IH Tractors on Montana Farm

[Loadstar]

Ralph,

I didn't remember until I was down the road this morning that I didn't acknowledge your remarks to me about the Alberta Clipper you say is headed our way. I do have to say with the last two days of rain and 40 degrees, it has melted much and will naturally turn everything underfoot to ice. Oh well, I was worried about the snow load on my shop and our house. That sure changed.

"Disirregardless", I neglected to mention the picture of the Aultman-Taylor threshing machine and the IHC Famous engine. That's a good sized engine your Grandpa was running. It has to be around 15-25 hp? . Gary

Gary, no danger of melting snow here as we are at least 30 degrees too cold for that. I think the snow is going to miss me and stay further south this time.

Re: the IH Famous engine, it was a 20 hp I believe and all I have left is the cast iron ring that was actually the handle to disengage the clutch. The story was that the machine had plugged or thrown the belt or something and Uncle Arthur ran up and grabbed that wheel to disengage it quick and all the spokes broke leaving him with just the cast ring in his hands. Wonder how they got it shut down.

Another thing I wondered, what type fuel did this engine run on? I'd always assumed gas but now wonder if it could have been kerosene? Also, where was the fuel tank as I can't see one in the picture. That upright tank like thing is apparently the cooling hopper I have been told. I'd think this old engine would burn a fair bit of fuel in a day.

Nice pic of the K7 truck. At first glance I thought it was the older D series.

[Old Binder Guy]

Re: the IH Famous engine, it was a 20 hp I believe and all I have left is the cast iron ring that was actually the handle to disengage the clutch. The story was that the machine had plugged or thrown the belt or something and Uncle Arthur ran up and grabbed that wheel to disengage it quick and all the spokes broke leaving him with just the cast ring in his hands. Wonder how they got it shut down.

Another thing I wondered, what type fuel did this engine run on? I'd always assumed gas but now wonder if it could have been kerosene? Also, where was the fuel tank as I can't see one in the picture. That upright tank like thing is apparently the cooling hopper I have been told. I'd think this old engine would burn a fair bit of fuel in a day.

Nice pic of the K7 truck. At first glance I thought it was the older D series.

Ralph,

I got an email from my reference librarian, Roger, regarding your "Great Picture!" Your Famous is BIG, owing to all the equipment it is running. He said possibly even a 25hp, but if you heard 20, that is very likely it. He said it is a gasoline engine. The kerosene engines had a different manifold setup to get hotter for burning kerosene.

I'm including some pictures of an IHC Famous he restored some years back. It was stripped of all small parts and babbet during WWII. (If you recall the steam & diesel locomotives he built and the RR cars, you know he'd pretty handy in his shop!). I don't believe he still has the outfit? One thing he got rid of but recently got back, in this picture though is that IHC Autowagon Highwheeler at left in this picture!

This is his 10hp IHC Famous threshing.

From the "Sterling" thresher end, this is the same outfit. Sterling was built by IHC. It is a hand feed, raddle stacker type of very early thresher. Gary

PS: I hear you about the confusion of the K-7 with the old D series. We had a KB-6 and a D-30, which they seemed more alike than the K-5 and KB-5s we had. Again, the K-6 & 7 both had the D series cabs and that is what confused things in my mind... plus their grilles were a lot the same.

[Loadstar]

Ralph,

I got an email from my reference librarian, Roger, regarding your "Great Picture!" Your Famous is BIG, owing to all the equipment it is running. He said possibly even a 25hp, but if you heard 20, that is very likely it. He said it is a gasoline engine. The kerosene engines had a different manifold setup to get hotter for burning kerosene.

I'm including some pictures of an IHC Famous he restored some years back. It was stripped of all small parts and babbet during WWII. (If you recall the steam & diesel locomotives he built and the RR cars, you know he'd pretty handy in his shop!). I don't believe he still has the outfit? One thing he got rid of but recently got back, in this picture though is that IHC Autowagon Highwheeler at left in this picture!

