Model A doing farm work

[JoeCB]

Anyone ever seen this kind of set-up in action or actually "belted" up their A and done this for show or actual work?

Joe B

 

[WHN]

Now that’s a collection of stuff!

Looks really good. I bet your having a lot of fun.

Enjoy.

 

[JoeCB]

Not mine, just found the photo... but thinking about it to complement our "Early Engine " club display. Wouldn't run too long, got to be hard on the differential.

Joe B

 

[Keith True]

My A was used for that kind of work before my uncle parked it to go into the marines in 1954.The rumble lid had been removed and a pickup box made in Amesbury Mass was installed.I still have the flat belt adapter that bolted to the rear axle.The frame was bent down in the rear from all the implements it hauled around the fields.It was both the family car,truck,and tractor during the war years.

 

[Bruce of MN]

A fellow near where I used to live had a semi-modern pickup with that kind of rig and used it to turn a lathe for ~30" dia. log sections in his driveway.

 

[mercman from oz]

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Ford Model A Pick-Up doing farm work - JoeCB

 

[nkaminar]

That was done a lot on Model T's.

 

[talwrench]

This is my display. It always got a lot of attention. It was demonstrated at a Model A car show in Hellertown, PA about five years ago!!

 

[JoeCB]

talwrench, look for a PM message. I have a few questions

Thanks

Joe B

 

[ronn]

This is my display. It always got a lot of attention. It was demonstrated at a Model A car show in Hellertown, PA about five years ago!!



thought I recognized the church across the st and yes, remember your display as well- though I was only there once.

 

[Chuck Dempsey]

Historical pic. Interesting, but not sure where I got it from.

 

[woofa.express]

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Ford Model A Pick-Up doing farm work - JoeCB

mercman from oz. you do a good job of enlarging small pictures. In this picture I can recognise a corn stripper, a saw bench, maybe a water pump (?) and what looks like a kero engine (?), the machine with a square sided box and two fly wheels. Am I correct? what have I missed?

 

[JoeCB]

Looking at the "blue thing" on the far side, looks like a Model A engine driving that buzz saw. The square wood "box" on the right , might be a corn grinder.

Joe B

 

[Jim M]

In the late 40's my father used a model A pickup as a power plant - mostly for mixing concrete while building the house cellar we then lived in for a number of years while building chicken coops to start a very successful poultry business. Put a rim on the right rear axle as I remember then used a heavy rope to run the mixer. Boy do I wish I still had that one!

 

[old ugly]

my dad and i had a model B tudor bought in the late 60s, it had a wide belt drive pulley welded to one of the spoke wheels. so yup seen it , just not in action .

 

[rotorwrench]

Historical pic. Interesting, but not sure where I got it from.

Looks like a Texas tag on the model A. West Texas is sheep & goat country so it was likely in that area. Wool & mohair is still one of the areas larger agricultural resources for that area. The history dates back before Texas independence.