June 8th, 2016, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Medford, Oregon
Truck: 1962, 1965, 1967
Posts: 868
Rep Power: 343
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Re: on ebay "702 V-6" logo
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Originally Posted by POWERSTROKE
Running one of those self propelled pickers would have been a much nicer job than a tractor mounted picker where you sat right in the middle of all the roller chain drives running all the parts of the picker, and also sitting right in the middle of all the dust, dirt, noise, and heat when it's hot, and cold when it's cool out. Lots of farmers ended up missing hands and arms from not paying attention to where they put their hands/arms when running a picker back in the 1950's & '60's.
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One of my wife's uncles lost an arm that way on his farm in southeast Missouri in the '50s.
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Ed Snyder
Medford, Oregon
1962 1000 Pickup 401M & Muncie 318 with overdrive
1962 K1000 Suburban 401M & SM420
1965 2500 Suburban 351C & SM420 with Watson overdrive
1967 CM1500 pickup 351E & NP435
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