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Fleet of Farmalls!
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:54 am
by Joe in Grassy Creek
One of the guys on the Moto Guzzi board that I visit lives in Rochester, NY and posted these pictures of the towns fleet of snow plows. They arn't Cubs. I don't know my Farmalls well enough to identify them, but I know a lot of you guys can. I thought you guys would enjoy the pictures.
http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?PH ... ic=14970.0
Plow fleet
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:06 am
by Joe Malinowski
That looks like a whole fleet of M's one picture you can see a decal. That is pretty neat. It has got to be a very cold job very very cold.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:55 am
by 2cubs2cases
I vote for new paint jobs. Great picture.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:58 am
by Buzzard Wing
They do get snow in Rochester... pretty 'cool' rigs.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:29 am
by Jeff Silvey
Now thats some hefty blades WOW
Jeff
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:34 am
by Bigdog
Looks like some sheet metal from the number series in the pictures too. There must be a variety of tractors in the line-up.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:36 am
by Hengy
I like the vinatage original IH Windbreakers on those tractors!
It is nice to see original iron still being used on a regular basis!
Mike in La Crosse, WI
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:37 am
by Don McCombs
The interesting thing is that although they all seem to have windbreakers, not one has a cab. Brrrrrrrrr.....
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:26 am
by Hengy
WOW... I wouldn't want to run into the business end of those plows, either!
Mike in La Crosse, WI
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:30 pm
by bythepond88
Actually, once the tractor warms up, it is quite toasty. However, the wind coming from the fan until that point is worse than without the heat houser.
We had a heat houser on our tractors (first an M named Hector, later a 400 named Herman) when I was growing up. In the winter we used them to move round bales around. My dad had a set of spikes made to fit into the quick hitch. We'd drop the spikes so they were level, back into the side of the bale, then lift it up and move it into the yard for the cows.
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:36 pm
by Jackman
Wow can't believe a big city like Rochester would be running vintage equipment especicially when you consider the huge amounts of snow that they get,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Very cool indeed
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:23 pm
by Redman
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:53 pm
by parts man
Angle of the steering shaft in some of the pictures suggests H to me.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:10 am
by Denny Clayton
parts man wrote:Angle of the steering shaft in some of the pictures suggests H to me.
You may be right. I originally thought M's and 400 series (450 emblem visible on one). But after looking at them again, the pic of the rear of the one where you can see a street chart, the differential looks too small to be an M. I think it is a combination of H's, M's and 400 series.
I guess my Cub would be out of place with that group.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:34 pm
by PageRob
Denny ('60 Lo-Boy) wrote:parts man wrote:Angle of the steering shaft in some of the pictures suggests H to me.
You may be right. I originally thought M's and 400 series (450 emblem visible on one). But after looking at them again, the pic of the rear of the one where you can see a street chart, the differential looks too small to be an M. I think it is a combination of H's, M's and 400 series.
I guess my Cub would be out of place with that group.
Maybe out of place, but with that windscreen, it at least looks a little warmer!
