The Blue Smoke Thread

[jeeper61]

A 13 HP Reeves breaking sod

 

Photo Courtesy of Iron Age 

[jeeper61]

110 HP Case

Photo Courtesy of Iron Age 

[twostepn2001]

1939 pic of a Harlingen, Texas tractor dealer and shop. A F-20 (or 30?) with a cultivator, a Case L (?) and a Cat orchard D3 (?). The sign with the hand holding a plow share looks like it says M-H". Massey-Harris or something else? They did sell Goodyear farm tires and Pennzoil motor oil....lol Anybody take a guess as to what kind of car or truck that fender belongs to?

 

 

[jeeper61]

On 7/23/2026 at 11:20 AM, twostepn2001 said:

Anybody take a guess as to what kind of car or truck that fender belongs to?

Not a clue must be pre war 

[jeeper61]

30-60 OilPull with extension rims

Steve Markco's Grandparents on their Hart Parr tractor, also with extension rims.

Photo about 1910.

Looks like it is set up for night work with the big carbide lamp on the front 

Photos courtesy of Iron Age 

[jeeper61]

I see a trend in these old photos, gather the whole family for the photo.

A Garr Scott side mounted, single cylinder engine threshing.

The coal wagon sits  by to keep her going 

 

Photos courtesy of Iron Age 

[TroyDairy]

Taking a pic was a endeavor then.  Why we have so few really.

[jeeper61]

Old Power Wagon with aircraft tires in the Saudi Arabia oil patch 

[jeeper61]

Flathead County Montana Snowplow Truck c.1918

[Howard_P]

Looks similar to an early teens GMC Truck.

[jeeper61]

1919 Atlas 4-wheel drive tractor

 

[jeeper61]

1952 Ford F2 Marmon-Herrington conversion.

Recently sold and possibly going to a museum.

Photo courtesy of Vintage AllWheelDrive Pre 1980

[jeeper61]

Always liked the look of the 4200-4300s 

[TroyDairy]

Shoot I forgot to take any pics of the local Antique Farming show.  Guys do a amazing job putting it on.  Seemed a little light on entries.  MF was feature and there aint many local.  But...I should join the club.  They keep shrinking not by choise but b/c nature and time.....

[jeeper61]

The large growers have flat ground which allows Blueberries to harvested mechanically, but there is still a lot old ground with steep hilly slopes that requires hand harvesting.

I hope Mr. Hubbard has a successor.

Not a lot of folks have the older generations work ethic to run a business.

I see a lot of family businesses  that never make it to the 3rd generation    

 

https://downeast.com/maine-made/ike-hubbard-maine-blueberry-rake-maker/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTdbl5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFrb2lIVVVvR21YMTg4dHcwc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuwdrLMZVHVUKqhvBpiWRAYohdtuZb5I6Iy2zAXKTNGWvo8kbOqhSwLdgMQY_aem_M5Me8bx8mGJMqYabF3p6tQ

[jeeper61]

Another old beauty

Surely isn't as cheep as I am.

I'd take one in it's work clothes 

 

[jeeper61]

Old Rumley Truck running again 

I would post a photo but that is still not working 

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1065325739186010

[twostepn2001]

2 hours ago, jeeper61 said:

I would post a photo but that is still not working 

Sure will be glad when they get that problem fixed. 

[Gabriella Cook]

back up top ya go

[twostepn2001]

Since we can't post pics right now, thought l'd try and bring a little bit of Rodney Crowell and "JC" music here.

 

[jeeper61]

I came a across a factory Super HTA but since we can't post photos it remans a what if.

🤣

[jeeper61]

Since I couldn't get the scoop on the Super HTA

Here a piece about Ford tractor production in the US.

I have a 69 Ford 4400 which was built at Highland Park Plant and a 97 Ford New-Holland 3930, UK built, which was one of the last years of the Ford thousand series linage, every thing after was CIH designed.      

The former Ford tractor plant in Romeo, Michigan, opened in 1973 on 32 Mile Road. It built Ford agricultural and industrial tractors until 1988, when production moved overseas. Ford later converted the 2.2-million-square-foot facility into the Romeo Engine Plant, which closed in December 2022 and remains vacant.History and Timeline1973: The facility opens as a full-scale tractor and equipment manufacturing plant.1988: Tractor production ends and operations shift to Europe after Ford sells its tractor line.1990: The site reopens as the Romeo Engine Plant, building famous modular V8 engines (like the 4.6L and 5.4L) for Mustangs, F-Series trucks, and Shelby GT500s.2022: Engine production permanently halts, ending nearly five decades of manufacturing operations at the site.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2207198426680495

[jeeper61]

Ford Highland Park Plant was the 1st assembly line type production

Vise Grip tours what is left 

 

 

[twostepn2001]

Got a couple of stories of when l hauled crude oil off of some of the ranches in the area. Here's one about if you got caught speeding on the lease roads on the 6666's.

Back in the '90's, l drove a truck for Pride Pipeline hauling crude oil and a lot of the leases we hauled were on the 6666's along with the Pitchfork, Masterson and Foster ranches near Guthrie, Texas.

The lease roads were maintained by the oil company and usually in good shape. Part of the reasons for that was that the cowboys used those roads to check on cattle and horses. There was some smaller signs that said "Speed Limit: 25mph Enforced by radar". And indeed it was. Several times l would hear a strange noise over my truck and look up and sure enough there was a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter with the 6666's brand painted on it and there would be someone holding a radar unit checking my speed.

But l think what got most people's attention was a huge sign not too far from the main gate. lt said:

25mph speed limit.

You hit a calf: $500 fine

You hit a cow: $2000 fine

You hit a bull: $10000 fine

You hit a horse: Give your soul to Jesus because your a** is ours

[jeeper61]

@Ihfan4life

Young lady pulls it out of the track at the VT state fair 

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