Posted by JD Seller on July 03, 2016 at 19:13:42 from (208.126.198.123):
My wife always tells me I like to "play" with the tractors too much. I asked her what is "TOO" much???? LOL She teased me all afternoon for having TWO tractors to clean out one basement. I still had to carry every thing up the basement steps. All my help bailed on me today. LOL
I have owned this house for 20 years. Up until two years ago it was a rental for 10 years and then my second oldest son lived here. When I move in we were straightening things out up stairs to what we wanted. Well the basement was stuffed full of JUNK!!! It is a rock laid basement so it is damp. So most of the stuff down there was not in good shape. I always just considered the basement on this house as access to the utilities only. Maybe store stuff from freezing in the winter but nothing of any value down there.
There was the sand and Portland cement left from when we plastered the walls 10 years ago. The Portland cement was rock hard and the sand bags fell apart. Those Portland bags where the old 95 lbs. or 42 kilos ones. I am glad there was only five of them. The sand I just carried out with a scoop shovel. All together I had two full barge boxes full of "stuff" to take to the burn pile/dump.
Now for the equipment: The JD 4020 gas was already here so it would run well enough to load the barge box with the heavier stuff. Then I had my little JD 5210 on the barge box. That little tractor is the handiest tractor for its size I have ever owned. Easy on and easy off an nimble as all heck too.
Now for the old equipment fellows. The barge box in the picture is one of two that my Grand father bought new when I was in the second grade. The fall of 1957. I think he gave $1000 for the pair. I do not know if he traded anything or not. Those two barge boxes with hydraulic hoists where making it "BIG TIME" then. LOL Up until then we had flat bed wagons with short side boards and you shoveled the loads off. I can remember thinking how BIG these were when riding in them while they picked corn with my Uncle's Ford 900 with a mounted picker. They hold about 100 bushels of ear corn and maybe 130 of shelled corn. Really BIG time. LOL
Some additional things. Nether wagon has ever been wet, not even a dew. My Grand Dad was afraid the wood would buckle if they got wet. So as long as he lived those wagons were under cover every single night. If they set out he tarped them, loaded or empty. The one in the picture trails better so it gets used more. They are all original other than the tires. The paint is pretty good for the use they have seen.
Think about how these were the state of the art when they were new in 1957. Now 1000 bushel wagons are not uncommon around here. Time sure changes things.
PS. I did not get to work on the JD 4020 gas any today. It was running somewhat better but still had a little miss but it would take throttle.
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