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Flatfender Ben 
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Joined: 13 July 2014 Location: Nyssa OR Status: Offline Points: 2657 |
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 Posted: 25 Jan. 2021 at 2:25am |
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Hey ya Muley
Glad your back at the reins
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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muley
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Joined: 25 Jan. 2021 Location: idaho Status: Offline Points: 821 |
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Posted: 25 Jan. 2021 at 1:29am |
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Hi-Ya Ben long time no see. Lost my logins and it was easier to reregister as a new guy than fight it..
See ya later buddy.. muley
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I never met a mule I didn't like! OD Mule 01-52 M38 Big Red 19fiddy CJ3A salad |
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a4cj2a77
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Posted: 25 Jan. 2021 at 1:09am |
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Funny, we posted at almost the same time.
Phil
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 25 Jan. 2021 at 1:06am |
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Thanks!
I don’t know how old the rake is. It’s a IH like my other one but not as complete. I was just looking at your awesome desert pics
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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a4cj2a77
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Posted: 25 Jan. 2021 at 1:03am |
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How old is the rake, it will look good sitting out on your ranch and as always great photos.
Phil
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Vintage Don
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Posted: 24 Jan. 2021 at 3:49am |
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Awesome photos!
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64CJ5
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Posted: 24 Jan. 2021 at 3:10am |
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Love the scenery and the cows. Keep up with the pictures, they are like Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, they're GREAT.
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64CJ5 "Eeyore"
01TJ "Tigger" 52 M38 Severely demilitarized, "Popeye" The Coast Guard Jeep. 14 JK "Jake" To Trust Government Defys Both History and Reason. PUBLIC LAND Owner/User |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 24 Jan. 2021 at 1:57am |
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Thanks!
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Posted: 24 Jan. 2021 at 12:33am |
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this looks like a painting. awesome.  |
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CJ-2A 72586 tan (stock)
CJ-2A 197624 green (resto-mod) the wife abides (def: to bear patiently; TOLERATE) |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 23 Jan. 2021 at 11:25pm |
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Flatfender Saturday!
 Skidded a 200lbs mineral tub out to range for the cows.  Next adventure I went to the neighbors ranch to collect some artifacts that he gave me  This old rake was on the back side a ditch so I had to get creative to rescue it. I was able to roll it around and down to the ditch, then I found a pole laying near by and ran the other wheel across a tree and brush already laying in the ditch.  Then I used a short chain and pulled it out.   I pulled it slowly back to windy sage farms.  Decided to try it out raking tumbleweeds on the edge of the driveway.  It definitely gathered them up!  I definitely need propeller shaft guards, I wrapped so many tumbleweeds around the back drive line it was pulling the motor down. That was a pain to remove all those  Then I went and loaded an old stock tank, it’s rusted out but my wife wants to use it for a planter.   |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 10 Jan. 2021 at 1:29am |
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Flatfender Saturday!
Fence building day.    Best way to warm up on a cold morning? start pounding posts!    I was well warmed up by noon and I had reach the top of the hill 300’ from my starting point and had 3 of the 5 wires stretched.  The fog kept creeping closer as I lunch. No more sun shine for the afternoon    Thanks to all Rugers help I finished  Desert Dogs work is never done... now it’s time to feed the cows.  |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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dasvis
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Posted: 04 Jan. 2021 at 12:59am |
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I like that extra grandchild window on your dad's Willys
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1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 04 Jan. 2021 at 12:18am |
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It’s public
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TateC
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Posted: 03 Jan. 2021 at 11:40pm |
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I always love your updates, is the golf course open to the public or does your family have a private golf course? I’d probably have it full of old cars.
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Tate Christensen
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Jan. 2021 at 11:17pm |
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Now the rest of the story......
