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Over in the bay of the barn has been an old hay wagon. Today I broke the news to my wife’s grandpa I ordered the new tractor. He got really excited about it as I showed him the brochure , he said he wishes he could have had it back in the day.
I asked him about the old hay wagon in the barn as I’ve been thinking about getting new tires on it to use. He said it was bought from the Montgomery Wards catalog. It belonged to my wife’s GG-grandfather. The tires on it came off a new 1956 Studebaker that my wife’s Great aunt had bought new. Apparently the new tires in it weren’t of great quality, so her GG-Grandpa had them replaced and used the Studebaker tires on the trailer.
There is another of the same trailer in the field, it was used to move their belongings from Nebraska to southern Missouri when they bought the farm in 1954. He drove it down with their 8n tractor over the course of several days. When he arrived at the farm, the electric company was there to pull the electric meter. He hollered at them to hold off as he had a deep freeze on the wagon to plug in with food in it, they read the meter instead and left the power on.
He had a few geese that he was leaving and left some corn and water in their cage. Then he hitched a ride back to town with the electric truck and took a bus ride back to Nebraska to get the his wife and kids to drive to their new home. When they arrived one of the neighbors had found the geese he left and watched after them for him, it turned into a life long friendship and good neighbor.
Anyway, enjoyed the story, thought you might too.
I asked him about the old hay wagon in the barn as I’ve been thinking about getting new tires on it to use. He said it was bought from the Montgomery Wards catalog. It belonged to my wife’s GG-grandfather. The tires on it came off a new 1956 Studebaker that my wife’s Great aunt had bought new. Apparently the new tires in it weren’t of great quality, so her GG-Grandpa had them replaced and used the Studebaker tires on the trailer.
There is another of the same trailer in the field, it was used to move their belongings from Nebraska to southern Missouri when they bought the farm in 1954. He drove it down with their 8n tractor over the course of several days. When he arrived at the farm, the electric company was there to pull the electric meter. He hollered at them to hold off as he had a deep freeze on the wagon to plug in with food in it, they read the meter instead and left the power on.
He had a few geese that he was leaving and left some corn and water in their cage. Then he hitched a ride back to town with the electric truck and took a bus ride back to Nebraska to get the his wife and kids to drive to their new home. When they arrived one of the neighbors had found the geese he left and watched after them for him, it turned into a life long friendship and good neighbor.
Anyway, enjoyed the story, thought you might too.