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08/19/07, 03:30 PM
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Looks like a salt harvester to me.
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08/19/07, 04:38 PM
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it looks too me like turned around irish fordson N outfited with a loader. try asking here
http://www.hcea.net/index_uc.html
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08/19/07, 07:07 PM
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.............It looks like it has duals on the front and is powered by a 4 cylinder , flathead inline engine like an old Continential that they put into Jeeps during WW2 . , fordy
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08/19/07, 08:40 PM
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Opinion
My opinion is that it is a winch operated loader made from a truck chassis because of the duals and now rear steering.
Quite a few farmers used to outfit truck chassis with feed stackers. The steering column was relocated and the seat was moved close to where the dashboard used to be. The transmission was somehow turned around to allow full gearing.
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08/19/07, 09:22 PM
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When blacksmiths started running out of horse equipment to work on, and got to beat on old truck & equipment pieces, they kinda invented pay loaders & the like one piece at a time.
Likely it was a truck chassis, and was converted by a blacksmith into a useful big shovel.
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08/20/07, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Windy in Kansas
My opinion is that it is a winch operated loader made from a truck chassis because of the duals and now rear steering.
Quite a few farmers used to outfit truck chassis with feed stackers. The steering column was relocated and the seat was moved close to where the dashboard used to be. The transmission was somehow turned around to allow full gearing.
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When i was a kid putting up hay, we had what we called "sweeps".
They were a tractor or truck turned around, and all the did to reverse the gears was to turn the rear end over, or sometimes just the center pumpkin.
Lots easier than remanufacturing the transmission.
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08/20/07, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Ravenlost
Looks like a salt harvester to me.
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I thought the exact same thing!!
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08/20/07, 12:18 PM
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looks like to me something they might have used to scrape up salt with years ago maybe out in the utah salt flats lol but not sure........ guess one just needs to read it tells you right on top of the post card what it is.
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08/20/07, 01:02 PM
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yep just what it says it is
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08/20/07, 02:18 PM
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Thanks for your answers
Thanks Ford Major. That web site is down for repair but I'll keep checking it. Thanks everyoune for your posts. I didn't know if it was a factory brand name piece or put together piece. I imagine that the salt would pretty well destroy any kind of metal.
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08/20/07, 02:36 PM
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It's just a tractor with a specialized front end loader. 
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08/20/07, 04:32 PM
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Bingo!
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Originally Posted by Cornhusker
When i was a kid putting up hay, we had what we called "sweeps".
They were a tractor or truck turned around, and all the did to reverse the gears was to turn the rear end over, or sometimes just the center pumpkin.
Lots easier than remanufacturing the transmission.
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BINGO! Now that you said that I do indeed remember the one we used being described by the owner being made just as you described. We were pretty proud of my brother as he only broke two of the wooden tines while leaning and during the stacking.
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08/20/07, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Windy in Kansas
BINGO! Now that you said that I do indeed remember the one we used being described by the owner being made just as you described. We were pretty proud of my brother as he only broke two of the wooden tines while leaning and during the stacking.
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Heck, I once stuck the sweep teeth in the ground and ran over the head. 
I did 2 days in the shop getting busted bolts out and straigtening bent metal and replacing broken wood.
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08/20/07, 06:11 PM
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Looks like it came from the Great Salt Lake to me!
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08/20/07, 07:26 PM
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Well judging from the background in the postcard and the great salt lake thing on the bag Id hazard a gues it came from Northwest Utah but I aint betting much on it!
LOL How about the Morton Salt companys Grantsville location?
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