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Dec 26, 2014 | 07:54 AM

ssg1957

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Manure Spreader

Being new on here with my 51 F-1. What is up with the 51-52 trucks being called manure spreaders?

The biggest manure spreader I know of is in the white house!

Scott in Texas

Dec 26, 2014 | 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ssg1957

Being new on here with my 51 F-1. What is up with the 51-52 trucks being called manure spreaders?

The biggest manure spreader I know of is in the white house!

Scott in Texas

Scott, it's jealousy!! Everybody knows the Fifty ones and two's are the most beautiful

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Dec 26, 2014 | 09:08 AM

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Scott, it all started when my wife, a farm girl, told me she thought the grill on the'51-52 trucks looked liked a manure spreader. The name stuck. A while later I found a post on the HAMB board referring to a '48-50, the nicer design of the two, as a "Monkey Face" and that name stuck.

Dec 26, 2014 | 09:14 AM

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It's true ! It's all Bob's fault!

Dec 26, 2014 | 09:26 AM

bobj49f2

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Again, it's my wife's fault!!

Although I must admit, the name fits

Dec 26, 2014 | 09:37 AM

49f3dls

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Sure Bob blame it on the cute little navigator !

Dec 26, 2014 | 02:40 PM

abe

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Again, it's my wife's fault!!

Although I must admit, the name fits

Well, you know farm girls are good for something!

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Dec 26, 2014 | 05:22 PM

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Well, I always wondered where the name came from.
Thanks for the history lesson. Does your wife know she is famous?

Dec 26, 2014 | 05:45 PM

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Well, I always wondered where the name came from.
Thanks for the history lesson. Does your wife know she is famous?

You know why this is even funnier? Since I knew nothing about these trucks when I joined the forum 3 1/2 years ago, and this was already "common knowledge" for the rest of you guys, I just thought this was a nationally known descriptor for the two Bonus Built types. I had no idea until today that one of you (or your wife) came up with it.

How fitting!

Dec 26, 2014 | 07:47 PM

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The way I see it, the monkey's throw the poo, the spreaders, well they spread it. Can't have one without the other

Dec 26, 2014 | 08:04 PM

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Actually, I kind of assumed that as well. It was just always used around here, so I thought it was common.
I could just see myself going up to someone at a car show and saying: "Nice looking manure spreader you have there." Fortunately, I haven't done that yet. No telling what reaction it would bring.