Gary

Gary, thanks , and thanks to Roger to for the info on the Famous engine. I think I got the 20 hp figure from the original sale bill (which I have here somewhere). Those photos are interesting and I can sure see the similarity to my engine. Even the little spoked cast wheel on the drive pulley side (the one that broke in Uncle Arthurs hands)

But one difference I see is that the belt pulley drive seems to be on the opposite side to the one in my picture. Mine appears to have the drive belt pulley on the opposite side to the cooling hopper. Roger's engines have the drive pulley on the same side as the cooling hopper. Maybe it was optional and easily changed?

[timnjaneb]

Ralph is your picture (IHC Famous) from about the 1910 time frame? Tim

[Old Binder Guy]

Ralph,

I got an email from my reference librarian, Roger, regarding your "Great Picture!" Your Famous is BIG, owing to all the equipment it is running. He said possibly even a 25hp, but if you heard 20, that is very likely it. He said it is a gasoline engine. The kerosene engines had a different manifold setup to get hotter for burning kerosene.

I'm including some pictures of an IHC Famous he restored some years back. It was stripped of all small parts and babbet during WWII. (If you recall the steam & diesel locomotives he built and the RR cars, you know he'd pretty handy in his shop!). I don't believe he still has the outfit? One thing he got rid of but recently got back, in this picture though is that IHC Autowagon Highwheeler at left in this picture!

Gary

Gary, thanks , and thanks to Roger to for the info on the Famous engine. I think I got the 20 hp figure from the original sale bill (which I have here somewhere). Those photos are interesting and I can sure see the similarity to my engine. Even the little spoked cast wheel on the drive pulley side (the one that broke in Uncle Arthurs hands)

But one difference I see is that the belt pulley drive seems to be on the opposite side to the one in my picture. Mine appears to have the drive belt pulley on the opposite side to the cooling hopper. Roger's engines have the drive pulley on the same side as the cooling hopper. Maybe it was optional and easily changed?

Ralph,

Roger called me tonight to fill me in on some of your questions. The clutch and pulley could be mounted on the flywheel of either side. They were both drilled and tapped for it. The "tank" by the cylinder head is the muffler. Yours had a hopper and screen cooling system much like Roger's. The hot water was pumped to the top of the screen and it ran back into the tank below, much cooler. The gas tank was mounted in the frame, under the cylinder. Roger thoroughly loves your photo. He is amazed at the size of the threshing machine it turns. I put the picture on again showing the cooling hopper at right, with the IHC decal on it, so you can see how the water is pumped to the top and flows down the screen.

I couldn't resist putting this picture on of another 1911 Model T Open Runabout. They sure are a sporty little car.

I've also spent time watching a 1911 International Harvester Company movie they had done in that period. It's amazing to see a big Mogul plowing, an Autowagon, or Autobuggy, a Titan, a reaper and three binders... All IHC and McCormick-Deering. Later footage shows the early 1930s IH trucks, and now I'm into the K-7 era, put out by Navistar, celebrating back 150 years through their Weber wagons. Gary

[Old Binder Guy]

I was thinking some of you might be interested in the gallery of Heritage Park of North Iowa. Roger's friend (and my acquaintance) Jerred Ruble posted this on SmokStak and I think you'd like it as well. I'm posting some of their pictures to show how they get their threshing done there! I've never seen anything like it! Ron Holland takes his engines there as well and he owns the 110hp Case, as well as a very scarce Illinois steamer in this gallery. My friend Warren Bellinger is the engineer of this 110hp Case, and I posted photos of he and the engine when the three 110hp Case steamers pulled the 60-bottom plow setting a world's record... back a few pages on this thread. Gary

http://www.heritageparkofnorthiowa.com/Gal...ng%20Daysl).htm

[Loadstar]

Ralph is your picture (IHC Famous) from about the 1910 time frame? Tim

Tim, that threshing outfit was bought in Sept. of 1910 and I believe the photo was taken either that year or the next. I tried posting the sale bill earlier but somehow the post disappeared. Maybe I'll try again if this one works.

