Seeing this video brings back good and bad memories of cross ing the Mississippi on this bridge. The bad memories were made right before the government closed it down and replaced it.
I witnessed my dad breaking ground with an 806 pull in 320s going 12 to 16 inches deep at night and that tractor shooting the 3 foot flame out. The stack was an awesome tractor. Also, it was a we us which that’s what we called him we guess they had the small fender the ones that were built first.
The front of this plow looks a lot like the IH model 70 my Dad had back when. But, the tail wheel and how its mounted is a lot different. Neighbor had a 460 Gas tractor. Dad used a Moline M670 with the 4 btm IH plow. Later replaced with a white 2-105 and a IH 770 5 btm.
@@LanceStoddard The 1206 had a lot more power and was a much bigger tractor. The one with the cab had a nicer cab than they had been putting on them. We used ether as starter fluid, and every time it reminded me of when I had my tonsils out at 4 years old. They used ether to put me to sleep.
Nice clean grain in the tank. Hell i even saw a bit of cab corn! Grew up running a 715 then 815. The first time i swung that auger out on the 815 without leaving the seat i knew i was top dog!
No computers,no def, no electronics, no gps.....just good old American ingenuity.?? Still getting the job done. I'd trade my john deere POS670 you know what the POS stands for... any day of the week for those 3
That old bridge got pretty slick during an ice storm. Also, mayflies would swarm the lights by the toll booth and your tires would spin out in the piles of dead ones.
1965 Mississippi River Flood cutoff US 34 highway; CB&Q Railroad; Carmen Road (then IL-96) on the Gulfport, IL side of the bridge. The CB&Q recovered, but removed the Carthage Jct. Wye at east end of their river bridge. The south section of CB&Q railroad from Carthage Jct. to Lomax and Dallas City was abandoned by 1970.
I know this is an old video, but sure enjoyed it. We ran 2 Harvestor 403s for years, 715s were real popular here till the last 20 years. I wouldn't mind finding a good 715 for spare use.
