[AT] Duplex Truck Company

Mike meulenms at gmx.com
Thu Apr 23 09:13:36 PDT 2015


I might need that help Joe, it has a drainage ditch on one side and a 
swamp on the other, that goodness for long chains.

Mike M


On 4/23/2015 12:00 PM, Joe Hazewinkel wrote:
> That's why the make chain saws Dave.  Let us know how it goes, I might even come down and help you drag it out.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
>
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> On Apr 23, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> That would be a tall order Dave, this thing has probably 50 or 60 years
> of trees growing around it. I could talk to the owners and see what they
> say.  All they can say is no.
>
> Mike M
>
>
>> On 4/23/2015 9:34 AM, David Rotigel wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>     If it were me, I would contact the land owner and ask him if you could have it. If the answer is "Yes" I would haul it home and then contact the folks at the Antique Truck Club of America--See: http://www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org/  and send them pictures and ask if they know anyone who would be interested in it. I'll bet that somewhere there is someone who would very much like to have what is there to complete a restoration. I think it's a shame to just let it sit where it is and continue to decompose!
>>     Dave
>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2015, at 1:07 AM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I did find that page Dave, but nothing was hyper linked, no additional
>>> info unless I'm missing something. My wife wanted me to hook it to the
>>> tractor and pull it home. I reminded her that it wasn't ours, and even
>>> then what to do with it, with 75% of it is missing no restoration possible.
>>>
>>> Mike M
>>>
>>>> On 4/22/2015 9:00 PM, David Rotigel wrote:
>>>> Hi Mike, Did you see this page? http://archives.msu.edu/findaid/108.html
>>>>     Dave
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I would say between 1907 and 1915 based on what I could find.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike M
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/22/2015 7:35 PM, David Rotigel wrote:
>>>>>> WOW! Did you find out the  year the "truck" was built? (Not the frame you found, but just a general idea of the yeas[s] the truck was produced.)
>>>>>>     Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, after some searching I found out what it is; it was made by the
>>>>>>> Duplex Truck Company out of Lansing, MI. It was known as one of the
>>>>>>> first commercially available 4 wheel drive vehicles, and was powered by
>>>>>>> a Buda engine. Check out the last picture in the set.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/meulenms/library/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike M
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