[Old Binder Guy]

Ralph is your picture (IHC Famous) from about the 1910 time frame? Tim

timnjaneb,

If you'd stolen the picture to your files like I did (I'll bet Roger did too!?!?) the photo comes up with 1910 in the title of the photo.

I guess if we didn't want people stealing our photos from this thread, we shouldn't put them here???

Gary

[Loadstar]

Ralph,

Roger called me tonight to fill me in on some of your questions. The clutch and pulley could be mounted on the flywheel of either side. They were both drilled and tapped for it. The "tank" by the cylinder head is the muffler. Yours had a hopper and screen cooling system much like Roger's. The hot water was pumped to the top of the screen and it ran back into the tank below, much cooler. The gas tank was mounted in the frame, under the cylinder. Roger thoroughly loves your photo. He is amazed at the size of the threshing

I've also spent time watching a 1911 International Harvester Company movie they had done in that period. It's amazing to see a big Mogul plowing, an Autowagon, or Autobuggy, a Titan, a reaper and three binders... All IHC and McCormick-Deering. Later footage shows the early 1930s IH trucks, and now I'm into the K-7 era, put out by Navistar, celebrating back 150 years through their Weber wagons. Gary

Gary, thats more valuable information you and Roger have supplied me on the old engine. Now I have some for you. Here is a scan of the original sale bill when the threshing machine and engine were purchased in Sept. of 1910. Notice it is 20 hp. Price of $899 for the whole outfit. I couldn't figure why I found another almost identical bill dated for Nov. 11 of the same year for another Aultman Taylor threshing machine but finally came to realize that the first thresher only lasted a couple of months before it burned down in a stubble fire. I'd always known it burned but didn't know it was the same year as it was purchased. Must have been a fair bit of wood in the old thresher which burned well. I can go to the exact spot on this farm where the fire occured. I recall finding some pieces of charred wood there many years ago when helping my Dad pick stones and he said it was from the first threshing machine that burned down. The engine likely survived. That second Aultman Taylor was purchased at a price of $324. Quite a blow to the new threshing syndicate in their first year of operation but they made it work for another 12 years before disolving and each buying their own threshing outfits.

You'll notice also that the thresher is a 27x42 in size and I'm no expert on them but would think that is a good sized machine. They did a little custom work to help pay the bills. 3 quarters of land was mortgaged to pay for the machinery.

[Guy Fay]

Back to the Wisconsin Archives----------

Anybody know the connection with the Wisconsin Archives and IHC???

Delta Dirt

Avon, Ms 38723

Delta, IH donated all their archives to the U of Wisconsin.

Can,t remember exactly when it happened but it must have taken a few truck loads.

It's actually the Wisconsin Historical Society- not the University of Wisconsin. Stuff started coming up from the McCormick Family in the 1950s, the Farm side of International Harvester came in 1991, another big chunk including the rest of what was in their corporate archives came in 2001. Machines from the old storage at McCormick WOrks (old reapers and models used for advertising) came in 1959. About 12 semi loads of paper Plus there's been donations of materials from Case, retirees, etc.

Why Wisconsin? In the 1950s, The WHS was one of the biggest and oldest historical societies around, and they offered to take over the salaries of the McCormick families' archivist. There were previous links between the Historical Society and the McCormick family decades before, as well.

[Guest J.COINTE GAP SOUTH OF FRANCE]

A harvest fest in France featuring a Thresher Garin which was sold by my grand mother..........

