lotsaIHCs Posted May 14 Posted May 14 50 minutes ago, jeeper61 said: 1938-39 Ford COE delivering some new Fords A face only a mother (or the guy who designed it) could love! 1 Quote
yellowrosefarm Posted May 14 Posted May 14 6 minutes ago, lotsaIHCs said: A face only a mother (or the guy who designed it) could love! IH had a pretty strong entry into that class too. 4 1 Quote
yellowrosefarm Posted May 19 Posted May 19 39 minutes ago, jeeper61 said: U.S. Forest Service Late 40s Fire line plow, I assume? Quote
jeeper61 Posted May 19 Author Posted May 19 28 minutes ago, yellowrosefarm said: Fire line plow, I assume? Looks like a furrow behind the trailer. One would think a forest service machine would have a front blade as well. Crawler would appear to be a CAT D4 Quote
twostepn2001 Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Had some computer problems the past week or so and still trying to sort things out. The new one has Win 11 and so far l'm not really enthused over it. But anyway...... While transferring some files around, l found a couple of pics of a "Giant" clock. Actually it's a grain elevator right off l-27 between Plainview and Canyon, Texas. The Cone family owned quite a few elevators on the high plains of Texas. When you look at the elevator at a side angle, it looks like a clock with the hands pointing at 5 minutes till 5. Instead of round siloes, this one was built with elliptical shaped siloes. First saw it back in the 70's one day out riding my motorcycle. lt's still visible but the name Cone has faded quite a bit due to sunlight and sandstorms. 7 Quote
TroyDairy Posted May 24 Posted May 24 20 hours ago, twostepn2001 said: Had some computer problems the past week or so and still trying to sort things out. The new one has Win 11 and so far l'm not really enthused over it. But anyway...... While transferring some files around, l found a couple of pics of a "Giant" clock. Actually it's a grain elevator right off l-27 between Plainview and Canyon, Texas. The Cone family owned quite a few elevators on the high plains of Texas. When you look at the elevator at a side angle, it looks like a clock with the hands pointing at 5 minutes till 5. Instead of round siloes, this one was built with elliptical shaped siloes. First saw it back in the 70's one day out riding my motorcycle. lt's still visible but the name Cone has faded quite a bit due to sunlight and sandstorms. They still used? Wonder what happened to the family Quote
twostepn2001 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 2 hours ago, TroyDairy said: They still used? Wonder what happened to the family Not sure, but l don't think they are in use anymore. And the elevators were sold to a ag corporation quite a few years ago. A lot of people are concerned that the "clock" will eventually disappear because of neglect and a few have even offered to pay for a re-paint but nothing has gotten done because of the legalities involved. 1 1 Quote
twostepn2001 Posted May 25 Posted May 25 Found this pic on FB. Said it was built for NASA by IH to haul slag away from the launch pads after rocket launches. l never though about any kind of slag being made during launches but then again l've read that the flames off the Saturn V reached over 2500° so l guess it was possible. Caption said the small wheel is off a IH Scout for comparison. Who said Farmall wasn't part of the space race?? 5 Quote
twostepn2001 Posted May 28 Posted May 28 Still trying to recover from my computer woes and found this old file. A early 1990's anti-litter ad sponsored by the State Of Texas. First part shows the actual ad then some clips of the filming of the B-17. And a pic of how low they actually flew it. Notice the P-47 in the background. There was also a P-51 and a Navy Hellcat flying in formation but they aren't in the pic posted. EDIT: This pic does show the P-51. My mistake. lf l remember right this was filmed near McCamey, Texas. 3 Quote
jeeper61 Posted May 30 Author Posted May 30 Interesting setup surprised there weren't more military trucks with this https://www.facebook.com/reel/1659109225238388 2 Quote
twostepn2001 Posted May 30 Posted May 30 7 minutes ago, jeeper61 said: surprised there weren't more military trucks with this Looks like to me it would've worked good also on Cat engines, like dozers and scrapers. Years ago when l drove for Pride Pipeline, they gave me a IH 4200 Transtar with a Cummins 400 big cam with a Air starter. l could wake up the neighborhood when l hit the start button at 4:30am!! lol 1 1 Quote
jeeper61 Posted May 30 Author Posted May 30 Unrestored 1928 Packard 443 Custom Eight with original travel trailer in tow. 6 Quote
jeeper61 Posted June 1 Author Posted June 1 Happy #NationalUtahDay ! And what better way to celebrate than with one of the greatest trucking stories to ever come out of the Beehive State. A farm kid from Plain City, Utah bought a Model T in 1920 because he tried farming after a 30-month LDS mission down South and just couldn't hack it. That one truck evolved into C.R. England one of the largest refrigerated carriers in American history. Chester Rodney England started hauling milk for Weber Dairy before sunrise, then spent his afternoons moving produce for farmers across Weber County and Cache Valley. His boys, Gene and Bill, grew up in that cab. Summers were weeklong runs to Wyoming. By the time they were old enough to hold a license, they were already driving the family's one and two-ton Fords, Chevys and Internationals. Both sons went off to World War II. Gene earned a Bronze Star at Okinawa. Neither of them smoked, so they spent the war years selling their cigarette rations and saving every dollar. Two weeks after coming home, they bought a used 1940 Kenworth with a Cummins diesel. Their first refrigerated trailer had a brand-new mechanical reefer unit that broke down constantly. Chester kept a fan and two feet of ice at the front of the trailer and just made it work. By the late 1950s, C.R. England was running 72-hour coast-to-coast service on two-lane roads before a single interstate existed. The first driver to complete the California-to-Philadelphia run was a man named Robert Gould, who later became their first East Coast terminal manager. Gene drove big rigs until he was 90 years old. His kids finally had to tell him to stop. Today the company runs over 4,000 Freightliner Cascadias and 5,300 refrigerated trailers. Four generations deep, still family owned, still based in Utah. Who remembers seeing those C.R. England reefers rolling? Drop a comment below! 5 Quote
jeeper61 Posted June 1 Author Posted June 1 Jeep FC Lafian Power Hoe created by John Lafian around 1956-1957 built on the FC-170 1 Quote
yellowrosefarm Posted June 1 Posted June 1 1 hour ago, jeeper61 said: Jeep FC Lafian Power Hoe created by John Lafian around 1956-1957 built on the FC-170 He must not have had the money to buy a UniMog. Quote
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