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Not often I see vintage Tonka-style metal truck toys at thrifts, or outside of a display case anyhoo, but here we are with a road grader. This one was made by Structo and has real rubber tires.
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Not often I see vintage Tonka-style metal truck toys at thrifts, or outside of a display case anyhoo, but here we are with a road grader. This one was made by Structo and has real rubber tires.
Vintage anthro grader I drew about 5 weeks ago iirc
This is a grade toy!
(I know it’s wrong but I still think of these as Road Graters because, y’know, they grate away the dirt)
Parents Magazine December 1952
I think they mean “No grader toy for summertime fun!”
Parents Magazine July 1953
Step 1: Believe there is a power road grader than ourselves
History Today October 1959
“Look at this old sign I found while putting in the new highway. It says here “Welcome to Hobbiton. I don’t rightly remember no Hobbiton, do you?”
History Today May 1964
HOLT CAT is Eagle Pass’s authorized Caterpillar dealer for Caterpillar equipment like road grader and motor grader sales, service, parts and rentals. Established in 1933, HOLT CAT sells, services and rents heavy equipment, engines and generators for construction, earthmoving, mining, industrial, petroleum and agriculture. Looking for road grader Eagle Pass sales, service, parts, and rental in Eagle Pass, call HOLT CAT Eagle Pass at (830) 715-4585.
Day Lily at Salt Kettle Rest Stop, Oakwood IL - July 2017 http://michael-massa-micon.tumblr.com A short while after entering Illinois from Indiana on I-74, there is a rest stop called “Salt Kettle.” With the current state of affairs in Illinois, almost all of the roads are atrocious and the rest stops well under national average... except for Salt Kettle. Perhaps it is because it is located within the boarders of the Kickapoo State Recreation Area, but for some reason, this is one of the most beautiful and well-maintained rest stops I have seen. There is a very nice lake, flowers, one of the salt kettles from when salt was boiled out of local salt streams, and, for some reason, a very well-presented display of an antique, horse-drawn “road grader.” I put road grader in quotes because I have been told several times lately that road grader is not the correct term. They are road maintainers. I guess it is one more sign that I am getting old when even what I call tractors is out of date. MWM