[Old Binder Guy]

Ralph,

That's another parallel we have together. Burning Aultman-Taylor threshing machines. My grandpa bought his first Aultman-Taylor thresher and a 30-60 Aultman-Taylor gas tractor (serial number 47) in 1910 at the Montana Hardware Company in Lewistown, Montana from a salesman named Gilbert. Then I'm not positive just when, but it had to be about 1920 when Dad cleaned the ashpan out on the 20hp Reeves Highwheeler one morning. A nasty storm front wind came through, changing directions, whipped up the pile and the strawstack caught on fire. He tried to back the thresher out of its holes the rear wheels were in, but it broke the drive belt. They hadn't learned (yet) to put a chain on the tongue of the threshing machine, so that thresher burned. It is the straw that helps catch that hardwood on fire! They bought another Aultman-Taylor thresher, but like you said, that's a horrible loss at harvest time. But they survived to thresh another day. I still remember that old Aultman-Taylor thresher as a kid. It was returning to the earth at Uncle Audie's place when I was probably about an 8th grader. I asked him if I could have the "starving chicken" logos from each side. I still have one, but gave the other to someone in the past 50 years.

Gary

Back to the Wisconsin Archives----------

Anybody know the connection with the Wisconsin Archives and IHC???

Delta Dirt

Avon, Ms 38723

Delta, IH donated all their archives to the U of Wisconsin.

Can,t remember exactly when it happened but it must have taken a few truck loads.

It's actually the Wisconsin Historical Society- not the University of Wisconsin. Stuff started coming up from the McCormick Family in the 1950s, the Farm side of International Harvester came in 1991, another big chunk including the rest of what was in their corporate archives came in 2001. Machines from the old storage at McCormick WOrks (old reapers and models used for advertising) came in 1959. About 12 semi loads of paper Plus there's been donations of materials from Case, retirees, etc.

Why Wisconsin? In the 1950s, The WHS was one of the biggest and oldest historical societies around, and they offered to take over the salaries of the McCormick families' archivist. There were previous links between the Historical Society and the McCormick family decades before, as well.

Guy Fay,

Thank you for reporting here for the straight story of the Wisconsin Historical Society and the IHC Archives. You can only imagine how much I envy the amount of time I KNOW you've spent at that facility doing research for the material you've written. I would love to visit it sometime before I check out. I think it is phenomenal the amount of history they were given for perpituity and edification of the rest of us "corn binder" fans.

Gary

J.COINTE GAP SOUTH OF FRANCE,

That's a very interesting little threshing machine you posted for us. Thank you! Some of our old types had the sacking arrangement your's shows as well.

My Grandfather Yaeger (Jager... mitt der umlaut over "A") was from Roeschwoog in Alsace (now France), north of Strasbourg. I love visiting that area. Then Grandmother (Regli) was from Andermatt, Switzerland. I've likely travelled within 500 miles of you!?!??

Thanks for posting!!

Gary

[Delta Dirt]

Thanks to Guy Fay for further clarifying the Wisconsin/IHC connection. My dad was the first Harvester dealer here in Greenville----starting up in with the introduction of the Farmall Regular tractor. He later sold the dealership and went to work for IHC as a Farmall "expert" covering 16 southeastern states----travelling out of Chicago. He knew alot of the old timers that we here so much about from the home office back through the 20's and 30's.

Could tell alot of good stories from those days-----------some of them would match right up there with Alexander Botts and the Earthworm tractor tales.

One that comes to mind this morning: he wuz over in the Carolinas working with a new dealer----they had a big promotional day scheduled for the showing of the Regular. He had gotten quite proficient at handling the old Regulars and one of his favorite tricks was to run up against the street curb and "hop" the front end up on the sidewalk-----showing how "strong and tough" the Regular was built. One slight problem that particular day----they had a light drizzle falling and as he approached the curb and went to quickly "pop" the clutch---------------his foot slipped on the clutch pedal.

Broke the front bolster completely out from under the tractor!!!!! -------------not to be outdone, they quickly robbed a front steering bolster from another tractor and replaced it right there on the sidewalk to demostrate the "easy repairability" of the great Farmall.

