Rural Skeletons of Trucks/Tractors

[haywire 440]

It is a sight of lost America in plain sight. Yesteryear degrading but not gone in Corning Missouri.
First up, the forgotten heroes, the Street Department or Public Works!

 

[haywire 440]

On to the Heavy Haulers of those days. That 4x4 chassis had to have a hard life on the rural dirt roads a long time ago.

 

[1978 NYB]

American horsepower hauling for America!

 

[haywire 440]

Let’s take a ride with Mr. Douglas around Green Acres on this Case Tractor with the driver’s seat SO far to the rear.

I believe the power take off is belt driven from the big steel wheel near the bottom.

And come on, didn’t anyone think it strange that Arnold the Pig went out with the babes!

 

[haywire 440]

One last photo of the Street Department Dual.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Thank you for posting.

 

[detmatt]

Very kool, The city must still own the property then?

 

[rd92west]

This is a JI Case threshing machine or Seperator. Not exactly sure what year it was built. My guess is late 30's to mid 40's. I towed it up a steep hill last fall. I figured it would be a good resting place. I wish my phone camera could take a better picture from a distance.

 

[haywire 440]

This is a JI Case threshing machine or Seperator. Not exactly sure what year it was built. My guess is late 30's to mid 40's. I towed it up a steep hill last fall. I figured it would be a good resting place. I wish my phone camera could take a better picture from a distance.

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Thanks for adding the Treshing Machine, it looks pre-historic. Wonderful displays of human’s capacities to advance. “Always thinking we are” a quote from Yoda. The faraway photo makes me think of the Monte Python movies. It’s a perfect place for the JI Case to rest.

 

[BLIMP]

Thanks for posting! Do you have any more pictures of this truck? Is this stuff for sale? I'd sure like to own it.

 

[haywire 440]

Thanks for posting! Do you have any more pictures of this truck? Is this stuff for sale? I'd sure like to own it.View attachment 506225

These vehicles are seen on the main road,Rt 67 I believe, that goes through the town of Corning Missouri. I would think a phone call to the local police department or city hall would be a starting point on who owns this property and vehicles. Good luck.

 

[HWYCRZR]

I kind of wish I would have planned ahead and kept this. However the person that bought the land from my Mom really wanted it to tinker with. I grew up driving this truck, from picking up hay with a “Ferris wheel” hay picker with my brother when I was in fifth grade. We would take turns driving while the other was stacking. The wheel would catch the bale and roll it up and shoot it into the back of the truck. We could do the barley straw and grass hay, but alfalfa was a little too heavy for us. Also would haul grain to the house and mom would take it to town since we were too young for drivers license.

D600 ‘59. With 318 2bbl

 

[rd92west]

Thanks for adding the Treshing Machine, it looks pre-historic. Wonderful displays of human’s capacities to advance. “Always thinking we are” a quote from Yoda. The faraway photo makes me think of the Monte Python movies. It’s a perfect place for the JI Case to rest.

Over the years a lot of stuff, trucks, tractors , anything iron has been hauled away to the scrap yards.
Now with scrap prices at a all time high we have a rush to cash in.

 

[rd92west]

I have a 110 acre feild around the base of the hill. I tilled it with a 5 ft Minneapolis "one way" disc. I cant remember how many afternoons it took. I used numerous old tractors.
This is GB Minneapolis Moline, gasoline engine 403 cubic inch 4 cylinder. 1300 rpm. 50 ish drawbar hp.
It was quite a bit more tractor than was required but I had a blast
My father had a soft spot for old machinery.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

As you can see from the test data, the advertised HP numbers were way UNDER-stated from actual HP.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Some skeletons from the past resting in New Mexico........

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

A couple more.........

The next two are in Arizona........

 

[haywire 440]

Over the years a lot of stuff, trucks, tractors , anything iron has been hauled away to the scrap yards.
Now with scrap prices at a all time high we have a rush to cash in.

So the Canadian scrap metal prices are high? But I think the US prices are low, (I honestly don’t know). If that’s correct I wonder why?

The US had record highs before like when “Cash for Clunks” was going on. The country side was being picked clean. But I also heard foreign ships were off shore melting and forging products to sell back to us.

“Cash for Clunkers” was horrible for us car guys. At the same time a bunch of car dealerships were closed down and that may have been stinkin’ political. Maybe someone can chime in on scrap prices in the US.

 

[BigblueC]

“Cash for Clunkers” was horrible for us car guys.

And for everyone not it the price bracket of new(er) cars in general for years after.

 

[SGT FURY]

I’m getting $320 per ton.
95% unfortunately goes to China.

So the Canadian scrap metal prices are high? But I think the US prices are low, (I honestly don’t know). If that’s correct I wonder why?

The US had record highs before like when “Cash for Clunks” was going on. The country side was being picked clean. But I also heard foreign ships were off shore melting and forging products to sell back to us.

“Cash for Clunkers” was horrible for us car guys. At the same time a bunch of car dealerships were closed down and that may have been stinkin’ political. Maybe someone can chime in on scrap prices in the US.