Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Discuss all things Model T related.
Forum rules
If you need help logging in, or have question about how something works, use the Support forum located here Support Forum
Complete set of Forum Rules Forum Rules

Topic author
Dallas Landers
Posts: 2825
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
First Name: Dallas
Last Name: Landers
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
Location: N.E. Indiana

Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Dallas Landers » Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:51 pm

Thats what my grand daughter calls it. Family Farm Day was started today. The event was put on to get donations for a new Amish school house. Much like a thresher festival the hit+miss icream makers, tractors, kiddy rides and games and farm equipment along with Amish food and baked goods. History of grain farming, story time and farm demos were the order of the day. My TT was the 3rd oldest farm vehicle there. The steam engine was 1918 and the wood tooth reaper from 1880's had me beat. Threshing oats was the main event.
20200815_130825.jpg
After the binder came shocking the oats.
20200815_131336.jpg
Then the TT came around and the pitched them on.
20200815_131813.jpg
More to come.


Topic author
Dallas Landers
Posts: 2825
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
First Name: Dallas
Last Name: Landers
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
Location: N.E. Indiana

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Dallas Landers » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:01 pm

20200815_132220.jpg
After loading a short break while adjusments to the threshing machine were made. The we were up close and personal to the drive belt.
20200815_150803.jpg
20200815_144606.jpg
20200815_134422.jpg
Not just a pretty face but a workhorse to.
Thanks to Dave Stroud, The big Green Truck and I had a great day for a good cause. I had to tease the guy with the 1929 John Deer D about bringing the modern tractor. :D

User avatar

TWrenn
Posts: 3743
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:53 am
First Name: Tim
Last Name: Wrenn
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: '13 Touring, '26 "Overlap" Fordor
Location: Ohio
Board Member Since: 2019

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by TWrenn » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:29 pm

Dallas, you're having too much fun! :lol: Good to hear and see! Nice TT. Got a club friend with a "big green TT" also, just has
a different cab body.

User avatar

Henry K. Lee
Posts: 5474
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:09 am
First Name: Henry
Last Name: Lee
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: Many
Location: South Pittsburg, TN
MTFCA Life Member: YES

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Henry K. Lee » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:43 pm

Tell the Bishop he needs to charge you admission since you had fun! With that grin, days like this are priceless!

Hank


Topic author
Dallas Landers
Posts: 2825
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
First Name: Dallas
Last Name: Landers
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
Location: N.E. Indiana

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Dallas Landers » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:48 pm

Hank and Tim, it doesnt take much for farm boys to have fun. Old iron belching smoke and slingin oil and some chores to get done with a few friends is all it takes. Oh ya, did I mension home made icecream ?

User avatar

Retro54
Posts: 589
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:40 pm
First Name: Andrew
Last Name: Blaydon
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Cut-down touring
Location: Middletown
Board Member Since: 2018

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Retro54 » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:59 pm

Dallas, this is great. What its all about!

User avatar

FreighTer Jim
Posts: 1722
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:50 am
First Name: James
Last Name: Jarzabek
Location: Dayton, OH
Board Member Since: 2008
Contact:

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by FreighTer Jim » Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:03 pm

Dallas,

You look too young to have grandkids 😉


FJ
Google “ Model T Transport “
MTFCA - MTFCI - MAFCA Member

User avatar

Steve Jelf
Posts: 7237
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:37 pm
First Name: Steve
Last Name: Jelf
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1923 touring and a few projects
Location: Parkerfield, Kansas
Board Member Since: 2007
Contact:

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Steve Jelf » Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:42 pm

Lots of shows have threshing demonstrations, but the one at Pawnee OK beats all. The show is always in early May, long before the wheat is ripe, so they thresh wheat that's been sitting on wagons since it was cut the previous June. It's like all other demonstrations until they get down to the end. As the last of the wheat is pitched into the machine hundreds of mice go scampering off the wagons in all directions. It's my favorite part of the show.
The inevitable often happens.
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring

User avatar

RustyFords
Posts: 1559
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 11:16 am
First Name: Don
Last Name: Allen
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1924 Touring
Location: Houston, TX

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by RustyFords » Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:52 pm

Nice to see the T in action.

Model T's and dogs are happiest when they have a job to do.
1924 Touring


DHort
Posts: 2826
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:30 pm
First Name: Dave
Last Name: Hjortnaes
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 24 Speedster, 20 touring
Location: Men Falls, WI

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by DHort » Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:00 am

Dallas, you need to send picture # 6 to Langs for their calendar.

Did you let the little guy ride shotgun?


