Roger Byrne Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 A little more information on how the Cotta transmission was built and a few other details on the Acme construction features. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Vetsch22 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Like Roger said my McCormick Deering 15-30 and I did a lot of thrashing over the weekend. I spent most of my Friday on the Minneapolis 24 hp steam engine on the sawmill. I also rebuilt the front idler wheel and yoke on my crawler a few days before the show. I got it all put together Thursday morning and took the T-20 down on Thursday afternoon along with 2 other loads of tractors too. This was the status on the T-20 on Monday, three days before the show. My dad snapped the picture as he was lending a hand along with Grandpa and Otis supervising. Here is a friend of mine Mark taking the T-20 for a spin to check it off of his bucket list! A couple photos of my 15-30 belted up to the thrashing machine, with one of my umbrellas to help keep me cool. I even pulled out the straw hat, so I figured I had better get a selfie ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred B Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Milo harvest, South Texas, 2021. Started cutting grain sorghum July 17, we're about 25 days late from normal. Turning out real good. 2388 combine with 30' header ,and 7150 Magnum with 700 bu Caldwell Cart. Going well except ground still spongy some places. Got combine stuck once, and cart twice, not too bad though. 275 case IH pull-out tractor. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 12:21 PM, Roger Byrne said: Yes Anson, it's my truck and also the last truck restoration project I'll tackle. I talked about it a while back and here is a link to the page with a posting at the top and also another in the middle of the page (I think it may work?). https://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/topic/22765-ih-tractors-on-montana-farm/?do=findComment&comment=1493467 Acme trucks use Continental Red Seal engines, Bork & Deck clutches, Cotta transmissions, Ross steering gears, Timken worm drive differentials, Hayes wheels with Timken bearings and many other high grade standard parts. Roger....do I make the assumption that "'Ross"" steering gear on your sweet old Acme truck.....is/was the same "Ross"' steering manufacturer on the mid eighties Kenworths , we had down under.....The one where you started the ''winding'' about fifty yards before the corner...??? Mike 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 Is anyone else getting this when trying to thank someone or clicking on LIKE? I tried and tried to like Roger's Acme posts. One accepted my like and the rest and Troy's won't let me. Gary? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Hasn’t given me any trouble Gary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostepn2001 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 About a month or so ago, l would get that notice quite a bit, but then it quit and haven't got it since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I've had it happen but not often and not in quite a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred B Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Havent had a problem with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Byrne Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Like others have said, it happens once and a while but never lasted. For me, I just re-booted the forum and it always goes back to normal. To Mike Newman's comments about Ross steering gears, yes it's the same company. The Ross Gear & Tool Company formed in 1906 building steering gears and other vehicle components. They were bought out in 1960 by TRW and later TRW was purchased by the German company ZF in 2015. The company still makes truck and industrial parts. The company history says they built their last manual steering gear in 1971, after that everything is power steering. As far as the steering unit in the Acme . . . "give 40 acres and I'll turn this thing around" would be the way I would describe it. It steers easy but slow and not very tight. My International Shovel Nose steering handles easily, is faster and has a much smaller turn radius with the IHC designed steering box. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 14 hours ago, twostepn2001 said: About a month or so ago, l would get that notice quite a bit, but then it quit and haven't got it since. ditto for me, also...like a board game......"'Go back to Start".....then it would come right.... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Dirt Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 21 hours ago, Old Binder Guy said: Is anyone else getting this when trying to thank someone or clicking on LIKE? I tried and tried to like Roger's Acme posts. One accepted my like and the rest and Troy's won't let me. Gary? Yep-------it's hit or miss with me Gary. Much better since the recent update-------but still has it's own mind. More problems in pulling up forum than others----lots of error messages or "site unavailable". May be it's just me--------head not to clear here lately.??? DD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostepn2001 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Been thinking about gettin' one them fancy motor homes. Found one fer sell cheep. Only used on weekends goin' to the gator wrasslin' contests out behind the discount cigarette, adult gift and used auto parts outlet. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 My daughter's new email lover. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 hours ago, twostepn2001 said: Been thinking about gettin' one them fancy motor homes. Found one fer sell cheep. Only used on weekends goin' to the gator wrasslin' contests out behind the discount cigarette, adult gift and used auto parts outlet. Is that a turbo air cleaner or the vent for the “indoor plumbing”? ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostepn2001 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Sledgehammer said: Is that a turbo air cleaner or the vent for the “indoor plumbing”? ? lt's a vent for the indoor plumbing. Gotta have some place fer that stinky air to go in between emptying the 5 gallon bucket.... 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Dirt Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I had mentioned new computer under separate thread several days ago. I did get it up and running and scrolled through many old pictures that I had not accessed in years. Wanted to post some here-------but problem today in remembering how I got connected yesterday!? Sure hope the Professor is not giving us an exam anytime soon!!! This post is from my cell phone-------at least it should bump us back to page one!!!? DD 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Anson, I always enjoy you and Gary's (others as well) pictures and memories from yesteryear. They remind me of a different America, the one in which my grandfathers,uncles and my dad were younger men. Thank you both so much for sharing and please keep sharing anytime you feel the need. Hope everyone here has a wonderful day. Doug R. Newton Iowa. P.S. grandpa's regular. That's an Iowa tractor on an Iowa farm. 🙂 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Dirt Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 ?-------Iowaboy. Do ya'll still have your Grampa's Regular?? DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Delta Dirt said: ?-------Iowaboy. Do ya'll still have your Grampa's Regular?? DD Yes sir it's in the barn. I should get it started and move it around a bit. However there is a cub 123 in the way....need to get back to that also. ?? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 4 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said: Anson, I always enjoy you and Gary's (others as well) pictures and memories from yesteryear. They remind me of a different America, the one in which my grandfathers,uncles and my dad were younger men. Thank you both so much for sharing and please keep sharing anytime you feel the need. Hope everyone here has a wonderful day. Doug R. Newton Iowa. P.S. grandpa's regular. That's an Iowa tractor on an Iowa farm. ? That pic makes it look like the only problems It has is a little dust. ???? Pretty cool to have it around. Grandpa got his first tractor when he came home from WW2. It was a B John Deere. He said that was enough to steer him away from JD forever. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 25 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: That pic makes it look like the only problems It has is a little dust. ???? Pretty cool to have it around. Grandpa got his first tractor when he came home from WW2. It was a B John Deere. He said that was enough to steer him away from JD forever. It does need a good wash. That pic is from a couple years ago after I had the head and pan off. Polished one journal as liner had leaked coolant down bearing was looking rough. It runs but haven't had it started since the day I put it in the barn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostepn2001 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Sledgehammer said: Grandpa got his first tractor when he came home from WW2. It was a B John Deere. He said that was enough to steer him away from JD forever. That reminds of a story my Mom used to tell. Right after WW ll, my Dad and Mom came to Texas from Okla. along several other family members to "pull bolls", or pick cotton. They were working for a elderly man named Mr. Ford and his wife. One morning they were by the windmill filling up water jugs when a truck pulled in with a brand new John Deere G on the back. The driver unchained and unloaded it and left. Mr. Ford asked my Dad to pull the flywheel and start it. After a few turns, it started and Mr. Ford climbed in the seat and found a gear to put it in. Then he gave the hand clutch a hard pull and then did a little wheelie and took off. Mr. Ford nearly fell off the seat but hung on to the steering wheel. The tractor started doing zig zags and going in circles. Mr. Ford is hollering "Whoa dammit!! Gee!! Haw!! Stop!! Haw!! Gee!!". My Dad ran over and jumped on the drawbar and reached around Mr. Ford and pushed the clutch handle forward. After the dust settled, come to find out Mr. Ford neglected to tell anyone he didn't know how to drive. While all that was happening, Mrs. Ford was standing on the porch hollering "l told you it was a waste of money!! We don't need no tractor when there is two perfectly good mules over there in the pen!!" Mr. Ford turned to my Dad and said "Son, what did you do in the war?" Dad told him " l was driver and sometimes a gunner on a tank." Mr. Ford replied "l reckon if you could handle a tank, you can drive that damn thing. You want a permanent job working for me?" And that's how they wound up in Texas. Mr. Ford kept the JD G for one year and then traded it on a Farmall M. And my Dad eventually taught Mr. Ford how to drive and he bought a brand new 1953 Ford Crestline. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Binder Guy Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 I've had so much trouble with this Red Power site lately, I've just about quit coming here. It takes forever to get on here, it takes forever to get the "CHOOSE FILES" (below) to come up. It makes me wonder of some hacker has screwed with MY connection to Red Power? I don't have any trouble elsewhere on the internet. Just here. I can't post photos. That is like cutting my hands and fingers off. Gary😪 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Well that sucks. For several weeks or more it took me several attempts to open this page. Finally works as it should. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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