Grandpa, tell me bout the good ole days............

[ultrarunner]

Yep and buzz saws too.

Here's a farm Doodlebug

‘Doodlebug’ 1923 Ford Model T farm tractor conversion

 

[Oldpath05]

Friend of mine has a couple of those !

If you get chance sometime post some pics.

 

[Oldpath05]

Are all them old model T's hand cranked only? The last time I hand cranked an engine was in the early 70s on fathers 46 Case, yeah that was fun with week 6 volt battery.

 

[ultrarunner]

No... just the early ones... 15 million Model T's and 5 million Model A's manufactured in plants all over the world.

My 1911 and 1912 and 1915 T's all have starters... easy retrofit swapping parts from later years.

Electric start began with Cadilac in 1912 and came to low cost Model T in 1919 as an option.

Model T engine production ended in 1941 or 12,000 days. Model T production 1908-1927 and longest production pre VW Bug.

 

[Jstpssng]

One I saw was a log splitter. You just jacked the driven rear wheel up, remove wheel and put this giant cone on. Cone was threaded like a wood screw. I'm sure it worked but had to be unbelievably dangerous!

No, they didn't work that well. My father purchased one along with his first Kubota. The first thing he tried to split was a piece of yellow birch, which quickly twisted up the framework. He tried and tried to get it off, then went to get his other tractor with the homemade hydraulic splitter. The last time I saw that "Unicorn" it was on the back of the tractor headed for the barn with the yellow birch still stuck on. I don't know what he did with it but the next time that I was visiting, that splitter was gone.

 

[LouNY]

The screw splitters are still around and available.
I had one 40+ years ago that I used on my old Scout it did the job,
it actually worked fairly well at a higher speed I used to use 2nd gear.

 

[Oaktree]

One I saw was a log splitter. You just jacked the driven rear wheel up, remove wheel and put this giant cone on. Cone was threaded like a wood screw. I'm sure it worked but had to be unbelievably dangerous!

Yeah, I remember seeing ads for those, you're right they seemed really dangerous. As Jstpssng noted, they didn't look like they were very effective...easy to get something stuck or if the vehicle was jacked up a little too high for the length of the piece it would just spin.
No thanks!

 

[Bocephous]

I remember my school bus driver, a female, stopping during snowy trips home and putting on the chains. Today they don稚 carry chains and shut down school at a flurry.

I remember those days as well. The bus driver would make sure he had a good head of steam before attempting the hill (dirt roads), back down and try a couple more times before putting the chains on. A good 8 inches of snow minimum was needed for an excuse to close school for the day.

 

[Jstpssng]

I saw school buses with a chute in front of each rear tire for dropping sand if needed. I never figured out where the sand reservoir was, how much it held, or how effective it was.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I saw school buses with a chute in front of each rear tire for dropping sand if needed. I never figured out where the sand reservoir was, how much it held, or how effective it was.

The old steam locomotives used to have a similar set up.