[AJD] Found some old pictures today...

Chris C jdnutinwa at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 4 12:23:30 PDT 2007


Thanks Greg,

       BTW,  I got the items you mailed me on
Saturday.  Thankyou for sending it.  

           Chris
--- "greg at theoldtractorcompany.com"
<greg at theoldtractorcompany.com> wrote:

> Chris
> Really enjoyed the pics, glad they're saved
> Greg
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> PO Box 709
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> On Mon Sep  3 13:31 , Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com>
> sent:
> 
> >I am digging through my 'archives' today and stuck
> in
> >my Yakima Hitch file I found some old black and
> white
> >pictures that were in a box of stuff I found when
> my
> >grandparents passed away.  
> >
> >   Two are of the first tractor on the farm,  a GP,
> 
> >and one is of what is now My A,  only when it was
> now
> >out in front of my Great Uncles house in the early
> >50's when the Skagit River flooded.  
> >
> >   The other two are of threshing operations,  one
> is
> >on my grandparents farm probably in the early
> teens, 
> >I have no idea on the other. 
> >
> >    The last picture is of a modified truck and
> >trailer called 'Big Aggie'(named after his wife)
> built
> >by my great uncle in France in WWII.  He was in the
> >Corp. of Engineer's they used this set up to
> retreive
> >battle damaged tanks and haul them back to salvage
> or
> >rebuild.  Then General Eisenhauer saw this setup in
> >action.  He and his unit got some sort of
> comendation
> >for it,  and Freuhauf Trailer was out measuring and
> >taking pictures of it within a week to mass produce
> >it.   In his hand writing on the back of the
> picture
> >he wrote that the trailer would haul 60 tons.  I
> >remember him saying they had put a v-12 gas engine
> of
> >some sort in the truck,  and it had 3
> transmissions.  
> >
> >     Farm Equipment Pictures:
>
>http://public.fotki.com/jdnut/john-deere-equipment/old-black-and-white/family-equipment/
> >
> >     Truck Picture:
>
>http://public.fotki.com/jdnut/kenworth-trucks-1/big-aggie/bigaggie.html
> >
> >      Thought I would share them..
> >
> >           Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >     
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