Re: Oldsmobile

Posted by psimmer on December 12, 2019 at 05:24:29 from (47.35.104.64):

In Reply to: Oldsmobile posted by Ultradog MN on December 12, 2019 at 04:42:42:

Brings back a great memory for me. When I was young, my Dad farmed with "OD", actually his name was Oliver, but everyone called him "OD". He had a 1965 Olds F-85 white 4 door. Almost positive it had a 330 in it. I was young teen at the time. My Dad worked outside our small farm, so summers I would spend with OD. We were going to go to the elevator to get a fertilizer spreader, and normally would have taken his Massey Harris 33. But it was starting to rain a bit. He said we could take the car instead. In my mind, there was no way that car would pull that thing. He assured me it would. Of course I was thinking tongue weight, but he being wiser knew it was a tandem axle spreader and tongue weight wouldn't be bad. So off we went. I then was concerned with being able to actually pull the thing. We went and hooked up to it and took off. At the first stop sign near the elevator I was still convinced it wouldn't work. He looked both ways at the stop sign, middle of a small town, looked at me with a sh** eating grin like he always had and punched it! That spreader held that Olds in place like an anchor, but it lit up the rear tire like crazy! So much tire smoke but not moving hardly at all. He was laughing like crazy, and I learned about tandem axle trailers and the fact that the tongue might not be that heavy. That guy was probably in his 60's at the time and was so much fun to be around. It wasn't the first time he did something like that. We were trying to tow start a International 450 Diesel one time by towing it with his 1966 Chevy half ton 283. My Dad was on the 450. OD would hold that Chevy on the floor melting a tire. Dad would push in the clutch occasionally to clear the tire smoke so he could see. I sure miss that guy.

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