I am enjoying the shorts you find, Merle. Thank You!
And, an Advance Rumely plowing!
I am enjoying the shorts you find, Merle. Thank You!
And, an Advance Rumely plowing!
This Worthington pumping engine easily qualifies to be called "Big." It takes leverage and patience to prepare big engines for starting.
Prairie tractors came in amazing varieties. Every make, and every variation is distinctive, and Twin City tractors are big bruisers. They upright, inline engines, (Note the 6 cylinder model next to the 40 in the lineup!) and a radiator that is quite similar to the Aultman Taylor tractors.
Have you ever wonder how repairs were made in the field for armies in the 19th Century? Wonder on more! The traveling forge is strangely absen from movies as far as I know, yet it was a critical need for armies on the move.
Those big 'uns are impressive when they kick over. Good collection, Merle!
Merle sent a great link for the newly restored 4-8-4 engine, and it is beautiful! Thanks for spotting, Merle!
Go to Youngstown, Ohio this weekend for a special treat; ride on the J & L Narrow Gauge (2 feet) Railroad! This is a heritage railroad where you can ride behind an 0-4-0 steel hauling Porter locomotive. Read about it on Facebook, and on the railroad's website: J&LRailroad.
You keep your head on a swivel while looking around at steam shows. Something is always on hte move. Here are some of the sights at Rollag, Minnesota.
Susan got to take a ride today while our farmer shelled corn. It is always a good time. Next will be the beans, then the second crop beans.
Steam powered, with a real band organ supplying the mood music!
This oiler was a first for me. It's ingenious, and fascinating to watch.
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This is the machine that will chop your ensilage and put it into the silo. This is a mystery to folks who have never been around a farm, so it is well worth watching. Keep your clothing and hands away from the moving parts!
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Back To The Old Grind!
No charge to ride the train around the grounds at Rollag. Your gate fee takes you all the way! It is best to be there on Friday, and ride then, because the train will be packed Saturday and Sunday.
Here are some mighty fine boats to enjoy. Thank You, Merle for spotting! Lake Nockamixon Steamboat Meet, Lake Nockamixon, Bucks County, PA, October, 2012
Great interview with a great instructor! Many good takeaways in this video. "I buy my wife guns as good as mine, or better than mine, 'cause she may be the one that saves my life."
The tag says Improved, but I don't know exactly what it was they improved. Not the muffler, for sure. This nasty two stroke tractor will bust your eardrums. Not the murder part; this tractor still has that! Listen to the owner tell about it. Lug it down with a heavy load and the motor will reverse, cause the tractor to back up, and the driver is crushed between the tractor and the load. Sounds like a good one for static display!
This is just too much fun Merle! The video makes me want to go out and buy one! Thank You for your great spotting!
The Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Show has more exhibitors than you can shake a stick at! You will wear out your feet in a few days and you will not see it all, so plan another trip. In this brief video you will see ear corn being run through a McCormick sheller, then the shelled corn is dumped into a Letz feed grinder. It makes for happy pigs and chickens.
Back To The Old Grind!
Kory Anderson's big Case 150 has successfully plowed with 50 bottoms in the ground! The steamer barely broke a sweat!
I think this was used in a corn crib. It would be a perfect tool for lifting the front of a wagon to dump corn or wheat into the drag for a bucket elevator. The top unlatches so you can flip a line around it. Rig the line to lift from the ceiling to a snatch block and hook then back to the ceiling, and you pull with two lines.
This unique Oil Pull prototype is one of the reasons I went to Rollag for Labor Day Weekend.
This post from WDAY tells you all about it! CLICK HERE.
I was meandering through this roundhouse when I spotted a television reporter (Kevin Wallevand, WDAY TV) conducting an interview with a locomotive engineer, so I stopped and watched. This interview went on for at least ten minutes and there was plenty of good material. I looked it up on the 'net that evening, and saw neither hide nor hair of this accommodating engineer. Oh Well, that is how it goes. The reporter found another story that he liked better. CLICK HERE to see the story that made the news from the show grounds that day. It's good, too! Roll through the INFORUM posts on WDAY's website and you will find a couple more videos about the show at Rollag.
I slipped off to a little steam show, and this beauty was the first thing I looked at. It is extremely rare.