[AT] Latest addition

[Al Jones]

Our old Helix does not have any side gussets--truth be told it's built 
pretty light compared to the IH.  In fact the hopper on it is a little 
warped--it came loose from the pickup at least once that I remember and 
ended up in the bottom of a canal.  Fortunately it was empty.  I remember 
after that grandaddy put some safety chains on it.

Al

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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:28 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Latest addition

> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Al Jones <farmallsupera at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>> I have been a little bit behind.....this little item showed up at my 
>> house
>> about two weeks ago:
>>
>> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4458643070_66b8976c6e_o.jpg
>> http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4458643022_6a24505d33_o.jpg
>>
>> An IH #10 auger cart.  Holds around 90 bushels of feed, grain, etc.  We 
>> have
>> an old  Helix brand that looks a lot like this one but it's in bad 
>> shape--it
>> hauled a lot of feed from the mill in its day.  This one is special 
>> because
>> it's IH  :)
>>
>> Al
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>
> We had a Helix for many years. Used it constantly until the livestock
> was gone. I like the IH hitch design better. The very old Helix we had
> had big tall side gussets on the hitch that wouldn't allow you to turn
> without unhitching the PTO shaft. In later years they made the gussets
> lower. The way ours was made unless you had all of your feeders in a
> straight line you had to climb off and unhitch the PTO to move from
> one to the other then get off and hook it back up then off again. I
> always wanted to change the hitch but my father didn't care how much
> of a PITA it was because I was the only one that used it... I was just
> a kid. If I had needed one in later years I would have just modified
> it to be like your IHC. That old helix moved a zillion tons of feed
> and grain (wheat, oats and soybeans) though.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
>
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