Wayne Sheldon
Posts: 4249
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:13 pm
First Name: Wayne
Last Name: Sheldon
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1915 Runabout 1913 Speedster
Location: Grass Valley California, USA
Board Member Since: 2005

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:45 am

I second number six for the calendar!

I love that truck.


tiredfarmer
Posts: 129
Joined: Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:29 am
First Name: leonard
Last Name: simunek
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 touring. 1931 model a pickup, 1947 willys cj2a
Location: waukomis, ok

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by tiredfarmer » Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:24 am

Fairview, Okla. Threshing Bee/Two Cylinder show going to be Sept. 25-26 if they don't cancel it because of this virus. I have taken my 26 T touring in the past along with my 1937 model D JD. This year I will take my 31 A pickup instead. Pawnee is a good show, but at Fairview we have a field that we can take our tractors and hook a plow to them and give them a good work out.


Topic author
Dallas Landers
Posts: 2825
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
First Name: Dallas
Last Name: Landers
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
Location: N.E. Indiana

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Dallas Landers » Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:30 am

Yes Dave, two riders. They each had a big bag of candy from " find the candy in the corn" game. They must have been swimming in shelled corn. I had corn all over in the cab that fell out of their cloths. :lol:
The barrel train was full all day.
20200815_091930.jpg
I couldn't even get a ride!


Bud Delong
Posts: 469
Joined: Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:09 pm
First Name: Kenneth
Last Name: DeLong
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914 touring,1915 roadster
Location: Wheeler, MI

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Bud Delong » Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:26 pm

I think i have 4 of those little cars,and the grandkids are grown.Bud. :D

User avatar

Duey_C
Posts: 1553
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:28 pm
First Name: Duane
Last Name: Cooley
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 18 Runabout, 24 Runabout for 20yrs, 25 TT, late Center Door project, open express pickup
Location: central MN
Board Member Since: 2015

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Duey_C » Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:59 pm

Awesome!
That sixth photo is very cool.
Since I lost my mind mind, I feel more liberated


Topic author
Dallas Landers
Posts: 2825
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
First Name: Dallas
Last Name: Landers
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
Location: N.E. Indiana

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Dallas Landers » Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:16 pm

20200816_115744.jpg
If not for the skid steer and water tank, it looks pretty authentic. I like the little guy in suspenders taking it all in.

User avatar

Rich Eagle
Posts: 6895
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:51 am
First Name: Richard
Last Name: Eagle
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1909 TR 1914 TR 1915 Rd 1920 Spdstr 1922 Coupe 1925 Tudor
Location: Idaho Falls, ID

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:00 pm

That's a nice old photo. It looks like Indiana to me.
When did I do that?


Topic author
Dallas Landers
Posts: 2825
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:26 pm
First Name: Dallas
Last Name: Landers
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 26 Rpu, 23 TT, 24 coupe,
Location: N.E. Indiana

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Dallas Landers » Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:36 pm

I think your right Rich. This guy was clogging up the roadway yesterday in Indiana.
20200817_171021.jpg


DHort
Posts: 2826
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:30 pm
First Name: Dave
Last Name: Hjortnaes
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 24 Speedster, 20 touring
Location: Men Falls, WI

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by DHort » Tue Aug 18, 2020 11:22 pm

You can crop that water tank out and you still have a great pic. It enlarges beautifully.

I like the color best. Maybe try sepia tone. Where is Osterman when you need him?


Luke
Posts: 617
Joined: Fri Dec 13, 2019 1:04 am
First Name: Luke
Last Name: P
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926
Location: New Zealand

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Luke » Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:01 am

Here you go ...

Tank removed, colour, sepia, and grey versions. I've 'aged' the sepia and grey photo's a little - the grey photo more so.

I've also added a cropped version that sharpens the image and gets rid of the, er, 'newer' machinery evident to the LHS ;)


green_truck_colour.jpg
green_truck_old_sepia.jpg
green_truck_grey.jpg
Attachments
green_truck_colour_cropped.jpg

User avatar

Steve Jelf
Posts: 7237
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:37 pm
First Name: Steve
Last Name: Jelf
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1923 touring and a few projects
Location: Parkerfield, Kansas
Board Member Since: 2007
Contact:

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Steve Jelf » Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:13 am

1 The last version, B&W, is the best.
2 I've always hated clip-on suspenders.
:D
The inevitable often happens.
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring


Bud Delong
Posts: 469
Joined: Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:09 pm
First Name: Kenneth
Last Name: DeLong
* REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1914 touring,1915 roadster
Location: Wheeler, MI

Re: Adventures with " The Big Green Truck"

Post by Bud Delong » Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:16 pm

I hate clip on"s too but there is no need on my Round House Bibs.Bud. :D

Post Reply Previous topicNext topic