[Farmall] Farmalls in the snow

Roberto Rivero rj.rivero at gmail.com
Sun Dec 9 11:48:21 PST 2007


Now i can not see the images because i deleted the first group of mails  but
... in the first  image i could see some cars  at  the bottom  and i suposed
there were some car newer than the seventies.

2007/12/9, James Moran <jrmoraninc at yahoo.com>:
>
> Charlie is correct...the tractors are still in use and seem to be
> "babied".  I have noticed an M in full regalia going up and down Chili
> Avenue out here in the western suburbs but I do not know it that one is part
> of the "team"...could be a coincidence.
> Murders, yes.  But those are the chances one takes if he/she wants to see
> old I/H soldiers at work keeping the snow at bay. ;-)
> JM
>
> birddog <cvill at frontiernet.net> wrote: I can offer no input on the age of
> the pictures, but to my as far as I
> know, the tractors are still used each winter.  I was in Rochester
> yesterday for a wedding (best man actually) but no plowing was going on
> at that time. The side streets where the church is were still snow and
> slush covered from a snowfall earlier in the week.  Rochester does
> street plowing primarily with the heavy garbage packers with front plows
> mounted. Jim Moran may be more informed than I on these subjects.
> Downtown Rochester is about a 30 minute drive from my home, but I only
> go there in matters of crisis (forty four or so murders this year to
> date).  Any place North of the Barge Canal is not my favorite place.
>
> CV
>
> John Hall wrote:
> >  Anybody know when that photo was taken and when the tractors were
> finally
> > retired? My guess is the mid 70's. I guess that because it appears the
> > tractors have the replacement safety fuel cap and the logo on the
> > widbreakers reminds me of the one on our 454 (1972 model).
> >
> >  Speaking of windbreakers. we haven't put one on  in over 15 years. Just
> > don't use the tractors that much anymore. At one time we had 4 with
> > windbreakers and one with a cab.
> >
> > John Hall
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Sloane"
> > To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list"
> > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 6:49 AM
> > Subject: [Farmall] Farmalls in the snow
> >
> >
> >
> >> This is a Kodak Album showing snow clearing in Rochester NY. It looks
> >> like the city keeps a fleet of Farmall M's to clear sidewalks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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