One dealer from the Carolinas I always heard stories about was "Sam Clapp from Siler City, North Carolina"-----------if any of you know of Sam Clapp or his decendents---------I would be tickled to hear from them. Do know my dad talked with Sam sometime as late as the early '60s---------and they were still operating as the IH dealer in Siler City.

*******

Great piece of paper you got there Loadstar------with the original bill of sale on the old threshing machine. One more year---------and it will be 100 years old (in the appraisal business-----------you could easily round off 99 to make a 100 right now!)

Hope the current generation enjoys some of our old relics as much as we enjoy the earlier generations day to day activities. Tomorrow----today will be history.

--------------saw over on ACME where MB CAT (John Wythe) has a great looking lighted IHC dealer sign for sale. A real collector's item for someone up that way.

Delta Dirt

Avon, Ms

[Old Binder Guy]

Delta Dirt,

Thanks so much for posting you dad's IHC heritage for us. The Bourke family in Lewistown had done much the same. They got the Truck portion of IHC first, but then added the Implement portion back in the McCormick-Deering days and I sure followed their dealership. You are so fortunate to have it be in your family!

I found this picture on SmokStak this morning and thought it would look good here as well, as we were talking about old threshing machines. This add was from the Gaar Scott Company. Gary

[chub]

This is one of the most interesting pages on this ever interesting thread.

Delta, what you say below:

Could tell alot of good stories from those days-----------some of them would match right up there with Alexander Botts and the Earthworm tractor tales, reminds me that i have that movie on tape and I need to get it on again;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;it is uproarious when he goes acroos that bridge trestle with the "Cat" spitting out loose ties behind.

Gary ,now I know why you keep bringing up the starving chicken.............I enjoy it every time.

Ralph, what a piece of family memorabilia. Not many people have things like that. Have enjoyed the thresh machine stories and pictures. That one in France surely has had a lot of tender, loving care.

[Loadstar]

This is one of the most interesting pages on this ever interesting thread.

Delta, what you say below:

Could tell alot of good stories from those days-----------some of them would match right up there with Alexander Botts and the Earthworm tractor tales, reminds me that i have that movie on tape and I need to get it on again;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;it is uproarious when he goes acroos that bridge trestle with the "Cat" spitting out loose ties behind.

Ralph, what a piece of family memorabilia. Not many people have things like that. Have enjoyed the thresh machine stories and pictures. That one in France surely has had a lot of tender, loving care.

Chub , and Delta, I really do value those old worthless pieces of paper as they are actual pieces of my family history. I've got a few more like that , not quite the Wisconsin archives here but I do save a lot of stuff.

Re: Earthworm tractors, the only place I read of them was in my collection of Saturday Evening posts from the fifties where they would often have an episode of Botts out selling Earthworm tractors and solving mysteries and crimes on the side. Never knew he made it to the big screen.

Gary, I'd forgot about your Aultman Taylor being burned too. I guess it was not uncommon in those days.

The ironic thing about this one was that it occured during a spell when the crop was either too tough or not ready to thresh and the threshing outfit was sitting at the "setting" where they last threshed with nobody around when the fire came through. The Nevard bros. had seen the smoke from a couple of miles east and joked amongst themselves that it was probably the threshing machine burning down, never dreaming that it was actually happening.

[Delta Dirt]

Professor----

your comment: "dad's IHC heritage for us...........You are so fortunate to have it be in your family!"

I noticed at a young age that red blood closely matched the color of red paint------------but then I've got a friend that rode with me over to a catfish supper sponsored by the Case/IH dealer. Something was said about paint colors and my buddy openly commented "that there was one thing about that green paint that he really liked---------------it wuz the color of folding money".

--------------and then he went right on and helped himself to all the catfish he could eat. I suggested to the dealer that he not let him have any fish------------maybe just a plate of the "green slaw" (and instead---I would eat his fish). I still give Buddy a hard time about it--------he's owned alot of red in the past----------but I believe if you cut him today, he would bleed out green.

