Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Every kid loved these

 


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  1. I had the yellow dump truck. It was passed on down to my younger brother. 9 years my junior. Then on to a cousin.

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  3. Tonka made a Camper ? Way cool ! Mine was the standard red cab dump truck with yellow tilting bucket in the back. I think Mom donated it much later to a younger cousin. Tough little guy - wish I had it back just to put on the top of my computer body and reminesce.

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  5. My Tonkas were a dump truck, a motor grader, a dozer and a front end loader. Dad built a sand box in the back yard and I'd play for hours by myself, which Mom loved. I'd be out of her hair but she knew exactly where I was and that I was safe simply by looking out the kitchen window.

    I'm not sure what ever happened to my fleet. I probably wore it out. :-)

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    1. Me too, Elmo! Forgot all about that…

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    2. It's a fond memory of mine, one which I think of often.

      I always amazed my Mom because I could entertain myself by myself. She told me there weren't many kids that could do that. It's always been a quality I've appreciated having.

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    3. Elmo I too had the Dad built sandbox 2x6's not sure how big and could entertain myself for hours as well, indoors with Lego's. Nowadays I can barely crack myself up.

      Bear Claw

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  6. I think there's still a green one laying out in the yard somewhere. All rusty and I go around it with the mower.

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  7. There’s a guy on YouTube that restores these, amazing process and results. It’s called Chip Channel Restoration

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  8. I had a functioning fire truck and a yellow tow truck. Those things were the closest things to indestructible toys that were ever made

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    1. I had the Jeep CJ fire truck. It had a fitting on the rear, that a garder hose would screw into, so it worked!

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  9. I got the one because my gramps's truck with camper was the same color, that's funny.

    Bear Claw

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  10. I received the cement mixer for my birthday. Jealous older brother threw it off our porch repeatedly while I was at the dentist. Only thing left was the frame when I returned from the torture session. I was too tired and drugged to do anything about it. Still pissed about it.

    Spin Drift

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  11. I still have my BuddyL Cola Truck from from 1960 I believe. Well used but not bent or broken. Oh yeah, minus one wheel.

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    1. There are reproductions of that sort of part out there.

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  12. "Every kid loved these?" Have you turned Lib? Call me a misogynist (but also a realist) but I only remember little boys playing with these. :-)

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  13. Tonka, yes. Tonka campers, no. Tonka heavy machinery? Hell yes!

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