You can bet he wasn't distracted on his phone, adjusting the air ride seat, playing with the radio, or being safe. He was probably thrilled to have a job.
Plus showed up everyday on time.
I used to hunt mule deer on that bluff between Lyons Ferry and Starbuck. Interesting place because white tail and mule deer habitat crossed over. Even saw elk. There was a wheat producer that refused to join the local hunt club lease mafia and allowed guys to hunt. Also, in that area, every section 36 of each township is university land and is open to the public, but access can be tough. Corner crossing and such. I worked on his equipment. Had a couple Challenger 65’s. Can’t recall his name. Great family.
Oh yeah there's been elk there for a long time. Ayers Junction back up the road runs to the west of
Jimmy's.
Yep, my great uncle had one of these. In fact, he had a whole city block long garage where he parked his old trucks when he no longer used them. This old semi had a little short moving type trailer still hooked to it. I know he had trucks dating back to model A Fords in those garages. Everything was sold at an auction in about 1974 or so. Wish I knew if any were saved, but I was not at the auction to see what happened to them.
As noted in first post-Hall Scott V12 Defender 2,182 cu.in..
Hall Scott only built gas, butane, propane engines. One place the Defender was used was
