Well Grandpa Bill as I called him was quite a man. He died when I was a kid. He owned a large sawmill which ran on a steam engine. He also had his own railroad and a single engine.
He actually invented the road grader and even had a patent on it. Unfortunately several companies were able to evade the patent rights. When my Father, (his Grandson) was only a child, Grandpa Bill took him with him on a trip to Washington D.C. to patent some invention.
I regret not knowing/asking more questions from my ‘elders’; now they are all gone and there is noone left to ask ‘how’. But we have common sense and plenty of ingenuity left. I'm hoping that threads like this are needless and that everything will work out but...it's not looking good.