EZ TRBO
Senior Member
I had said a while back in my new member introduction that I would maybe do a small piece on the family business, which my grandpa started with his brother in 1947. As I am getting more familar with photo resizing and posting I think I might just do a nice thread, and keep adding photos and short stories about each and the history of the biz. Let me know what you think.
In 1947 two brothers Otto and Fritz Jean of Darlington Wisconsin purchased a lime mill and a dozer to crush ag lime for their brother in law Al Ruef who owned Al's Trucking. Their first dozer was a T-6 with no blade, they fabricated the entire thing, including the hyds. and soon moved to a TD-9. In 1953, with the business expanding to earth moving as well the brothers hefted out $14,000 for a brand new TD-14A International. The first lime mill they owned was hand fed, wheel barrowing rock and dumping it in to the mill. The second mill had a feeder table on it but it was still loaded by hand. Quite a lot of work to achive the goal of making ag lime. Here are two photos of the 14A, the first when it was brand new(my grandpa is on the right) and the next when he sold it in the mid 70's.
Thanks
Trbo
In 1947 two brothers Otto and Fritz Jean of Darlington Wisconsin purchased a lime mill and a dozer to crush ag lime for their brother in law Al Ruef who owned Al's Trucking. Their first dozer was a T-6 with no blade, they fabricated the entire thing, including the hyds. and soon moved to a TD-9. In 1953, with the business expanding to earth moving as well the brothers hefted out $14,000 for a brand new TD-14A International. The first lime mill they owned was hand fed, wheel barrowing rock and dumping it in to the mill. The second mill had a feeder table on it but it was still loaded by hand. Quite a lot of work to achive the goal of making ag lime. Here are two photos of the 14A, the first when it was brand new(my grandpa is on the right) and the next when he sold it in the mid 70's.
Thanks
Trbo