[Farmall] Re: Now it's me that's dreaming (now camping)

E. John Puckett ejpuckett at centurytel.net
Thu Sep 30 19:10:03 PDT 2004


One of the people on the Farmallcub.com forum has a motor home made that way.

Karl Olmstead wrote:

> I took the Farmall 350 to a little local celebration (The city of Inyokern's
> 95 birthday) last weekend, and had a chance to admire what struck me as very
> nearly the ultimate tractor show rig.  I don't know if you see a lot of them
> back east, but the hot ticket out here in the desert is what they call 'toy
> haulers'.  It's a long travel trailer with the front dedicated to the usual
> RV stuff like beds, bathroom and kitchen, and the rear eight or ten or
> twelve feet partitioned off for toys like dirt bikes or ATVs.
> 
> This feller had a nice restored Farmall Cub which fit easily in the aft
> section of the trailer, a Craftsman toolbox fastened to one wall and a small
> work bench on another wall.  Looked like a fun way to live to me; the
> tractor can be stored in a secure, dust-free place at night or on the road,
> and you have a warm, dry, air-conditioned place to drink beer up front.
> 
> Of course, the whole thing including Dodge diesel dually probably set him
> back $75K, but it costs nothing to dream...
> 
> On the other hand, I drove the Farmall 350 to the show, with a little beer
> cooler bungie corded to the 3-pt. disc.  That's more my style; cheap tractor
> and cheap beer.
> 
> By the way, Mike; I agree.  $1900 for what was offered seems reasonable.
> People need to learn to use the reserve to protect themselves.  High
> starting bids scare people.
> 
> 
> -karl
> 
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-- 
John
another one of them
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