[AT] Portland Camping, Who's Coming?

[Indiana Robinson]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Paul Waugh<pwaugh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> If I make an extra trip, I can get one more tractor, the Ford Jubilee. They
> are working tractors, but in good shape.
>
> Paul
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That is my favorite kind... Working is what they were made for. Those
perfect, as they came from the factory (or twice as fancy as) trailer
queens are OK but you can line up a row of 100 of them of the same
make and model and after you look at 5 there is nothing new to look
at. I want to see what the farmers that worked them did to them even
if at times it looks a little painful. :-)
Even if you just look at the wear patterns where they rested their
feet it is a story. Some of those oldies are a challenge to even
figure out how they climbed off and on the thing. The
pre-running-board N Fords are an example of that. With running-boards,
easy as pie. No running-boards, and absolute pain. Some of the old
mounted implements that surrounded the tractors (like pickers, loaders
etc.) made climbing on and off about like breaking out of prison.  :-)
I'm surprised that they didn't hang stirrups on them. Even some more
recent old tractors require twisting your foot around three times and
holding your mouth in a twist...


-- 
Have you hugged your horses today?

Francis Robinson
aka "farmer"
Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com