IH Tractors on Montana Farm

[jeeper61]

9 hours ago, Old Binder Guy said:

Jeeper61, I'm partial to those 1936 Fords. Believe it or not, I don't have a photo of the 1936 five window blue coupe I used to own with a 1953 Oldsmobile Rocket engine. It had a chrome air filter cover and valve covers. 

OBG that Olds motor must have made that 36 move they always made good power some friends from high school had Cutlasses' and 442s they were formidable.

Cool photo with your wife in front of that 36 thx for sharing,

I have only had 3 Fords two of them were tractors the other was a Falcon Sprint.

Grampa on Dads side was a GM man too to he worked for Delco and later ran a business making tooling and parts for them.

I spent many hours making parts for him in his machine shop when I was in high school 

[Delta Dirt]

TwoStep----

Sure would have been great to have met you in your crude oil hauling days while loading a tanker off of our family farm.

I always heard how profitable growing "Texas style" 2x1 skip row cotton was--------(2 rows of oil wells x 1 row of cotton).!!!!!$$$$

Very little production here in the Delta------mineral values are minimal.

DD

[twostepn2001]

14 hours ago, Art From Coleman said:

What became of Permian?

Ashland Oil bought Scurlock Oil in the early 80's and then later bought Permian and merged them into Scurlock-Permian. ln the 90's (l'm not sure when) Plains bought Scurlock-Permian. Glad you asked about it. l had forgotten all about those olive drab green R Macks they had.  😊

The only time l ever saw a crude trailer imploded was a Permian truck. One of their drivers pulled into a injection point, hooked up and started unloading but neglected to open the vent line. About 10 minutes later l heard what sounded like a crash. looked up and saw that trailer crumpled up in the middle like a squished beer can.

[twostepn2001]

One of the west Texas history groups l belong to posted this pic of Lockney, Texas in 1920. Pretty interesting to see a sign for Weber Wagons in front of the Morgan & Co. farm Machinery building. But even more interesting is IHC sign on the left side of the building. Also another IHC sign with P & O below. Could somebody remind me what P & O was? And l'm not joking or making fun of nobody, but l bet somebody here could tell what kind of truck that is just by looking at the back of it.

[FRF]

OBG, it made me sad to read what happened with Sharon's dad.  My family has had it's share of that unfortunate situation.  My heart goes out to his loved ones.  

[Old Binder Guy]

1 hour ago, FRF said:

OBG, it made me sad to read what happened with Sharon's dad.  My family has had it's share of that unfortunate situation.  My heart goes out to his loved ones.  

FRF, Sadly, my family has had its share too. I lost an uncle and cousin this way also. Gary😢

[Old Binder Guy]

3 hours ago, twostepn2001 said:

One of the west Texas history groups l belong to posted this pic of Lockney, Texas in 1920. Pretty interesting to see a sign for Weber Wagons in front of the Morgan & Co. farm Machinery building. But even more interesting is IHC sign on the left side of the building. Also another IHC sign with P & O below. Could somebody remind me what P & O was? And l'm not joking or making fun of nobody, but l bet somebody here could tell what kind of truck that is just by looking at the back of it.

twostepn2001, Great questions, my friend! The Model T Ford Touring car is likely a pre 1919, as it has no demountable rims and still has kerosene dash lamps, which indicate it doesn't have an electric starting system, both options introduced in 1919? The truck at right is an IHC Six Speed special, I'd bet? Roger WILL know. I'm going by the rear end "banjo housing." Their hubcaps were pretty "telling" as well. 

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Oliver "chilled plows" were courting a tractor manufacturer to sell out to. Their first sales stunt photo was this one of three Rumely Oilpull Type E, 30-60 kerosene tractors pulling a 50-bottom plow at Purdue University. Oliver employed a "bookcase" gang. If you remember the old glass face door "bookcases" like we had in our one room school at Glengarry, these plow gangs bolted together making whatever width plow the customer wanted.

Not to be outdone by the Rumely Oilpull Company, International Harvester sent three 45 IHC Moguls to Purdue University to pull 55-bottoms!

 

I don't know about Dr. Rumely and his decision about Oliver plows? Maybe Roger does? Regardless, International Harvester either found a better plow, or a better deal from P&O. Which meant, "Parlin & Orendorff. P&O built plows early on as this 1885 advertisement had on it.

