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LOL I saw that some time ago. My family used to have a REAL Doodlebug, LOL
At the time this was taken, I was either not born, or just an infant, sometime between 1948--52. But I do remember this thing, my Dad made a plow when we first moved onto this (Gramp's) place when I was six. It's a Model A, with unknown second gearbox added, and rear end out of I think a Diamond T but don't quote me there. It variously had a one bottom plow, pulled a mower, plowed snow, and had a "saw rig" off the back, driven by a jacked up rear tire. When I was around 8? The old girl blew a rod, and Dad actually "finished the winter" plowing snow with the thing wheezin' along on 3 and makin' one HELL of a lot of noise!!!!
In the top photo you can see the auxiliary gearbox hanging down in front of the rear tire, and make out the shift lever/ knob to the rear of Dad's elbow. This may have been soon after it was built, as I see no other reason for the photo, LOL
In the top photo, my Gramps would have been about 50, so at least 15 years younger than I am now!!! Dad here would have been around 25-30
Other photo is same "Doodlebug, with "Gramma" on the mowin' machine. This mower, for those that don't know, was originally horse-drawn.
At the time this was taken, I was either not born, or just an infant, sometime between 1948--52. But I do remember this thing, my Dad made a plow when we first moved onto this (Gramp's) place when I was six. It's a Model A, with unknown second gearbox added, and rear end out of I think a Diamond T but don't quote me there. It variously had a one bottom plow, pulled a mower, plowed snow, and had a "saw rig" off the back, driven by a jacked up rear tire. When I was around 8? The old girl blew a rod, and Dad actually "finished the winter" plowing snow with the thing wheezin' along on 3 and makin' one HELL of a lot of noise!!!!
In the top photo you can see the auxiliary gearbox hanging down in front of the rear tire, and make out the shift lever/ knob to the rear of Dad's elbow. This may have been soon after it was built, as I see no other reason for the photo, LOL
In the top photo, my Gramps would have been about 50, so at least 15 years younger than I am now!!! Dad here would have been around 25-30
Other photo is same "Doodlebug, with "Gramma" on the mowin' machine. This mower, for those that don't know, was originally horse-drawn.
Lance R Valiant
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Looks like the tongue on that mower has been repaired. I've got one that came with the place. The part where the wooden tongue bolted to the mower was broken. The previous owners pulled it with an Ford 8N. That worked okay until the hay jammed in the sickle bar. Horses woulda stopped, but the 8N kept pulling and broke the casting.
I'm sure I remember our old mowers slipping the wheels LOL a time or two. And one of them DID break. I believe we had a JD and a McCormick mower.
Heck the first couple of years we "made hay," I had to ride a dump rake!!! When Dad DID get a side delivery, it was an old thing with huge steel wheels, and I'm sure it was originally horse drawn.
Dad didn't get a baler until after I joined the Navy in '68
Heck the first couple of years we "made hay," I had to ride a dump rake!!! When Dad DID get a side delivery, it was an old thing with huge steel wheels, and I'm sure it was originally horse drawn.
Dad didn't get a baler until after I joined the Navy in '68
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