Dave, that was a GREAT story. It is funny how folks swing a sledge “for exercise”. I’m sure my Great Granddad, who swung a sledge driving RR spikes for the CB&Q (and I have his sledge!) would laugh about that!
It also makes me more curious about my other Great Granddad who worked the Oil fields in Oklahoma. He had 6 sons and the story goes that he worked his boys so hard that my grandfather left and never came back! This was my Dad’s dad and not Dalton Jackson of JWC fame (he would never walk away from hard work that paid good).
Thom Van Vleck
Jackson Weightlifting Club
Highland Games athlete and sometimes All-Rounder