-161 “Scoop” without any FEL out of the top rack. Buddy wants it.

Worked in a hospital for 14 years. Beds to Boilers and everything in between. Working on the morgue cooler and the hematology flow hood was a hoot! There was a historical landmark on campus that was an old funeral home and they built onto it and made offices out of it. I had to go in there at night once a month and do emergency light tests which means I had to go up to the attic and turn off breakers. Ran into a ghost in the stairwell one night and told him/her I didn't have time for it's nonsense!

What's this Google thing you speak of?