Things found in the field

[SailorBob]

I ran over an armadillo with the brush hog once. I don't know if it was alive or dead when i hit it but, it made one heck of a racket. It sounded the hog was coming apart but no damage.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I ran over an armadillo with the brush hog once. I don't know if it was alive or dead when i hit it but, it made one heck of a racket. It sounded the hog was coming apart but no damage.

Armadillo = Texas speed bumps.

 

[Soundguy]

Armadillo = Texas speed bumps.

Last time I went mowing I -almost- hit 2 birds.. both buzzed thru the op platform area and right beside my head... talk about scare the heck out of ya... just setting there mowing open pasture then .25 seconds later, black object buzzes your head...

Also, one time i was mowing in thick weeds with my 8n.. had a black snake ( I think ) come up over the right running board, over top of the trans.. we both panicked, and then he went off the left running board.. probably took all of 1/2 second.. but after that I switched to the larger/taller op platform area.. tractors for mowing that piece.

soundguy

 

[LBrown59]

New bigger ferry No problem driving vehicles on and off the island now.

We have a ferry that crosses the Ohio River between Sistersville, WVa.and Fly, Oh.
It's been in operation since I was a Kid back in the early forties.
I think it wil carry 6 or 8 cars.
I uesed it to get across the river when I was working for a guy that owned an LP gas business .
I drove a 1 ton1960 Ford Truck delivering 100 pound Propane tanks in 1962 and 1963.

 

[LBrown59]

I'd say 1928-29 Ford ton and half chassis... probably 1929 from the disc rear wheels.

I have no idea what the model is but here is a shot of the engine if it helps. Pretty clearly not a V8.

That building in the back ground.sure seems to look way too good to be an old abandoned structure .
L B

 

[IslandTractor]

That building in the back ground.sure seems to look way too good to be an old abandoned structure .
L B

It is an antique milking shed that somebody slapped some vinyl siding on. It has a very interesting interior setup that someone with dairy experience might be able to explain.

 

[ultrarunner]

I'd say 1928-29 Ford ton and half chassis... probably 1929 from the disc rear wheels.

I have no idea what the model is but here is a shot of the engine if it helps. Pretty clearly not a V8.

It looks to have a 33-34 Model B engine... at least the cylinder head is with the 3 bolt water pump.

A "B" cylinder head increases compression giving 50 hp vs the Model A 40 hp.

If the block is also a Model B, it will have a boss cast on the other side of the engine for a fuel pump... Model A's are gravity fed and the later B's had fuel pumps.

The later engines are more desirable because the crank and rods are beefed up to handle the 25% increase in horsepower. Probably very salvageable unless there is freeze damage or something like a thrown rod.

 

[IslandTractor]

If the block is also a Model B, it will have a boss cast on the other side of the engine for a fuel pump... Model A's are gravity fed and the later B's had fuel pumps..

I'll try to remember to check this weekend.

 

[Yankee Clipper]

It is a dooblebug - a Model AA Ford truck cut down into a tractor - lotswere done in the 40s and 50s, I am told.

Sometimes they would put two transmissions in series so it was powerful and very s l o w. Used to find them up in New England for a couple hundred bucks in the 60s.

 

[slaveToHorses]

We found an old car once. Buried in blackberries. Have no idea what kind it was. I was just a rusted carcass that looked like a sedan. A small very rounded one. No trim markings remained and nothing was usable. Just a framework for a Pacific Northwest jungle.

My neighbor played with it for a while with his D8, then got tired of the sport and reduced it to a manageable mass of rust.

Other than that, just the usual field gremlins like metal fence posts, bailing wire,...