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Old Feb 23, 2017 | 03:21 PM
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I was just going to post that it looked like a rototiller with a cab. :-)
 
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Old Feb 25, 2017 | 10:22 PM
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Old Feb 26, 2017 | 06:47 PM
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Another;





 
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Old Feb 27, 2017 | 08:35 PM
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cool stuff;


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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 01:03 PM
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From Facebook, looks pretty odd to me
 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 01:13 PM
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I know it displays an enormous amount of resourcefulness, but I think some people should not be allowed to have welders and torches.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 03:11 PM
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Looks like a junkyard dog to me. Looks like some yard truck for pulling engines and moving heavy parts.

Plus that's one way to use a spare frame you've got laying around.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 04:16 PM
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Not only that but it appears the end of the " apparatus " is bent so the weight on the back is not just for looks .
 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 04:38 PM
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I think I found where the counterweight came from.


 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 08:48 PM
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I got curious and did a search for "yardster", the name on the counter weight. I found the Talyor company that makes forklift trucks. In the early '50s they made a forklift called the "Yardster". The also had these pictures on their website of some of the other vehicles they built:




 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 09:11 PM
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That's one tough looking rig!!
 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 09:32 PM
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 09:39 PM
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 10:31 PM
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I recently saw this 1956 F100 Utility truck for sale on my local Craigslist.
It was an original Ma Bell phone truck and it was likely painted green. According to the ad, it has been in the owner's family since 1962 and had a frame-off restoration in the mid 80's. Six cylinder 3 speed on the column. Production or DSO 135516











 
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Old Mar 3, 2017 | 10:37 PM
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Nice!
Those old Ma Bell service beds were pretty cool!
 
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