Chub's comments on Alexander Botts brought my mind around to another Farmall story from my dad: seems like Harvester had an inquiry from an old gentleman out in the woods around Carrolton, Mississippi that operated a sawmill. Carrolton is aprroximately 75 miles East of us and out in the hill area of Mississippi. As it turned out-----my dad was the closest dealer to this inquiry, so the blockman and my dad load up and travel over to Carrolton and run this old fellow down out at the small sawmill (gotta remember they were travelling in some sort of vehicle that the Professor or Roger would most likely be seen riding in). Now----both the blockman and my dad were pretty good salesmen----------but this old fellow running the sawmill wuz a pretty good "country trader". He wanted the Regular to power his sawmill-----but Harvester had a special on that if you bought the tractor---------Harvester would throw in a mowing machine or a disk for free. The old man knew about the special and insisted on one or the other (finally taking the disk)---------even though his primary interest wuz to power his sawmill. After a full day of "horsetrading" on the price--------a deal wuz struck with the sales order signed---------handshakes sealed the deal and my dad and the blockman head back on the long drive back to Greenville.

They had almost gotten back to the Delta at Greenwood-----------when they realized that had not figured the freight in on this sale. They set on the side of the road for a few minutes figuring and re-figuring (no calculators or computers back in the 20's). Great minds were at work here-----------when it was determined they needed to go back and clarify one point with the old fellow at the sawmill-----------so they turn around and drive about 25 miles back to the sawmill. My dad gets out of the car and says: "Mr. ???---------------you will want to pull your disk with this tractor won't you"??? The old man answers: "oh yes---------I'll probably want to disk my garden with it".

My dad replied: "well we better figure you a set of lugs in that deal---------that Regular sure won't pull much on those smooth steel wheels". The old man replied: "yep------you better add them in-----I will sure need them---------sure glad you thought about that". The deal was just turned into a profitable transaction------since lugs were part of the base price of the tractor.

Moral of the story: Necessity is the mother of Invention---------these two old boys had done some real head scratching figuring out a way to make this deal work. And----------of course: you always better watch them old tractor salesmen!!!!

Delta Dirt

Avon, Ms 38723

[chub]

Ralph, you wrote:

Re: Earthworm tractors, the only place I read of them was in my collection of Saturday Evening posts from the fifties where they would often have an episode of Botts out selling Earthworm tractors and solving mysteries and crimes on the side. Never knew he made it to the big screen.

This movie stars none other than Joe E. Brown and that silly looking & acting guy made it all the better. Bought my copy off the internet for $5.00 and entertained the family at a get-to-gether to much amusement by all and have watched it other times myself.

[Old Binder Guy]

Delta Dirt,

I remember Johnny Bourke remarking about red paint in his veins. John used to do all the painting in their shop. And... You can be proud of your IH heritage as well Delta!

Chub,

Perhaps I should be posting this Aultman-Taylor chicken instead of that colored one with no explanation? This one explains it more fully.

I forgot to check the odometer coming in here. I guess I'd better check it out? Well I checked... probably tomorrow? I kept thinking Tubacase47 would have posted by now. He is usually the clock watcher. I'd kind of like to hear about his health issues too. Tom.........? Gary

[MnRed]

Delta Dirt,

I remember Johnny Bourke remarking about red paint in his veins. John used to do all the painting in their shop. And... You can be proud of your IH heritage as well Delta!

Chub,

Perhaps I should be posting this Aultman-Taylor chicken instead of that colored one with no explanation? This one explains it more fully.

I forgot to check the odometer coming in here. I guess I'd better check it out? Well I checked... probably tomorrow? I kept thinking Tubacase47 would have posted by now. He is usually the clock watcher. I'd kind of like to hear about his health issues too. Tom.........? Gary

Gary; I have to bring up Jonny's Model coupe again. That war a superb jod and was a testimate to Jonny's dedication to a job well done. If you can't tell, I respected the bourke brothers very much, even though I only knew them and dealt with them for only ten months. Then IH closed the District Truck off a,d sent me to the Red River Valley of the North. Now, I am living in the territory I covered for IH trucks. RAY

[Delta Dirt]

MnRed------

Sounds like you might have been a "blockman" or "service rep" at one time?????

