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Topic: Hedge Row Treasure?

Posted By: GT in Indiana
Subject: Hedge Row Treasure?
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 8:42pm

While running down some gravel roads in the jeep checking out the fields the other evening, I saw some old iron sticking up out of some high weeds. Didn't think much at first, but then I recognized two large steel hoops that I remember seeing on an old Allis grader (pre-hydraulics). Had to get out and investigate, (which annoyed the wife cause I do this pretty often) and what I discovered was an "Adams Leaning Wheel Grader No.12"

Apparently it was pulled behind something (team of horses maybe) but it was all there. I think I detected some orange paint on it and was wondering if it was made for Allis Chalmers. It's definitely pre- WWII maybe even early 1900's. The grader blade alone had to be at least 10-12 ft. It was very cool and a lot of fun, because most times when I think I see something and my wife says it's just a pile of junk, it usually is!

Gerald

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1955 WD45 we like to call Ruby

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Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 7:34am

Don't ya just love finding stuff like that? Awful lot of stuff my wife thinks is junk actually kind of is junk, but I can't admit it.. We also have names for our tractors, but Ruby is the name of one of our Chesapeake Bay retreivers - LOL.

Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 7:42am

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Posted By: gary ny
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 8:19am

I love finding things while hedgerow shopping

Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 8:25am

Does it look something like this ?

Gary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7687126@N06/3951715700/" rel="nofollow - http://www.flickr.com/photos/7687126@N06/3951715700/

Posted By: rodnil
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 9:15am

I always tell the WAR DEPARTMENT (aka Wife) that it's not "JUNK", it's "STUFF". As with most things I tell her it's in on ear and out the other.

Posted By: GT in Indiana
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 10:08am

Hey Gary that's it! But the NO. 12 model is even bigger...

Regards,

Gerald

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1955 WD45 we like to call Ruby

Posted By: TREVMAN
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 10:34am

Better go get it...

Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 1:22pm

Hedge row is known in our family as 3rd(junk) row..........I do 98% of my shopping in 3rd row.......

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Posted By: fixer1958
Date Posted: 18 May 2012 at 2:25pm

I have one similar to those as yard art in my backyard. It belonged to my wifes great grand dad. He used to maintain the roads in his area with it. It was pulled by a team of horses as I was told.

All the wood on it is gone and the blade was missing when I got it.

It was going to get scraped so I latched onto it, that was 25 years ago.