That old trailer reminds me of the cattle racks that farmers used to use on their pickups for hauling livestock. I still have a set of those truck racks somewhere around the place. I'll never forget seeing a pickup going down the road, with a big load of hogs or cattle in the back, and wondering if they were going to make it. Farming sure was different back then.
I think that's a B Farmall. The rear tires are 9-24's IIRC? The seat is offset so you could look right down the row when cultivating.
I guess it was a step up from a team, probably could pull about the same.
I think you are right!
There was an old disk plow out in the pasture that was rusted down badly. I moved it to an erosion ditch at the owner's request. I was thinking how I'd have hated to plow that much ground with that old, lightweight disk...
Years ago the neighbor had an smaller John Deere tractor, but it had the offset seat like the "B" and pulled a single plow. . I hauled it in the back of a 70 Dodge 3/4T.
What Model was that?
Later I bought a John Deere 40. I think it was about a 1950 vintage.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
Tiny was a Spots (formerly Spotted Poland China). Tiny weighed 1,000 pounds at one point, but he dropped down to 940 after being hauled to fairs in Spencer, St. Paul, and smaller venues. He also became rather ill-tempered. At the time, Sioux City offered a dollar-a-pound bonus to the heaviest hog sold in the month of June. My cousin, Ron,proud owner of Tiny, went out to feed the hogs. He was walking along, minding his own business, when Tiny emerged from around the corn crib, going hell-bent-for-election with mayhem in his eyes. Ron successfully employed a strategic withdrawal at an even higher rate of speed. Help was collected (I was in 7th grade and although I was on the premises, I was banned from participation), and Tiny was eventually relocated to a more secure location. (When first approached by the posse, he was engaged in the activity which freed him in the first place - he would grasp the woven wire fence in his mouth and walk backward until the staples popped. This ties into the current thread in that the next morning, the ancient pick-up with the sideboards went creaking down the lane on the way to the processor with Tiny's back showing over the top of the boards. Rod had decided "t'ell wit the June premium".
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Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
50-60 years ago the ubiquitous goose neck livestock trailer didn't exist in these parts. A single axle 2 ton truck was the standard conveyance, with a wooden rack to contain the livestock.
One week a nasty bull showed up at the salebarn. He tore up multiple gates and fences at the barn in the hours before the auction.
Bets were no way he would stay on a truck all the way to St. Joe.
Rance was an old trucker and bought him on the cheap. A lot of the crowd came out to watch the bull destroy his truck and get away.
The bull ran on the truck-Rance had a piece of #9 wire-with a slip loop tied on one end. Stuck that trough the rack around the bulls scrotum and quick tied his end down.
Bull stood at attention and never moved for the 70 mile ride
A friend of mine (who is gone now) farmed 160 acres of wheat with a Johnny Popper for twenty years back in the late 40's to late sixties. Times have changed.
The tractor in the photo is beautiful and it is nice it is back in the family.
Years ago the neighbor had an smaller John Deere tractor, but it had the offset seat like the "B" and pulled a single plow. . I hauled it in the back of a 70 Dodge 3/4T.
What Model was that?
Later I bought a John Deere 40. I think it was about a 1950 vintage.
Saddlesore, probably an L or LA. They didn't have much power. Around here, the B and an occasional H were about the smallest used. My old JD mechanic friend had an L. It looked like a garden tractor!
Saddlesore, probably an L or LA. They didn't have much power. Around here, the B and an occasional H were about the smallest used. My old JD mechanic friend had an L. It looked like a garden tractor!