[AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming

[Herbert Metz]

Bear
Turtle shells were used decades ago in KS; flatten out most of the arc, turn 
it over, and hook behind the team of mules and move very modest amounts of 
dirt or rocks.  I remember hooking a log chain into the hinge hooks of the 
turtle shell.
Recently, a close friend had a body shop there; that was first time I heard 
of clips.
Herb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman at netscape.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming
> I am sure it may be another local thing.  When I was growing up all my 
> folks and friends called the truck or English boot a "turtle" and the lid 
> was the turtle shell.  To fit the dog box, just unbolt or torch the hinges 
> on the turtle shell and instant coon hunting truck.  I remember that my 
> Dad's youngest brother (the coon huntin-est fellow I ever knew) had 
> several friends with sedans with the dog box permantly in the turtle.
> Bear

> --- "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net> wrote:
> Here we used the highly technical term for that part of
> the car. We called it the "ass end"...   :-)   That was
> also BTW where the coon hunters took the "rear deck" off
> and built in the "dog box".   :-)
> "farmer"