Wednesday Windage: Budget Friendly Plinker

 Thirteen round magazines! Eighteen round mags avaialble! Illegal in Illinois because of the threaded muzzle. 

 

Tuesday Torque II: IHC Titan Prairie Tractor At Pinckneyville

 This video is from 2025, and I am sure there will be new ones showing up on YouTube in the near future. This tractor is darn near priceless. It is extremely rare, but the Threshermen run it at every show. Vid by Someplace Or Another.

Tuesday Torque: This Ford Ain't A Ford!

 The story is  that some entrepreneur had an employee in his shop with the surname of Ford, so he tried to sell tractors with the Ford name, figuring to make a fortune. The tractors were so bad that the scheme soon failed. The Nebraska Tractor Tests came about as a result of this sad little tractor.  Thanks, Merle!

Great Safety Reminder From Living With Wood Fires, in the U.K.

 Accidents are unplanned events. You must plan and prepare to avoid them. A full comp .375 chain has 10 teeth per foot, and at 45 miles per hour, the chain can cut you 660 times per second. Big, Bad Cuts! Take a class, use your safety gear, plan every cut.

Back To The Old Grind!

Weekend Steam III: Our Modern World Could Not Exist Without The Steam Shovel!

 Thanks, Merle!

If you like steam shovels, you really should plan a trip to Rollag!

Weekend Steam II: Roll Veneer Mills

 You probably have seen roll veneer being made if you have been to a few engine shows. The mill in this video actually came out of a box and basket factory in southern Illinois. 

Here is the primary product made from veneer peeled off of a spinning log.

Ten And A Half Years Ago...

 ...was our big break-in. Yesterday I found another piece of glass in the driveway from that night! This surely has to be the last one...

Weekend Steam: Pinckneyville Weekend!

 Susan and I aren't going this weekend, but you should if you can. We always have a good time, but the heat got us down this week and we are not up to it. Here are a few videos from years past.

Susan and her mother. Patti left us eight years ago. 

Definitely not for row crops!

Always plenty to see!

Running Slow

 The temps were still in the 90s at Pistol League, and I had been hot during the day. I was running slow. I usually shoot five plates in the 5 second range, and this time it was always 6-something. I did have two runs under 6 in my final turn. No missed plates, but I did have to go back a few times before the stop plate.  The sun is setting earlier every week and we will soon be driving at sunset, so Pistol League is nearly over for us this year. 

Great Plains Windmill Service

 Now you know who to call for all your windmill needs! I was terrified of the thought of climbing these when I was a kid!