foot feet

 

I grew up hearing this part of the vehicle called the "foot feet." It wasn't until I took drivers ed that I learned the proper terminology is foot FEED.  Amazing!  This particular foot feed is on an old army surplus ditcher parked on the farm.  It was purchased decades used to dig trenches for drip, or in-ground, irrigation systems.  Supposed this piece of equipment was built to dig trenches during the Viet Nam war.  The radiator cap says "Unitrio" but I didn't find much about the ditcher nor the company.  However, here is a link that will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about war use ditching machines!

 





the ditcher

 

The Old Homestead

Lubbock County, Texas

11.30.2014