Son Mike has his great grandfather, Jefferson Davis Simpson's Parlin & Orendorff two disk plow he farmed with near Moore, Montana. My late FIL, Lynn Simpson, said he rode this plow for his dad many times, pulled by five workhorses. He referred to himself as "A Plow Jockey." (PS: my wife's Grandpa Simpson was a first cousin of Ulysses Simpson Grant, and they were BOTH second cousins of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy.)

This is one of two seats we have for the P&O plow. It is the original that was broken badly around the bolted center section. A machine shop friend welded it back together for me, when in Whitefish before I retired out of the school district. The other one hangs in the shed and is in perfect shape. Note the name stamped into the seat(s).

This early (1904) 32 hp Reeves steam engine is pulling 16-bottoms of P&O plows on this advertisement  postcard.

Now Mike also has three IHC Plows out at Silver Creek. This Little Genius plow that has friend "MTMatt," or Matt Eisenbacher's shears on it is the small two bottom IHC plow.

Mike also has this 4-bottom IHC plow.

And Mike has this five disk IHC plow, here shown behind the McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTor several years ago when the tractor was still red and the farmland had just been broken. And this photo makes an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm. 

Just for the record twostepn2001, this is why I posted the pictures of the IHC plows. I used to be an IH partsman. That was when I woke up and learned the reason every IH parts number on their plow parts began with a "PO!" Gary😉

 

 

[Roger Byrne]

The truck in TwoStep's photo is probably not a International Six-Speed Special but it could very well be an earlier Shovel Nose IHC.  The cab is not right, the frame is too narrow, the springing is different and the wheels with hard rubber tires indicate it's not a Six-Speed Special.   The wood cab, the frame/spring layout and the axle look right for the double-reduction final drives used on the 1915-1922 Shovel Nose Internationals but to be honest, it's hard to tell without a higher resolution photo.

 

[jeeper61]

It maybe something like this 1915 Model F

[TN Hillbilly]

Gary, what has become of @MT Matt?  He used to post right regular.  Hope all is okay.

[Old Binder Guy]

2 hours ago, TN Hillbilly said:

Gary, what has become of @MT Matt?  He used to post right regular.  Hope all is okay.

TN Hillbilly, I just texted him. He's busy making fishing lures for a show he goes to this time of year. He got locked out of Red Power, and needs to set up a new password. So he's just been lurking. I'm glad Matt's okay! Gary😁

[Old Binder Guy]

3 hours ago, Roger Byrne said:

The truck in TwoStep's photo is probably not a International Six-Speed Special but it could very well be an earlier Shovel Nose IHC.  The cab is not right, the frame is too narrow, the springing is different and the wheels with hard rubber tires indicate it's not a Six-Speed Special.   The wood cab, the frame/spring layout and the axle look right for the double-reduction final drives used on the 1915-1922 Shovel Nose Internationals but to be honest, it's hard to tell without a higher resolution photo.

 

I would never argue old IH trucks with Roger. I know he knows them well. I just thought the hubcaps looked like flat outer end aluminum ones like I posted. I thought most of the Shovel nose trucks had rounded steel covers. And, yes, I know what "assume" does. I've lived a good share of my life "there!" I hadn't deciphered the hard rubber tires either. Gary😉

[Roger Byrne]

I'd say jeeper61 posted a photo to what that truck is in TwoStep's picture.

[Delta Dirt]

On 12/15/2021 at 3:40 PM, Old Binder Guy said:

 

 

 

Professor------

Your above P&O plow advertisement would have been ideal to illustrate yours and Wrangler's vertical exhaust system for horses and mules.

Wrangler sez that tractors would have never been invented if somebody had just come along with the vertical exhaust system for his ancestors.

Looks as if the unusually clean cut  gentleman riding this plow would have definitely have been a buyer!!

[ihrondiesel]

On 11/14/2021 at 8:38 AM, Delta Dirt said:

RPRU in Nebraska is really intriguing.  I have Nebraska roots-------my great grampa was an early settler in Cass County (Nehawka) in 1856 after having been to the California Gold Rush and back home to their native Vermont.

First trip to California was by steam ship and across the Isthmus of Panama-------they took a likening to Nebraska on their return (overland) trip to California and stuck a stake in the ground along Weeping Water Creek.

