20 Mule Power

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/10/2018 at 18:10 • Filed to: None

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July 1941. “Twenty-mule-team-drawn combine. Walla Walla County, Washington. This outfit gets to work at 6 in the morning. Knocks off at 11 for rest, food and water for mules and men, goes back to work at 1 and works till 6.”

lone_liberal > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:13

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Modern Palouse farming complete with leveling systems :

For Sweden > lone_liberal 10/10/2018 at 18:18

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Those are odd looking cougs

lone_liberal > For Sweden 10/10/2018 at 18:19

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True, they’re actually succeeding. 

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:29

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Borax?

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:30

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post war farm mechanization helped put us on top of the world...

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:30

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post war farm mechanization helped put us on top of the world...

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 10/10/2018 at 18:32

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Exactly. It’s good for killing ants.

facw > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:33

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I’m irrationally bothered by the fact they have their mules 4-4-6-6 (I think) rather than 5-5-5-5 (or 4-4-4-4-4). 

ttyymmnn > facw 10/10/2018 at 18:40

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I’m sure there was an eminently practical reason for it.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:40

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Harvester and fertilizer in one.   That’s efficiency right there.

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:42

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That pic reminded me of a piece of family history: my great-great uncle’s car being retrieved from a river by a mere 2 horsepower.

facw > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 18:42

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Presumably. I did say I was being irrational.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 10/10/2018 at 18:45

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Who says the new ways are better?

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 10/10/2018 at 18:47

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“ After some adjustments to the car, Fleck and his companion started home.”

Try that in a modern car.

ttyymmnn > facw 10/10/2018 at 18:48

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Rationally, maybe it puts more power closer to the weight of the harvester? Four mules up front are easier to control? Phalanx FTW?