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No date, half of the year's wool clip from Ames Sheep aboard the truck, just out of Dillon, Mt.

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I'll bite. Is that a current photo or something out of the long ago past ? When I lived in the high desert part of Southern California 30 years ago we saw scenes like this pretty often at shearing time. Not all the trucks were that old, but other than that it was pretty much the same.

Dick

It seems like folks don't comment on threads as much as they did a few years ago. At least 265 viewed that great photo.
You may know that Dillon was once the largest exporter of wool in Montana. 2 of my favorite things in Dillon are Skeet's Cafe :
https://www.shorpy.com/node/14239
And Gracie's New and Used:
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=607353D5
Great food and nice antiques including T parts. I'm not sure the status of either now but 20 years ago they were superb.
A lot of hay was raised in the Big Hole Valley near there. During the War and the depression when farm equipment was hard to come by clever fellows would modify passenger vehicles to farm machinery. A traveling group converted dozens of 6-cylinder Buicks and White Yellowstone buses into Buckrakes in the valley. I rescued this one for spare parts while restoring my Yellowstone Bus. I would have offered more about the TT's if I could see them better.
Thanks for posting.
Rich

Dick, thanks for the response. Unfortunately, the photo was un-dated, but I could hazard a guess that owing to the rather run-down condition of the TT, the dress of the sheepmen in the photo, and the overall look, it's probably from the mid-to late 1930's.

Rich, thanks for your post, I shouldn't feel slighted, the number of views makes it worth posting, I hope everyone who took a peek enjoyed it, even if it didn't merit a comment. I was rather hoping some of our TT aficionados might have an opinion on the nifty cab. Thanks for reminding me of the Buick conversions to buckrakes. Methods have changed so dramatically in agriculture the past 70 years or so ! Ranching has as well. Dillon being a major railhead probably shipped wool from both sides of the divide. Up to the mid-1950s, there were many bands of sheep grazed on forest range in the "old days". Dillon has changed a lot the past 20 years . . .

I looked at a lot of TT photos and didn't see a match. The detail above the side window was the best clue. Here are a couple that are similar. I couldn't find a Martin-Parry C cab. Perhaps they didn't make one. There is a good representation of TT pictures in the Gallery here and also on the modeltfordfix site. I believe there is a "Show us your TT" thread here somewhere also. It also could be one of the thousands of custom bodies.
It was fun to see all those Trucks again.
Rich

I'm not at all "up" on the TT. I did think the cab on that one was especially elegant ! I love the compound curves we see on so many of those old commercial bodies. Wonderful craftsmanship. Thanks for looking, Rich.

It's hard to see the detail in the old photographs. One place to see it is in the photos of those building authentic style reproductions.
https://www.everettcurrierfarm.com/bodies-and-pricing
Click on Photo Albums.
I have no connection with them but admire their work.
Rich