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Brian G. NY
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Great pictures!! Thanks for posting them.
I learned to drive on my wife's grandfather's '42 Ford 2 ton with the non synchro 4 speed back in the mid fifties.
Great memories.
I learned to drive on my wife's grandfather's '42 Ford 2 ton with the non synchro 4 speed back in the mid fifties.
Great memories.
Commercial Farmer
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Hauled a lot of high moisture corn with these two. 68 Chevy 80 and a 64 Dodge C900.
Brian G. NY
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Yep, one of my other neighbors had a '46 Chevy 2 ton that I got to drive once in a while. It must have been geared real low 'cause you could just pop the clutch in granny gear without hardly giving it any gas and it would just take right off.
It was probably about "wore-out" but it was the smoothest clutch in any vehicle I ever drove.
Janicholson
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My uncle had a GMC 2 ton cab over. it was OK on the road, but in the field, the throttle linkage would get it to galloping (especially in corn/bean stubble rows) to the point that it would try to self destruct (even off of the throttle). Pushing in the clutch was all that could be done. The shifter felt like a drumstick in a bucket of pea soup. But it did haul grain. Jim
Mike(NEOhio)
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Used FIL's 67 F-350 stake a lot, 300 six. What ever became of those old style yellow fog lights? I love 'em but just don't see them any more. Here's another I saw at a car show near Akron.
Great looking trucks, all of them.
Gotta figure out how to post pictures!!
I've got a 53 Chev 2 ton cabover.
Still a good runner. I use it every year at our
threshing bee under the threshing machine. Everyone
comments how appropriate it looks catching the grain.
After the show, I take it 15 miles to the local grain terminal.
I just line up with all the semi's and wait in line.
Again, lots of interest.
Gotta figure out how to post pictures!!
I've got a 53 Chev 2 ton cabover.
Still a good runner. I use it every year at our
threshing bee under the threshing machine. Everyone
comments how appropriate it looks catching the grain.
After the show, I take it 15 miles to the local grain terminal.
I just line up with all the semi's and wait in line.
Again, lots of interest.
notjustair
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This year the elevator filled up quick so I got out the straight trucks after the semis were full. The ?74 Ford F600 is first - 21k miles and second owner, then the ?54 Chevy 6400 my uncle farmed with, then the ?58 GMC 370 I have had for years. My ?35 Chevy 1 1/2 ton grain truck and the ?56 Chevy 4400 grain truck are missing from the lineup - the ?56 is a flatbed and the ?35 has no hoist. Too bad they don?t run slings anymore at the elevator cause she will hold a whopping 110 bushel!
I love having these old straight trucks around - they are bulletproof and will always fire up.
I love having these old straight trucks around - they are bulletproof and will always fire up.
JerryCPP(WA)
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The '57 5700 LCF Chev is a very good work truck; 17 1/2 foot roll back bed makes it easy to load tractors, Bobcat, excavator, or whatever you wish to haul. 327 engine, original 4-speed and 2-speed, and a Gear Vendors overdrive make it a pleasure to drive. The '40 Ford has a 100" wheelbase, and will place the load pretty much any place you want it.
Dune Country
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Ive had this one for forty years,I frame off restored it in 2009 . Did everything myself but mount tires and grind the valves.
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Looks like I'm going to have to sell it
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Looks like I'm going to have to sell it
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