Grampa Sheldon bought land here in Mississippi after making friends with some Mississippi boys during the Spanish American War and moved here 1911.

Grand Isle and 2023 are along ways off for this old codger-----seriously  doubt that I will make it.  (getting to the drug store and grocery store has become an ordeal!!!) 

In case I do-------I will most likely be wearing a hat somewhat similar the ones pictured below.  (and Gary and I will still be arguing over the "steam caps".)

 

 

 

 

Anybody ever runs upon the GoldRush smoked beef sticks------give them a try.  Sure are tasty!!!   I just ran across them in a local hardware store-----need to pick up somemore.

 

Delta Dirt   Avon Ms  38723

 

 

 

 

Anson, I know this is about 5 pages late—a guy like me has trouble keeping up with you fella’s more experienced in the Blue Smoke than I am—but if you got a hankerin’ to get to Grand Island for Red Power Roundup—may I offer my services. 

I got a different rig a couple months ago. This one has a 70” “hotel” behind the front seats.  Complete with a refrigerator for your iced tea or lemonade. If you could get the Professor to send you a deposit on a load of Delta watermelons, the ride north wouldn’t cost you any more than a few hours worth of Blue Smoke.  Although now that I think about it, I may have to reserve the right to crack a window if it gets too thick in the cab.   If the Blue Smoke session wore on you too much, it is a very comfy place to take a nap as well. 

[Delta Dirt]

3 hours ago, ihrondiesel said:

Anson, I know this is about 5 pages late—a guy like me has trouble keeping up with you fella’s more experienced in the Blue Smoke than I am—but if you got a hankerin’ to get to Grand Island for Red Power Roundup—may I offer my services. 

I got a different rig a couple months ago. This one has a 70” “hotel” behind the front seats.  Complete with a refrigerator for your iced tea or lemonade. If you could get the Professor to send you a deposit on a load of Delta watermelons, the ride north wouldn’t cost you any more than a few hours worth of Blue Smoke.  Although now that I think about it, I may have to reserve the right to crack a window if it gets too thick in the cab.   If the Blue Smoke session wore on you too much, it is a very comfy place to take a nap as well. 

Quite a rig you got there RonDiesel!!!

I always figured the reason you "bull shippers" drove so fast was to outrun the smell of your cargo.  I feel confident that the light dose of  Blue Smoke I might have with me would not be noticed!!!!!

Truth of the matter is that I have let my getting out and around health slip away to the point that making most any trip not feasible-----I just missed a local doctors appointment Wednsday.   Not very dependabe on keeping appointments anymore.

 THANKS A MILLION-----what a great idea!!!!!!

 

Keep us posted on some of your runs-------they are always interesting.  Tell us about your truck.

 

DD

[Old Binder Guy]

9 hours ago, ihrondiesel said:

Anson, I know this is about 5 pages late—a guy like me has trouble keeping up with you fella’s more experienced in the Blue Smoke than I am—but if you got a hankerin’ to get to Grand Island for Red Power Roundup—may I offer my services. 

I got a different rig a couple months ago. This one has a 70” “hotel” behind the front seats.  Complete with a refrigerator for your iced tea or lemonade. If you could get the Professor to send you a deposit on a load of Delta watermelons, the ride north wouldn’t cost you any more than a few hours worth of Blue Smoke.  Although now that I think about it, I may have to reserve the right to crack a window if it gets too thick in the cab.   If the Blue Smoke session wore on you too much, it is a very comfy place to take a nap as well. 

ihrondiesel, You could just leave the watermelons at Anson's place and just pick up the IHC AutoWagon and bring it. Anson could still feed you the Blue Smoke on the ride and he could look what ever that town was here in Montana that he's so obsessed about... Blue Rock or something like that?

That is some fine looking semi you have there. I remember as a kid when we'd see a "dog house" sleeper sometimes on a truck. Now that you have the hotel, that's something. I wonder if Paris Hilton comes to greet you with your truck when she's passing by. However, I'd doubt Paris ever travels in a vehicle when out of her neighborhood? I used to get "Hilton Rewards" when my daughter worked for her firm for more than a decade, but not the kind you and Anson are thinking about. Just a good price. And not the kind you and Anson are thinking about. Anyway, you have a nice hotel there, regardless! Gary😁

[MacAR]

5 hours ago, Old Binder Guy said:

Blue Rock or something like that?

