[AT] Tractor Weight (now snowplows)

Greg Whittaker gwhittak at triton.net
Thu Jan 13 18:17:30 PST 2005


Your Dad didn't use tire chains?

Greg Whittaker
Wolverine Mi.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor Weight (now snowplows)


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cecil E Monson <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor Weight (now Ramble - LONG)
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> It would be hard to hire someone these days to
>> sit there in the open and run a big slow Cat like he did. I guess in
>> those days we weren't used to having things easy and just did what we
>> had to do.
>>
>> Anhow, thanks for the stories. We all have them in us and it
>> would be nice to hear some from those who don't write much.
>>
> Cecil and all. I managed to find the old photos I was mentioning showing 
> the
> snowplow that my Dad used on his Cockshutt 50. They are now on my webpage
> for a while.  Keep in mind that these photos were taken by a kid   with a 
> $2
> camera so they are not the greatest. Still you can see the basic design of
> the plow. Even the levelling crank on the front that was used to change 
> the
> cutting angle of the plow. Hard snow required a little more "suction" to
> keep the plow under the snow but you had to watch it out on summerfallow
> fields as it could push up a bit of dirt sometimes too.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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