Ed Tse
Ancient Iron Beasts
McCormick-Deering tractors from the 1930s and 1940s. This was before they had rubber tires... They were in pretty good condition considering they've been sitting out there for I-don't-know-how-many years. Rusted and some parts stolen but otherwise intact.
A little back story.
My dad had this idea of going to this ghost town called Bents. He had tried going there before but couldn't find it. This place is about 100 km from Saskatoon and the closest recognized town is Harris (which is why I geo-tagged it there).
Anyways, Saskatchewan is pretty flat and we knew the general direction of Bents (or so we thought). Luckily, Bents has a huge grain elevator which you can spot from about 5 km away. So we spotted this white grain elevator and drove in that direction. We arrived to find that the place was inhabited and that it was not Bents but just a farm (with a white grain elevator) and trailer.
We were lucky again to catch the family that owns the farm. They had arrived the same day from Vancouver. We asked them for directions to Bents. They weren't sure but they had this old calender with a map from 1966. This map had every little town that use to be in the area and as infinitely more useful than the road map and gps we had. They also gave us a tour of their farm. They have several old tractors, trucks, and other farm equipment. It was pretty cool.
Ancient Iron Beasts
McCormick-Deering tractors from the 1930s and 1940s. This was before they had rubber tires... They were in pretty good condition considering they've been sitting out there for I-don't-know-how-many years. Rusted and some parts stolen but otherwise intact.
A little back story.
My dad had this idea of going to this ghost town called Bents. He had tried going there before but couldn't find it. This place is about 100 km from Saskatoon and the closest recognized town is Harris (which is why I geo-tagged it there).
Anyways, Saskatchewan is pretty flat and we knew the general direction of Bents (or so we thought). Luckily, Bents has a huge grain elevator which you can spot from about 5 km away. So we spotted this white grain elevator and drove in that direction. We arrived to find that the place was inhabited and that it was not Bents but just a farm (with a white grain elevator) and trailer.
We were lucky again to catch the family that owns the farm. They had arrived the same day from Vancouver. We asked them for directions to Bents. They weren't sure but they had this old calender with a map from 1966. This map had every little town that use to be in the area and as infinitely more useful than the road map and gps we had. They also gave us a tour of their farm. They have several old tractors, trucks, and other farm equipment. It was pretty cool.