[AT] The last question I had on my list for December.

[Don Bowen]

Richard Strobel wrote:
> I'm not sure Francis..might have been 8 or 9N and it had the side mower.  I 
> never did get to run it as that was his "Baby."  He'd put it (the mower) on 
> in the spring and take it off in the fall.
>   The slip held about 30-32 bales and it was a nice slow ride to the 
> elevator.  I'm sure glad they never used a wagon !!!!
>   
We used a slip on the farm as it was not that far from the field to 
shed.  It make bucking easy and I can still feel the bouncing and 
swaying.  My uncle had a sawmill so we had lots of lumber for things 
like that.

One neighbor I worked for had a two wheel trailer made from a long truck 
bed and bomber tires.  It was about one bale high and an easy step from 
the ground to the bed.  We could really load that trailer and it was 
usually pulled behind his JD G.

The neighboe with the Super MTA had two fields about four miles from his 
farm and used farm wagons.  Those were difficult to load from the first 
bale on.  He had four wagons.  His city nephew from Des Moines and I 
would buck the bales, he drove the H and I got the MTA.  I can tell you 
that one person loading two wagons was a lot of work.  It was a good 
thing I was 16 - 17 at the time.  Buck bales all day and spend the 
evenings trying to spend that hard earned money on girls.  We had better 
luck making money than with the girls.

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Don Bowen           KI6DIU
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