[Farmall] Farmall Travelall (Colorado)

Mike Schmudlach mschmudlach at charter.net
Thu Oct 19 20:14:27 PDT 2006


Bob,
3.5 days
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Currie" <tractors at foothill.net>
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Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:38 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Farmall Travelall (Colorado)


> Speaking of THT's, the last one I did took me over the same highway Mike.
> Snowin' like hell at the Eisenhower tunnel. We were hauling an F-12
> Waukesha and an F-14 from Nick Foster's place in Iowa. Since I was headed
> west and lookin' at that long down grade, I thought it best to pull over
> there by the tunnel, and flip a coin so as to make an educated decision
> whether to start down or wait it out..Came up heads, so I checked all the
> chain binders real good, put a wad of gum in my mouth as a stress reliever
> and took off. Made it down that long, long grade with no slipping or
> sliding..and as I remember Greg, spent the night in Glenwood Springs at a
> motel along the Aspen Highway, couple miles south of I-70. We had a very
> nice dinner at a place there on the River, west side of the road. And I'll
> also mention Greg, there is some beautiful country right there in that
> area. Although, doing 2700 miles in 4.5 days pulling a trailer is out of
my
> league, I know it doesn't even phase my cheese head buddies cause they
live
> on cheezits and ho ho's, and if they cut a finger, WD-40 drips out instead
> of blood.
>
> bobcurrie
>
>   08:44 PM 10/18/06, you wrote:
> >Mike,
> >You went right through my town of Glenwood Springs. I would have been
> >glad to have shown you some western Colorado hospitality if I had
> >known. Yes, we did get a taste of winter. 40 miles up the road in
> >Aspen, they got a foot and a half of snow. Glad you made it back
> >safely with your new 'find'. How did you find it way out here?
> >Greg
> >On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Mike Schmudlach wrote:
> >
> >>Yes, That was an A series Travelall that followed me from Western
> >>Colorado.
> >>I left Sunday morning and made in back this afternoon.  2,700 miles
> >>including a snow covered trip through the Rockies.  Snow was
> >>falling at Vail
> >>and the Eisenhower Tunnel area was pretty icy.  When I went through
> >>McClure
> >>pass on 133 the signs read "Fallen Rocks", they were not kidding.
> >>Two rocks
> >>on the road were so big you couldn't see the Giant endloader on the
> >>other
> >>side of them.  They were over 15' tall and they were trying to
> >>drill holes
> >>in them to blow them up since the articulated endloader couldn't
> >>budge them.
> >>The trip wasn't quite as exciting as a Bob Curie  THT but enough
> >>for me.  If
> >>I had gotten into the Rockies a couple hours later I would still be
> >>there
> >>STRANDED.
> >>Mike
> >
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