This old Dodge flatbed truck is parked in a vacant lot on Jefferson Boulevard with a lot of interesting farming implements. It has a diesel engine and metal tank on the bed, and a hose contraption with a spraying attachment affixed that winds around to the front. Does anyone know what it was used for?
Photo by Barbara
Photo by Barbara
I have no idea... but it sure makes for an interesting shot!
ReplyDeleteSpraying crops or weeds? Interesting photo subject, whatever it is.
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ReplyDeleteRosanna's husband Steve, an old farm boy from Woodland,CA says that he thinks it was used for irrigation with the pump on the back used to syphon water from a ditch or canal.
ReplyDeleteThis contraption is what used to be called a Rain Machine. My West Sac family still has their rain machine that was used to pull water from canals to irrigate alfalfa fields. As a child I was always surprised when somebody hadn't ever heard of a rain machine. To me and my sister this was an everyday piece of farm equipment that was essential.
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