The Big "Iron Out"

For the past week or so, a junk dealer has come out to the farm to get scrap iron and old vehicles and machinery that has been here for years.  Some of this stuff has been here since the late 60's.  It was definitely time to clean the place up.   Every guy in the neighborhood needs a "scrap iron pile", but hubby's pile was just a little too big!  I think all the useable parts had already been taken out of the cars and farm machinery and all that was left was just the body.  All the farms around here probably need a good iron out cleaning, so now I'm the envy of all the ladies in the neighborhood, as they have also been after their husbands to clean things up!  It must be a "guy thing" to keep piles of farm stuff and iron and cars out in the 'back 40' !  Every guy around these parts does his own welding and repair, but there comes a time when enough is enough.   (Of course, we won't mention that the ladies in the neighborhood have their own "iron pile" of cabinets full of quilting material and fabric for that future project, many sets of dishes for that special occasion, and clothes by the heaps in boxes for when we lose weight, ya know?) Ha!  Sometimes human nature is strange......

A 1954 White Co truck (used to be Harold's Dad's).  This one was actually in a neighbor's scrapyard!  I guess the guys around here share scrapyards??

One of many trucks of scrap

Ancient machinery!

The scrap dealer brought his tractor to load stuff.

One of the last loads.