not a tractor,,but

larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2019

Two Items I saw in my travels yesterday,,pulled over and took some pictures for you

it looks like the bottom dumped ,do you know what it was used for? I dont

And here is an old road grader

I dont know where they came from,,they are not far up the highway from us,,but havent been there long,just brought there recently,so i took some pictures for the site

kcm.MN · Oct 16, 2019

Wow, both of those are really cool! Have never seen a......dump trailer(?) that had reinforced reliefs for the front wheels.

Thank you Larry.

warbaby · Oct 16, 2019

old construction equipment. The dump bottom wagon is the ancestor of todays dump truck.

Mike M · Oct 16, 2019

A fifth wheel bottom dump trailer. And here I thought this was a recent invention. Everything old is new again.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2019

Thank you for all the pictures you send,I Look at them all everyday

SweetFeet · Oct 16, 2019

Larry,

Great pics. Both are waayyyy cool!

I especially love the wagon because I have never seen a wagon like that. I too, figured that belly-dumpers were a newer invention. WAY COOL!

caterpillar guy · Oct 16, 2019

They just got them there to do the road work. We used to have a grader very similar to that one.

miangus · Oct 16, 2019

My grandfather talked about hauling gravel during
construction of what is now Lansing Road in Michigan during
the depression era. He said they dumped the gravel by
turning the bottom boards on edge. Earned big
money,$10.00/day, for him and his team.

Richard G. · Oct 16, 2019

I agree.
Richard

sms · Oct 16, 2019

I remember growing up, the neighbor still
had a team of horses and a bottom dump
wagon. I know where the wagon is. In the
woods rotted away, you could probably
find the metal parts

pcsaw · Oct 16, 2019

There is a dump floor wagon in the train museum in
Lancaster county pa but I don?t think it is built like
that one

old · Oct 16, 2019

I had a grader like that one years ago but it always took 2 people to use in. One on the tractor and one on the grader. My dad and I graded the driveway many times with it

Leroy · Oct 16, 2019

I had one that you removed the boards to empty untill I had to move last spring. Hauled many a load with it. You could not dump while moving to spread the gravel like I believe that bottom dump could do. That bottom dump would have cost more than a farmer could afford tho and the removeable floor unit if the farmer has any timber on the farm that would make a saw log and a sawmill where he could haul the saw logs to could have one made for his use and to size he needed. The one I had was either my grandfathers or one his dad had that died in 1906 and grandpa died in 1978. The one I had was getting rotten as it was pulled out of a building for repairs to building that the person doing them quit in middle of job and was outside for a while before I could get it back in. Only needed a couple of dozen nails to build one of the loose boards ones. I have seen the bottom dump ones years ago. If you made a living hauling gravel then you could have afforded the bottom dump unit. The farmer paid his taxes by hauling gravel to repair the county roads with his loose board bed.

FBH44 · Oct 16, 2019

Venerable one-of-a-kind wagon, should NOT be towed out to rot away in the weather.

Ultradog MN · Oct 16, 2019

I've both pulled and rode one of those
graders. The township owned it and we
used it quite a bit on our driveway.
Anyone could use it, still can probably.
Just call around to the neighbors to see
who used it last and go get it.

not a tractor,,but

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