When I was little, our biggest loader for the "home" lime stockpile was Fordson Major Diesel with manual steering. The lime loaders were always working at every bit of weight they would lift, and the Major was an absolute bear to steer- everybody loved the power, but still hated loading with it, too much of a workout. The 8N with a Wagner and a big-bore kit that lived at one of the satelite stockpiles, and plowed snow in the winter, had a front axle with a pretty good bow in it from loading that lime, IIRC we figured 900 lbs/bucket- and it would give you a fight to steer also. Had a few TO20's and 30's that were the same way, and a 340 Utility with power steering and a fast reverser- everybody loved that one. Later on when we got all the deuce-and-a-half spreaders that hauled more than the old REO bobtails, we got a Michigan 75A for the home pile- the guys thought they were really downtown with that critter
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Today's Featured Article - A Cautionary Tale - by Ian Minshull. In the early 1950s my father bought an Allis Chalmers B and I used it for all the row crop work with the mangolds and potatoes, rolling and the haymaking on our farm. The farm and the Allis were sold and I have spent a lifetime working on farms throughout the country. I promised myself that one day I would own an Allis. That time event
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