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My Dream Come True!

By Nolan Osbak

Box 501 Warburg, Alberta Canada T0C 2T0

This has two WD-40 tractors involved. The first is about the one I fixed and the other WDC #578.

I shall give a brief history of the #578 first. It was bought new by Greenhough's Ltd. in the spring of 1936. Greenhough's Ltd. was a partnership between two brothers, Fred and Hargreaves. They had an IHC dealership in the Genesee, Keephills district of Alberta which was about fifty-five miles southwest of the city of Edmonton. Edmonton is the capital city of the Province of Alberta, Canada. Greenhough's Ltd. also farmed in the area at the same time. They quit the dealership in 1966 but they still farm in the same area today.

Greenshough's is now run by sons of the former partners: Harvey, Bill and Glen. Harvey believes that #578 was the first diesel wheeled tractor to reach Edmonton. Of course, at this late date, I don't...

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