[AT] Fordson tractor show 1922

[Richard Strobel]

Thanks Ken and especially Guy for starting this in the first place.  Here's 
a photo of the rearend and hit next or previous for the tag and the right 
front view.  I believe it came out of Yellowstone:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2061284830039077051FlNhvv

Looks like winter has hit.....

RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Fordson tractor show 1922


> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Richard Strobel
> <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com> wrote:
> > Ken, I'm glad you got to see the Butte Mining Museum!!  Sad to say that 
> > a
> > lot of good ole iron is sitting out in the open and has to bear the 
> > Montana
> > weather.
> >
> > RickinMt.
> >
> >
>
>
> Lots of iron there for sure. Apparently my great-grandfather worked up
> to being a shop superintendent at one of the mines in Butte and my
> grandmother grew up there. We were looking into the history from a
> bunch of angles when we were there. My daughter enjoyed it too.
>
> We also got to see them putting in the wind generators at a tremendous
> rate up there. And of course we had to check out various iron piles.
> It was a good vacation this year.
>
> They indicated the Fordson Museum (wherever it is back east) doesn't
> have one of those pontoon types. They only made a small number (5 or
> so from what the guide knew) for snow and mud. As Gene noted, the main
> reason they didn't catch on is they were too tough to control. Might
> work on flat surfaces, maybe.
>
> Ken in AZ
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