Need to haul firewood but can't

Richard G. · Nov 17, 2013

My truck has been commandeered by animals and I can't haul up firewood. Guess I will have to go back to the tractor and trailer to go to the woods.
Richard in NW SC

Royse · Nov 17, 2013

That's a bummer Richard!
I can store that truck for you here, animal free.
I would even make sure it got driven once in a while.
Wouldn't charge you either! LOL Nice looking truck!

Richard G. · Nov 17, 2013

Thanks Royse. Maybe tomorrow I can sneak it out of the shop for a while like I did last year.
Richard

Bill(Wis) · Nov 17, 2013

That's a nice looking truck. All of the modern conveniences, too. Fresh air ventilation, excellent visibility in all directions, steering wheel right up there where it should be, leather seats, planetary gears, nice tall wheels, spare tire, horn, lights. It's no wonder they like it.

Paul from MI · Nov 17, 2013

Tractor and trailer is a lot handier than a truck anyway. If Royse is running short of storage room I'll help out too.

Richard G. · Nov 17, 2013

Planetary gears, huh? I see you know your Model T's.
Richard

Richard G. · Nov 17, 2013

I said the magic words. "Supper time". They jumped out of the truck and ran through the rain to the house and are waiting 'patiently'.
Richard

Anonymous-0 · Nov 17, 2013

Where did the expression Work like a dog come from?

farmerwithmutt · Nov 17, 2013

seen a guy hop in the ole grain truck after it been sitting a year told him wouldnt start.Big smile on his face as it fired up and headed for the door then a flash across the dash turned out wild cat was in cab with him i dont know who was more happy when that cat found the window but i would liked to have had a camera

Rick Kr · Nov 17, 2013

Richard,
Your floor in the house looks like heart pine, guessing 1890-1930 build? Am I close?

BTW, love the model T.

Rick

UncleTom · Nov 18, 2013

The coolest thing about that truck is that it still gets worked. Awsome.

Dick2 · Nov 18, 2013

We had a German Shepherd that was that way about our 1935 Dodge truck whenever it left the yard and went to the field. He would stay in that truck all night and guard it, but when we brought it back to the farmyard he wouldn't go near it.

Richard G. · Nov 18, 2013

Rick, We built this house in 78 and sawed 90% of the lumber on our old sawmill from trees on our place.
Our youngest son and his fiance just bought a home near here that was built before the Civil War. Can't wait to get a good look at the lumber and construction methods.
Richard in NW SC

Bill(Wis) · Nov 18, 2013

My grandmother had a Morgan horse and either a buggy for summer use or a cutter for winter that she just loved. It gave her a sense of independence, I guess. Then, one day my grandfather sold the Morgan and used the money to buy some farm machinery. My grandmother was so mad about that that my grandfather went into town and bought a brand new 1914 Model T and taught her how to drive it. That made her happy again. Finally, after going through several Ts, my grandfather bought a Model A and tried to teach her how to drive it. She said the shifting was too complicated for her to learn and he could do all the driving from then on. Most of us would have thought just the opposite would be the case.

RBnSC · Nov 18, 2013

Richard,
I bet they would scooch over if you promised to let them ride. Cool truck!
Ron

Richard G. · Nov 18, 2013

Bill, a Model A pickup would be nice to have, but I love driving the T much better. I don' have to worry so much about someone stealing it either with the pedals and hand levers.
When FDR was president, he had a Model T set up with all hand levers because of his polio. He would drive out in the country and turn off into rough fields and the T would keep going. His security agents in their big cars couldn't follow him without getting stuck.
Richard

Richard G. · Nov 18, 2013

Ron, I think they are scheming on which one is going to steer and run the hand levers and which one is going to operate the 3 foot pedals.
Richard

Bill(Wis) · Nov 18, 2013

Those were certainly interesting days to live in. I remember the day FDR died. I went home from school and the hired man was just pulling out of the barnyard with a big load of manure pulled by Sam and Daisy so I hopped up on the bench seat and sat beside him. After a while I said: "President Roosevelt died today". He said: "Yup". Then, after a pause, he added: "Guess they'll put Eleanor in now".(;>))

Rick Kr · Nov 18, 2013

Interesting, that floor looks a lot like heart pine. It was quite popular here in Michigan during that time frame. Things seemed to switch to oak after that.

I guess technically heart pine as we call it is really just a name, referring to the heart of the tree. Never known any specific species heart pine was made from. Probably in Michigan most of it would be white pine.

I am searching around trying to find a few pics of some.

Rick

RBnSC · Nov 18, 2013

I remember the three pedals from one I use to play in when I was a kid. My Grandfather explained how they worked but don't remember how they worked.
Ron

Richard G. · Nov 18, 2013

Push left one in for low gear. Let it out for high gear. Hold in halfway and push the middle one for reverse. Right one is the brake.
Pull the hand brake lever back puts on hand brakes and puts it in neutral.
Nothing to it.
Richard

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