Whatizzit?

[HawgBonz]

The house flipper gang started a new house a few weeks ago right up the road from here.
When they cleared the old home place they drug this contraption outta the woods.
Strange lookin bird..
Anybody got a clue what it is?
@scratchmark

 

[Snal~]

GMC Trucktor?

 

[HawgBonz]

GMC Trucktor?

Kinda whot it looks like but izzat actually a "thing"? 🤠

 

[Jeppo]

Usta be one’a these?

 

[HawgBonz]

Usta be one’a these?

Yeah. Mebbe a smaller version.. Sure looks similar..

 

[dlee12]

Dangit, I used to see a ton of these in Yadkin and surrounding…theres a name for them, but danged if I can place it..

 

[dlee12]

Doodlebug! That’s it!

WWII when tractor supply was low, or if you were just poor, you made your own tractor.

 

[MCQUADE]

Yep, it’s a doodlebug. Most of them you see were made from model A’s.

 

[HawgBonz]

Doodlebug! That’s it!
WWII when tractor supply was low, or if you were just poor, you made your own tractor.

Looks like that may actually be a thing..
Good one, dlee12!! 😁 👍

 

[ronn47]

Now go give the guys a 6 pack and have them drag it to your place.

 

[MCQUADE]

2 of my FIL’s A model doodlebugs.

 

[HawgBonz]

Now go give the guys a 6 pack and have them drag it to your place.

Homey ain't "mechanically inclined" t'wards vehicles.. 😁

 

[Snal~]

2 of my FIL’s A model doodlebugs.View attachment 569873

Hell.....I gotta have one now!
Betcha I could make one out of a Pinto!

 

[MCQUADE]

Y’all look close at the “flashers” mounted on the bumper of the closest doodlebug in the pic. There are red bulbs in the tips/nips that flash intermittently.🤣

 

[dlee12]

Y’all look close at the “flashers” mounted on the bumper of the closest doodlebug in the pic. There are red bulbs in the tips/nips that flash intermittently.🤣

LOL, and the cultivator points for the seat back! Man that looks fun.

 

[MCQUADE]

@dlee12 , you can’t see it good in that pic but look at the top of the steering wheel. He cut down a bunch of horseshoes and welded them together To make the steering wheel.

 

[dlee12]

@dlee12 , you can’t see it good in that pic but look at the top of the steering wheel. He cut down a bunch of horseshoes and welded them together To make the steering wheel.

Thought thats what those were! It gets better the more you look at it.

 

[HawgBonz]

I'm thinkin mo' Doodlebug pics are in order!! Those things are a hoot!!

I wonder if they show up in Denton at their Thresher's Reunion? 🤠

 

[beamernc]

We called them short dogs. Not sure where the name came from.

 

[GoWolfpack]

Usta be one’a these?

View attachment 569849

I would pay double that price on the window for that

 

[WILDB!LL]

Hoover tractor.

 

[MCQUADE]

Short Dogs, Hoover Tractors, and Hoopties are other names for them. @HawgBonz , there used to be a lot up there. My Father in law took the 2 in the pic I posted for several years. He had a display for over 40 years with various hit and miss engines he’d restored. 2019 was his last year going, dementia...He was a mechanical genius but now he doesn’t know what a screwdriver is. Here’s a pic of the steering wheel he fab’d outta horseshoes...

 

[HawgBonz]

2019 was his last year going, dementia...He was a mechanical genius but now he doesn’t know what a screwdriver is.

Ahhhhhh, chit. I hate that for yer lot. BTDT and there ain't no good ta come of it.
Least he's left some "monuments" for the rest of us to appreciate.
That horseshoe wheel took some time figgerin and settin up. Fun with the welder!! 👍

 

[MCQUADE]

Well, Ol Joe crossed the river a little over a week ago so now the wife has 2 doodlebugs for me to work on. We will be keeping the one in the earlier pic with the horseshoe steering wheel. I gotta get the black one back in shape and will probably sell it. Been spending this week sorting through everything and moving some stuff. Got 3 Model A engines and small parts scattered everywhere 😁

 

[Lager]

Looks like something from the cartoon movie " Cars"

 

[MCQUADE]

Gotta get to grinding some corn too