[AT] OT: Flashback - Early Farmers Building County Roads

[Ronald L. Cook]

Ralph,
	Originally that would have been a self propelled road grader.  There 
was one for sale near me last fall.  Nifty outfit when original.  Not 
sure how handy.  The IH power on the one you reference looks as if it is 
just holding up the rear of the grader and the front axle and wheels are 
gone.  I see hydraulic lines running forward to hook up to the pulling 
tractor.  I am sure someone more familiar with industrial equipment will 
tell us the name of the outfit.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Ralph Goff wrote:
> Heres an interesting alternative for farm road grading. I found it at a 
> local auction sale site and it will be coming up for sale this spring. I 
> can't positively id the tractor but could be an Allis Chalmers which 
> they describe as not running . I guess that might explain the hitch on 
> the front. I don't know if it was a two man grader with one on the 
> pulling tractor and another on the rear one to operate the hydraulics or 
> if the rear tractor was just a convenient set of wheels to hold up the 
> back of the grader.
> http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums//index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=20992 
> 
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/