HeavyGunner

Yeah it might be a good buy but I bet they are heavier than hell. Other than being old and looking cool they dont do much for me. Look like a guy could get pretty deep in those projects fast.

I am still toying with the idea of puttin' my B model to work if everything checks out this spring and use it to haul gravel during the summer and possibly pull a seed cleaner in the winter. Anyway I came across these 2 belly dumps and it almost looks like they could be hooked up and used as doubles. At any rate they would look damn cool behind my B model. Oh and the price is $1750.00 doesnt say each just says $1750.00 between the pics, hell they are probably worth that in scrap.

ya,,,the whole country was in way better shape,,,but he was also the one that started afta,,and that was the beginning of the end.bob

And dont forget the Brady (Bullsh!$) bill.

What a bunch of fags. The only way those chicken sh!#s can intimidate anyone in to do it from cover. Hope you get ahold of them and give 'em a good lecture beating. Punching them in cadence to your words i.e. Dont...you...ever..come...to..my..side..of..town...again. Good luck in finding them.

"On a side note these arent all my animals either just to be clear"

You don't need to apologize for earning a living.

I wasnt apologizing I just wanted to make sure everyone understood I this wasnt a pic of just my trapped animals. A lot of them are bought from the locals.

Here is a picture that I just took tonight after I was done working, this shed has been full like this on three other occasions this year. On a side note these arent all my animals either just to be clear.

Ever since I saw this post about trapping, I have been waiting for the first BEAVER comment - it only took 5 hours for everything to go SOUTH (down there you know)

I was trying to word my sentences very carefully!

I have a similar partner but we don't much trapin in this part of the country. Do have family in Canada that raises foxes and exports to Russia.

Beautiful dog, and no family in Canada.

Everyone needs a dependable trapping partner!

My 83 year old Uncle still runs his trap line every day - he made a beautiful coyote coat for his wife years ago - before it was no longer cool to wear fur.

Where are you from in Montana? I have been to Whitefish and Kalispell a couple of times - once for the whitewater and once to see Glacier National Park before it no longer has any glaciers.

I was born at Whitefish hospital and grew up in Martin city, I now reside in Chester. Its a little sleepy ag town (about 800 in town, 2000 total in the county) about 30-40 minutes from Canada. Americans are the only people who dont like fur, every other country wears it because its warm and its available. I run my trapline and work at the local fur buyers shed skinning and putin' up fur that is sold at auctions and in the end goes to every other country but hear to make clothing. The fur buyer that I work for makes some beautiful clothing, sheared beaver fur mittens, pillows and coats still.

Nice buy, dont think you got hurt a bit.

I recall while visiting a friend on his farm. He had his four wheeler sitting out in the yard, close to the front porch. I come pulling up in my pickup and get a greeting from his big dogs. As I make my way up on the porch and sit for a spell and talk, my friend said Mike, take that four wheeler down the road and try it out. I hesitate a bit, but finally give in to the temptation while the dogs are sleeping. I walk out and climb on the four wheeler and no sooner sit down the two big dogs are planted on each fender and lay their heads on my shoulder as we speed away. My friend set me up knowing those dogs would do that. He said that they had been doing that for a long time. I got a real kick out of hauling them down the country road on that four wheeler with their heads on my shoulders and their hair flying in the wind. When I would look at them, they would just move their eyes and look back at me as if saying thanks for taking us for another ride today, we just can't get enough riding. As we pull up in the yard, my friend is laughing his butt off about me and his dogs taking that ride knowing it was my first time to experience something like that.

mike

mike

That's a cool story, Lars goes everywhere I go and LOVES every minute of it, even when we are navigating thru a ground blizzard while ice fishing.

Lars, nice looking pardner! I did not know that people ran trap lines any more. My Dad used to tell stories about trapping skunks and then going to school-for a little while. What do you trap for?

Fred

I run a trapline of about 2-4 dozen traps, no its not a huge line but I stay damn busy after work checking it then putting up the fur when I get back. I trap for fox, coyotes, raccoons, bobcat, beaver, otter, mink, and muskrats. I try to stay away from skunks because I dont carry my pvc live trap out on the lines with me, I use them around homes and buildings.

Nice Dumper. Joe D.

The truck or on the girls?

Last week I was pullin' one of my trap lines and I took this pic of my trappin' partner Lars. He doesnt think he should help pulling traps but he watches from the comfort of my Polaris to make sure I am doing it right and to also make sure no pesky cow tries to steal the fourwheeler either.

cool!! you could get a flat bed and haul that around with your b model! LOL

That would look awesome, better get a vintage Cat D2 to go on the flatbed with the tractor too.

Hate it when work weeks drag on like that. Oh and are you spotting stuff to take pics of or driving? I heard it took Randyp many, many moons before he became good enough to use Kodacketronomy while driving.

As my gramma has been going thru grampa's stuff and giving stuff he longer uses away (he has alzheimer's) to the family I inherited his trusty ole tractor. I think from the tag its a 1948 (but not sure) Ferguson TO20. This has been in my family since the late 50's or early 60's. Before my parents met my Dad's Father bought the tractor from what would be later my mom's father for snow removal. I am so glad the tractor stayed in the family and really glad I ended up with it. My wife and I have about 3 1/2 acres and its a bitch to mow it all with my riding lawn tractor so I see a 4 foot mower in this tractor's future. I recently got the tractor out of the shop (rebuilt hydraulic pump) and couldnt resist tryin' it out smoothing (kinda since its not froze but not quite soft either) out my drive way. Monday we are supposed to be getting snowed on again, bring it on!

Nice looks like that will be some fun. You battlin' the winter woes to? LOL, have a good one.

Will Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel have a negative effect on my truck? I run Power Service or Lucas additives in my work trucks but they are much newer. Thanks for the advice Rob, this is something I am definitely going to have to take my time on. I was just thinking (daydreaming) about other uses for my Mack other than pulling the ole Propane Palace (the wife no longer cares for tenting during hunting excursions).

That oughta keep ya busy and outa momma's hair for awhile.

is your truck tandem?

yes, turboed 673 with a quadraplex.

Hey guys, I was sittin' up here in the cold and got to thinking about puttin' my B model to work next summer if things work out. I do have a few questions that arose as I was cipherin' and computin' . 1) My truck is a B753LS so being that it was originally a straight truck will that effect any thing if I decided to put a 5th wheel on it and and pull a trailer? (it already has a johnson bar and glad hands on it and a 5th wheel set on the frame not bolted on yet) 2) How (if treated right) well will my ole girl hold up to regular use again pulling gravel trailers? I know that sounds kinda stupid but I dont want to destroy this truck I just want to pick up 2-3 days a week hauling gravel. 3) How can I tell what rears (how heavy) are under my rig? I am hoping to get to work on my truck some more in February and hopefully have it finished so I can bring it home. Thanks guys.

Welcome to the jungle

That blue R model has a long hood on it. or in the pic it looks unusually long

@slpwlker I thought it looked really long too.

@Mike Brown Welcome to the site.

Nice looking dump truck, I hope it serves you well for many years.

Ok,i give.................what the hell's a range cube? LOL!.........................................Mark

Cattle feed, or cake as its sometimes called. Our cake up here looks like giant 1/2-5/8 in round rabbit pellets and they are as hard as rocks.