Cliff had passed away 7 years ago at 102 years of age. my grandpa had helped him for several years, he is still alive at 91.
hollandale, mn plowing pic
hollandale, mn plowing pic
i know this is not jd but this pic was taken from caterpillar photo archives. the fellow operating the cat is my grandfather's uncle Cliff, he had helped drain the lake and swamps to farm the peat to grow veggies they had several of the these to pump, cut drainage ditches and farm work.
Cliff had passed away 7 years ago at 102 years of age. my grandpa had helped him for several years, he is still alive at 91.
Cliff had passed away 7 years ago at 102 years of age. my grandpa had helped him for several years, he is still alive at 91.
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Stan Disbrow
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Hi,
He didn't build any castles in one of those swamps, did he?
Sorry, oddball Monty Python reference. Don't worry if you don't get it.
That's a great photo, esp so since it's family!
We'll ignore that it's a Cat in the shot. Heck, it has tracks, and that makes it cool in my book, anyway!
Stan
He didn't build any castles in one of those swamps, did he?
Sorry, oddball Monty Python reference. Don't worry if you don't get it.
That's a great photo, esp so since it's family!
We'll ignore that it's a Cat in the shot. Heck, it has tracks, and that makes it cool in my book, anyway!
Stan
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Stan Disbrow
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Hi,
I remember an old Cat Sixty that sat in a shed at the edge of a farm on top of a sizable hill back where I grew up. The county highway dept. owned it and it had a Vee plow on it. The road was cut thru a pass with cornfields on both sides, so the snow would drift into the cut and block the road.
The county paid the farmer to use the old Cat to push open the pass each time it snowed enough that they couldn't use their trucks to open it up. They used that poor old thing up until the late 1980's when the farmer's son finally passed on and there was no one left living on that farm to use the thing. So, the county scrapped (!) it and used a large truck-mounted snowblower to open that praticular road up.
It was sad to see the old Cat go, though. It was unique and a real landmark in that area.
BTW, I learned the trick of having wood under the tracks of a crawler when parked from this thing. The county had railroad ties in the shed for the thing to sit on so it wouldn't stick to the ground when the snow melted off the tracks.
I remember an old Cat Sixty that sat in a shed at the edge of a farm on top of a sizable hill back where I grew up. The county highway dept. owned it and it had a Vee plow on it. The road was cut thru a pass with cornfields on both sides, so the snow would drift into the cut and block the road.
The county paid the farmer to use the old Cat to push open the pass each time it snowed enough that they couldn't use their trucks to open it up. They used that poor old thing up until the late 1980's when the farmer's son finally passed on and there was no one left living on that farm to use the thing. So, the county scrapped (!) it and used a large truck-mounted snowblower to open that praticular road up.
It was sad to see the old Cat go, though. It was unique and a real landmark in that area.
BTW, I learned the trick of having wood under the tracks of a crawler when parked from this thing. The county had railroad ties in the shed for the thing to sit on so it wouldn't stick to the ground when the snow melted off the tracks.
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Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 1974 4320, 2005 x495, 2008 5045D, 2025 3025E
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 1974 4320, 2005 x495, 2008 5045D, 2025 3025E
That is a really cool picture.
As to Stan's comment, it actually worried me more that I did get it. As I recall the the legend
"I built a castle and it sank into the swamp."
"I built a second castle and it too sank into the swamp."
"I built a third castle and it burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp."
"Then I built a fourth castle and it stayed up! And that's what you are inheriting son; the strongest castle in these isles."
Oh the tragedy of a wasted youth.
As to Stan's comment, it actually worried me more that I did get it. As I recall the the legend
"I built a castle and it sank into the swamp."
"I built a second castle and it too sank into the swamp."
"I built a third castle and it burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp."
"Then I built a fourth castle and it stayed up! And that's what you are inheriting son; the strongest castle in these isles."
Oh the tragedy of a wasted youth.
Bill Wattson
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