Chub-------

I need to find me a copy of the Alexander Botts movie-------------we used to have a number of the paper back books. When my mother died, my brother got most of the books---------and now he has died and his wife doesn't have any idea where any of the books might be.

All of those stories were a laugh a minute--------------ironically, I have found myself in similar situations many a time. (the old mind always goes back to Alexander Botts and the famous and most powerful tractor on earth-------------------the Earthworm tractor). I end up laughing at Alexander Botts and myself all at the same time!!!

Long live Alexander Botts!!!!!!!!!!!

Delta Dirt

Avon, Ms 38723

Delta Dirt

Avon, MS 38723

[Old Binder Guy]

Well my "Odometer watcher" Tom Railsback (Tubacase47) contacted me by email. I don't know how to help him get back on. I'm too computer illiterate to know what he needs to do to get back on here.

Gary:

Sorry I haven't been posting on the thread but I've forgotten either

my user name or my password and because I changed Email providers, I

can't contact the forum administrators to recover it.

Healthwise, I think I'm on the road to recovery. I'm not having to

use much oxygen these days and I've lost 90 lbs in fluid since Dec. 6.

This afternoon I hope to actually get on a tractor for the first time

since early November and drive it about 4 miles.

I talked to Martha Mehmke Thursday evening and she said Carl is having

some problems with confusion. Physically, he seems to be coming along

fairly well.

As for the thread on Red Power, just 22 more pages to hit 500 and 228

responses to hit 5,000.

I urged Lady H to post some pictures of my young engineer friend Nicholas Swanz here that she'd posted on SS. Nicholas was shown atop page 24 in Farm Collector this past issue, plowing with his 1/2 scale Case steam engine this past summer. He is one fine little engineer and is, I believe, 8 years old.

I forget which friend I'm stealing this picture from, but it is of the big engines at Osage, Iowa and they are pushing the big 40-140hp Reeves into the shed with a bucket crawler. I've always liked that old Phoenix Logger at left. That tracked engine will travel 10 mph! That 110hp Case is getting a brand new boiler this year as well, so it'll be back running hard. My friend I met at Rollag will be building the boiler at Lund Boiler Works. Gary

[Lady H]

Young steam engineer Nicholas Swanz is pictured on page 24 in Farm Collector Magazine.

It shows him plowing with his 1/2 scale 65hp Case steam engine at Heritage Park show in Iowa.

Here he is getting ready to plow at Heritage Park show. He is far right. His friend and steam buddy Scotty is plowing also.

Here he is on the micro Minnie at Heritage Park Show.

He is ready to drive the 40hp Gaar Scott too!

[PALOUSE]

Had this pic of a burned up threshing machine in my file. Long before my time, but near here. I have been told that often a hot bearing on those wooden threshers would start a fire. The fellow that owned this one was also the neighborhood blacksmith. Everybody looks pretty discouraged.

[Old Binder Guy]

Palouse,

Hey Greg... It looks like you were the one who tripped the odometer over! Congratulations! I was up at K-mart getting some meds for my wife. It said 200,001 when I clicked on.

Burned threshers. Wow. I can't imagine it in harvest. Mike had a bearing go out outside the feeder house on an old C II Gleaner I had. It started fire, as he'd smelled the smoldering chaff. He got out and put it out with an extinguisher as it burst into flames. That's as close as I came to a harvest fire of a harvester. I remember when our 28" IHC thresher burned in a machine shed fire when I was in the first grade. I explained it back about 250 pages, in case someone wanted further explanation of that fire, caused by a Milwaukee RR locomotive at 4:AM.

Gary