no quiz
...just checking to see if you guys venture out of the city
your memory is pretty good...it is on 51, just north of uniontown. it has only been moved off that location once back in the 50's.
a friend of mine bought the property and the 1951 Koehring shovel came with it...and it runs. the previous owner moved it and set the boom down so they could paint it. he's greased/started/moved it every year. cable was recently changed. he said he paid $83k for it new...that included +$8k for the Cat engine option.
i was there the other day augering post holes along the frontage and people were stopping and asking what we were going to do with the shovel & "please don't move it away...it's been here as long as i remember"
Even a state cop stopped and said they use it as a reference point.
he said he's had offers for it...from the National Pike steam, gas, horse assoc.
and from someone in Cranberry.