IH Tractors on Montana Farm

[Sledgehammer]

What was Anson's term? "Kid Commando" 

[Tubacase47]

No, "Delta Dirt."

[MacAR]

I think kid commando was Ansons name for Mike... can't remember now. 

[Sledgehammer]

"Kid Colonel" maybe.
 

Sorry @Tubacase47, I should have been more specific, Anson's term for Mike.

[new guy]

This thread needs to be pinned at the top for everyone to see. It's like the encyclopedia of old equipment.

[Owen Aaland]

OBG referred to him as Farmall Kid

 

[twostepn2001]

Found this pic online. says it is a 1952 Corbitt. Don't think l've ever even heard of a Corbitt....??

[Howard_P]

Manufacturer of heavy trucks and machinery in Henderson, NC from 1899 to 1954, even built a few farm tractors.  https://corbitttrucks.com/

[iowaboy1965]

I vote to continue this topic on as well. I understand what Matt is saying and think I even vaugly recall that incident. Now that Gary is gone tho, I have a feeling he would not mind our Montana residents hosting the topic now n then? Perhaps Gary's son will comment, perhaps not. One thing is for sure. I'm Gonna miss reading Gary's input and stories. Like Matt and others I've read the whole thing from beginning to end. Lots of good stuff in there. Gary does remind me a lot of many of his generation that I've had the privilege of knowing. 

[mader656]

And here is a ih tractor on one of the oldest ranches in columbus montana multiple owners since but is part of history since the homestead days.

[jeeper61]

I am reluctant to continue on for the reasons Matt states.

I like posting photos I find interesting but with out Gary it would eventually overshadow his reasons for having  the thread which I believe was sharing his family's farming life and machinery experiences with all of us and the other contributors sharing theirs with him 

[ray54]

Unless Gary's son has an opinion, I don't care. But since some fell it is not right to continue without Gary, we could start a new thread. Not that I add a lot, but we that have been adding can just post the same try stuff, and see if it sticks around at all. 

[jeeper61]

That's a good idea we should have a thread about Life last century

Pretty much the same things we did with Gary

Maybe link it from his thread and carry on in his memory 

[MacAR]

Not a bad idea... so who's up for starting it?

[jeeper61]

8 hours ago, MacAR said:

Not a bad idea... so who's up for starting it?

I will set something up tonight 

[iowaboy1965]

11 hours ago, jeeper61 said:

That's a good idea we should have a thread about Life last century

Pretty much the same things we did with Gary

Maybe link it from his thread and carry on in his memory 

I was thinking this too, if some feel it's not appropriate to continue thison as is, start a new one and link it to this? 

How about the B.lue S.moke thread? Anson and Gary seemd to like that term? Or Pokey dot versus striped hat thread? I don't know there are probably a lot of titles that would fit. Sub title it in honor of Old Binder Guy and possibly Delta Dirt too?

[bitty]

On 4/28/2025 at 12:24 PM, mader656 said:

Keep it going. My two cents. All things accordion, steam and ih tractors on a montana farm. @MT Matt and i will just have to remember to take pictures for that part.

I also would like to keep it going as he has it. A wealth of yesterday's knowledge 

[jeeper61]

58 minutes ago, iowaboy1965 said:

How about the B.lue S.moke thread?

That is a good idea 

Below is a link to a new thread so we can carry on with the Blue Smoke 

RIP Gary your expertise is missed by all of us 

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

40 minutes ago, jeeper61 said:

That is a good idea 

Below is a link to a new thread so we can carry on with the Blue Smoke 

RIP Gary your expertise is missed by all of us 

 

I feel it needs a title more closely related to the original topic. Your post could easily be a thread for Dodge owners.

Mike

[jeeper61]

4 minutes ago, Absent Minded Farmer said:

I feel it needs a title more closely related to the original topic. Your post could easily be a thread for Dodge owners.

Mike

Feel free to add that to the new thread 

[Roger Byrne]

With Gary's passing, an important piece of my life is gone.  Our regular conversions over the many years, were an important part of both of our lives.  We were steam friends, old iron friends, mechanical history friends and most important, close personal friends.  We agreed on many things, disagreed on others but I think those differences just made our friendship stronger.  Of course some of those differences like the great engineers hat debate, of course egged on by my late friend Anson (Delta Dirt), were mainly for you guy's entertainment.  As to the great watermelon heist, well I'm the only one left that knows the truth . . . and I'm not talking.

 I always tried to help answer questions on this forum when I had the information Gary couldn't provide.  We both tried to answer your questions on 100+ year old technologies and we both felt that was an important contribution to the preservation of mechanical history.  I've spent 60+ years restoring, teaching and preserving turn of the century technologies and will continue to do so.  I studied and leaned from the men that experienced it first hand and have always felt an obligation to past their knowledge on to others.  We both recognized that most of you are more interested in machinery made in the last 80 years and that is understandable as that is the history you grew up with.  As for continuing Gary's blog, it appears from your posts, maybe it is time to start a new chapter.  I think it would be great if all the information collected over these many years, could still be accessed by people looking for the information it contains.

 

Note:  I will continue to log in to Red Power from time to time.  As in the past, I will continue to answer any of your messages/questions you send directly to me through Red Power and reply to you by E-mail.  My direct E-mail contact information is shown in my Red Power profile.

[MacAR]

Well said, Roger! 

[TroyDairy]

I personally dont understand stopping.  How is that honoring or what Gary would want (imho)

I pop in here weekly a few times to read and learn something.  Please, keep posting here, esp if its not pinned to top.  Frankly this could be saved and made a coffee table book of sorts and id sit and flip pages all evening! 

Gary would perhaps like this old chev dunp truck of my dads neighbor.

[Fred B]

I was sad to learn of Gary's passing.  I enjoyed his posts, photos, knowledge and accordion playing.  My condolences to family and friends.  Rest in Peace, Gary.  

Fred B

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

On 5/11/2025 at 11:37 PM, TroyDairy said:

I personally dont understand stopping.  How is that honoring or what Gary would want (imho)

I pop in here weekly a few times to read and learn something.  Please, keep posting here, esp if its not pinned to top.  Frankly this could be saved and made a coffee table book of sorts and id sit and flip pages all evening! 

Gary would perhaps like this old chev dunp truck of my dads neighbor.

X2

I have heard many say over the years that this thread should be pinned. I’ve never seen any evidence that it’s going to happen. If no one posts and the thread archives, it will never be at the top again and will be lost to time. There have been many, many great contributors that are gone. Unless you were here when they were active, you don’t know who they are because none of their contributions are pinned either. I haven’t contributed enough in this thread to be entitled to to an opinion, but  for the thread to stay relevant, I think it has to keep going or it will only be found in a google search. If a moderator comes on here and says it will be pinned, then that’s different. But, until then I say post.