Roger - Kansas
Member
Yeah I know it’s off topic. We post pictures of combines on here but never the trucks that haul the grain away.
My father ordered this F 600 Ford truck new, it was delivered in the fall of 1963. He ordered everything as heavy duty as he could. It has been used to plant wheat in the fall and haul the harvested grain to the elevator every year since then. My Grandfather, Mother, Father, my three sisters, my two daughters and I, have all hauled grain to the elevator with it. My sisters, my two daughters and I all learned to unload grain from the combine “on the go” to save time.
The first picture was taken just after it was repainted in 2008.
The second picture is my father driving it out of the shed, this truck is his baby and you can tell it by the look on his face.
The third picture is the barn my Grandfather built in the 30’s. We spend way too much time and money maintaining it just so we can store the truck in the North lean-to.
The fourth picture was taken in the late 70’s. My father is running the combine; my wife (expecting our first child) is waiting to give him dinner so he can keep cutting.
The fifth picture was taken in the late 80’s. This is one of several tractors the Red Ford
hauled back from western Kansas for our farm.
Sixth picture. Cutting wheat for the K&O Steam & Gas Engine club.
Seventh picture. My Father with his “Baby”.
Everyone knows this truck as “The Red Ford”. Not sure how many bushels of grain or how many bales of hay it has hauled but it has been more than a few.
My father ordered this F 600 Ford truck new, it was delivered in the fall of 1963. He ordered everything as heavy duty as he could. It has been used to plant wheat in the fall and haul the harvested grain to the elevator every year since then. My Grandfather, Mother, Father, my three sisters, my two daughters and I, have all hauled grain to the elevator with it. My sisters, my two daughters and I all learned to unload grain from the combine “on the go” to save time.
The first picture was taken just after it was repainted in 2008.
The second picture is my father driving it out of the shed, this truck is his baby and you can tell it by the look on his face.
The third picture is the barn my Grandfather built in the 30’s. We spend way too much time and money maintaining it just so we can store the truck in the North lean-to.
The fourth picture was taken in the late 70’s. My father is running the combine; my wife (expecting our first child) is waiting to give him dinner so he can keep cutting.
The fifth picture was taken in the late 80’s. This is one of several tractors the Red Ford
hauled back from western Kansas for our farm.
Sixth picture. Cutting wheat for the K&O Steam & Gas Engine club.
Seventh picture. My Father with his “Baby”.
Everyone knows this truck as “The Red Ford”. Not sure how many bushels of grain or how many bales of hay it has hauled but it has been more than a few.
