Road trip, 1000 miles for a corn picker!

Posted by Jon with an M on February 20, 2003 at 15:24:57 from (205.188.209.78):

Feb 6, 2003. My brother Chris and I took off from Maryland in his Ford F350 pulling his 3-axle trailer. Destination Iowa, southwest Iowa, to buy a 1961 International Harvester 2-MH Corn Picker. 1131 miles from home according to Map Quest. I am sure we could have found one closer but the road trip is half the fun. We left after work Thursday and drove for 6 hours, spent the night at the Shenandoah Truck Stop in Ohio. Woke up at 7am to a couple of inches of snow but driving conditions were fine. Made it to Coin Iowa the next evening around 9pm. Saturday morning we met Bob, the owner, and looked over the corn picker. Our first reaction was to cut and run. There was nothing wrong with the picker; it is probably in better condition than most of its type. It just looked like too much to get off the tractor and on the truck. Well Bob fired up the M, his grand father had bought it new, pulled it around to the yard, engaged the PTO, eased out the clutch and with a little nudging it started spinning. My first thought was “Man, this thing really works”, it spit out one last petrified ear of corn and we were sold. 8 hours later, after taking 1 coffee break and having some of Bob’s mother’s delicious cookies we were pulling out of the yard all smiles corn picker in tow. As we crossed the Mississippi River “Mississippi Queen” was on the radio. We retraced our route back to Maryland with not one problem. Unhooked the trailer, threw a tarp over it and next morning headed for Las Vegas. We got home from Vegas just in time a snow storm dumped about 2 feet of snow on us. I have been doing snow removal for 3 days.
Personal note, I would rather drive back and forth across the country retrieving old farm equipment than spend time in Las Vegas. I am glad I went, did not loose too much but everything there is fake, made up and just gaudy. I prefer things simple and real.

Ya gotta enjoy it!
Jon

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• Re: Road trip, 1000 miles for a corn picker! Tim Malin 15:27:30 02/24/03 (0)
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