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perswig
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Dec 25, 2018 - 04:03am PT
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What doors open simply with a smile, a handshake, and a willing ear.
Dale
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 25, 2018 - 05:14am PT
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Super cool story! I love the patina. that 1940s truck would not be a fraction as cool if it was newly painted and polished.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Dec 25, 2018 - 08:44am PT
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Nice post DMT Thanks
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 25, 2018 - 10:12am PT
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Small World File M490867:
I had a girl friend in Seattle whose family owned Pacific Car and Foundry which bought
Peterbilt in 1958. I shoulda tried to get a discount on a rig.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 25, 2018 - 11:07am PT
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DMT, You are invited to come down one day so we can go out to visit Bright's museum near Plainsburg.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 25, 2018 - 11:35am PT
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Only moosedrool could pull that ^^^😆
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Show tractors are ok but I really get touched by working rigs. Saw this International 966 on a working dairy farm this afternoon near Clairmont NH have not been by my favorite tractor shop in awhile but was able to swing through there on my way to Wallmart Vision center. Not shure who came up with the name for these guys? I know DMT likes his crawlers
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Here’s a couple of units I ran across in Esquel, Argentina during a trip in October.
First is a Fordson tractor from the ‘20’s, I think
And next is a 1890’s steam engine that ran a threshing machine from J.I.Case.
And a 1916 smoke box door, which is a bit of Art.
I was born in Argentina because my dad sold Case machinery.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Not exactly a tractor, but close.
The mrs and I decided to take a ride on the Old Patagonian Express. It had been sold out for weeks, but we decided to tour the museum anyway.
I told the museum folks my dad also worked for Balwin-Lima-Hamilton, the kings of steam in the old days. All of a sudden I became royalty, since about 2/3 of the locos on the line were Baldwins and got invited to ride in the loco.
It was a German Henschel, not a Baldwin, but still pretty cool. Recently restored, it was spotless.
The machinador was Carlos, who can be seen through the window. He was intrigued when I told him his job in English was engineer. In Spanish, ingeniero is a guy with a pencil and slide rule.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Here’s my beloved tractor. It’s a 1978 John Deere 1050, 4WD which is awesome, 60 inch blower unit mounted up front and a 72 inch blade on back. It chews thru the snow. I’ve owned it for 30 years and it still has less than 2000 hours on it. Great tool for winter.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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No BJ I’ve been here in Wyoming for 45 years.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Another crawler for DMTthe seat on an old Oliver ford, cockshut, JD and International
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I assumed it was JD just because the other two were???
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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enlarging the photo I am pretty Shure that I can read part of John Deer on the side.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 20, 2019 - 01:34pm PT
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Old girl doing her job today. No brakes for some reason?? I could not find a leak??? not loseing as much fluid as the pedal feel would indicate????
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 20, 2019 - 02:18pm PT
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certainly in that mode now. Not always enough with our steep road and stuff.....
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 21, 2019 - 05:25am PT
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Stunning that it even has any vacume pressure at all. She has kind of a crappy 79ish motor that had a bunch of early emmisions crap that is all missing. lots of open holes...
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