Wow this post is longer than some Sunday morning sermons I’ve heard. Anyway we didn’t have time to chain up for the hill so we used the driveway... Oh did I mention my Grandma lives at a golf course? Our family turned my grandparents 80 acre farm into a golf course.  Didn’t get far and Dad had to stop and remove the tumble weeds rapped around his drivelines!   We decided to take a tour around the course  On the left we have the driving range.  Don’t worry we stayed on the cart paths!      Imagine that I found a golf ball! My nephew put it on the gab handle,it rolls back and forth as I drive   I decided it’s my new tilt*o* meter if the ball falls out hold on! Then we stopped at Grandmas and quickly we’re offered pie and hot cocoa  I love going to Grandmas! Thanks for following the Oregon Trail Flatfenders on this Flatfender Saturday!! |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Jan. 2021 at 9:33pm |
The answer to all questions is??? I’ve wondered about the hose, the original owner had passed away before I got the jeep so I don’t know. You think flatfender Saturday stuff would sell? Or Oregon Trail Flatfenders? Hmm might be fun.
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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64CJ5
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Posted: 03 Jan. 2021 at 8:14pm |
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Ben, what is the hose on the barbed fitting on the exhaust manifold for? I like the title for your Jeep runs. Tee shirts, sweat shirts and stickers for sale in the future?
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Jan. 2021 at 4:32pm |
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Flatfender Saturday!!
A few days ago my Dad suggested we needed a name to call our selves as jeepers. So Saturday morning we compare notes.....I didn’t having anything I really liked other than one silly one.... (The Busted Hub Jeep Club) Dad came up with using the Oregon Trail in our name. So after discussing it we settled on.... OREGON TRAIL FLATFENDERS Anyway there it is We decided we wouldn’t call it a club or do anything official. But anyone who wants to join us on runs just has to bring your flatfender... (please no square headlights or mall crawler flatfender wanna be Jeeps!!  )Then Dad quickly says the Oregon Trail Flatfenders need to do our first run of 2021! Let’s meet at the crossroads at 1pm. I only had an hour to spare Saturday,so since Dad was taking my nephews over to visit Grandma McKinney we decided to make that our jeep run of the day. Grandma lives a few miles down the road. Par for the course... (that will be funny later) I put my boots on and walked out my back door 15 minutes to 1pm and wasn’t 100% sure what jeep to take? I really wanted to take Miller’s jeep but decided leaving the farm wasn’t a good idea because It doesn’t have brakes! Sure wish the head jeep mechanic would fix a few things around here!!  Desert Dog would be the easiest... but with temps just above freezing leaving the farm with no windshield didn’t sound that fun. Sooo.. 3B it is! It’s got a top and a heater!! Win win But... it hasn’t been started since the middle of last year.... (Ok fine that’s only 6 months) but I’m telling the story and it sounds better to say middle of last year!  By now I only have 12 minutes before I need to meet Dad.  Well it’s got oil and coolant.. but no battery! So I walked over and stole the battery out of my Highboy Ford.  Wow apparently the jeep fleet detail guy doesn’t do his job either! Looks like this Jeeps been parked inside a dustnato!  Actually this jeep was in a dustnato this summer!  Fired right up!  Pulled it out and checked the gas...yep there’s a little in there.  No time to add more gas. Taking pictures is using up my minutes. Oh but I did notice and unload the random stuff piled ontop the winch  I roared down the driveway 2 minutes to 1pm. I did pump the brakes a few times to make sure they worked before I reached the closed gate, the other day I had to turn out into the sagebrush because desert dog wouldn’t stop!  I’m really need to fire my mechanic  When I got out to open the gate I realized the front tire was pretty much flat.... oh well. It did pull to the left pretty bad on the pavement. I got to the crossroads at 1:02  Oregon Trail Flatfenders  Over the hill to grandmas house we go.  I kept forgetting to clean the windshield so not the greatest pics.  Dad tried the fun route and ended up spinning out on the frozen hill and getting tangled in some barbwire hiding in the weeds   I will have to finish this post later Sorry stay tuned. X |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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