Isn't that where the Red-Headed Stranger came from? 

Mac

[Delta Dirt]

1 hour ago, MacAR said:

Isn't that where the Red-Headed Stranger came from? 

Mac

 

Thanks Mac-----

"red-headed stranger------from Blue Rock, Montana"

I am thinking ol' Willie said that Blue Rock was on outta Guilt Edge aways--------way on beyond Buttermilk Curve, Montana.

 

I ain't never been no musician nor played an accordian-------but could pat my foot while drinking "a cold-un"-------------all while listening to Willie Nelson!!!!!

 

DD

[MacAR]

3 hours ago, Delta Dirt said:

ain't never been no musician nor played an accordian-------but could pat my foot while drinking "a cold-un"-------------all while listening to Willie Nelson!!!!!

Same, Anson. Same. Its funny that as I was posting this that very song came on my playlist. You better believe I cranked that baby up! 

Never been to Montana, would like to go hunt there someday.

Another famous quote, from a movie this time: "Sam, they say the elk in Montana are as big as buffalo this year. When this is over, we ought to go hunt 'em." 

Ice cold barley pop for the lucky guesser, or a fresh Arkansas watermelon if he druther have it.

Mac

[Old Binder Guy]

5 hours ago, Delta Dirt said:

 

Thanks Mac-----

"red-headed stranger------from Blue Rock, Montana"

I am thinking ol' Willie said that Blue Rock was on outta Guilt Edge aways--------way on beyond Buttermilk Curve, Montana.

 

I ain't never been no musician nor played an accordian-------but could pat my foot while drinking "a cold-un"-------------all while listening to Willie Nelson!!!!!

 

DD

Anson, I know Willy Nelson doesn't play an accordion. Maybe back at this time, he could have learned though? And he likely hadn't been to Blue Rock, Montana by this time either??

Just squeezeboxers play them, mostly. Not Willy. He prefers "Trigger," his ol' "gut string" guitar with pick holes worn in it, and it is insured for $1,000,000. The IRS would love to catch Trigger setting on a chair while Willy is in the can, but I'm sure Willy takes Trigger into the restroom too.

Now there have been actual famous people who have played accordions. 

Jimmy Stewart, for example.

Elvis Presley is trying to.

Charles Magnante has been a hero of mine all of my life, just about. He was the first accordionist to record the Sharpshooters March, playing the chorus melody on the bass buttons. A monumental feat back in the old days. Lots of us do it now, since we've had a pattern in front of us.

A young North Dakotan started out in the 1920s playing an accordion and became a multi millionaire. My parents insisted and had no trouble getting me to watch the Lawrence Welk Show every Saturday night.

Welk hired the best accordionist in the business, from South Dakota. Myron Floren, My Hero!

Some of the best accordion music you can google is this YouTube of these three guys. Joey Schmidt, Lawrence Welk and Myron Floren. They did an album and their best song was Beer Barrel polka.

This is the best rendition I've ever heard of the Beer Barrel Polka was by Jo-Ann Castle & Myron Floren though! I'd give a few of my useless old appendages to be able to do this like this.

Now this is young Joey Schmidt this week, with his 84 year old mother on her birthday, December 14, 2021 at Napoleon, North Dakota, where he grew up. He now plays for the Alan Jackson Band in Nashville. Lots of keyboard now, however. But he and four others have a weekend band in some "joint" somewhere where he plays accordion. His mother started teaching him the accordion at age 4. Helen is professional too!

It appears I've cleared out the professional accordionists. Now closer to home. I never knew my Grandpa Frank A. Yaeger, but I sure remember his button accordion. My brother and cousin tore it apart one New Years Day up in our attic. They had fun taking the reeds out of it. Dad was madder than all get out. (I escaped that fiasco.) Grandpa was the first accordion player in that generation that I know of? There could have been more in Alsace where he emigrated from?

Sadly, my dad, Joe Yaeger played barn dances all up and down our area in central, Montana. I don't have a photo of him holding his Venezia diatonic button box.

Dad's Venezia "C&F keys" he bought in darn hard times, working the midnight shift with the Reeves steam engine heating road oil at Glengarry in ca. 1934. Blacksmith, Dad built the nice old case for it too. 

One of Dad's friends and accordion mentors, Louis Dietziger of Glengarry owned this accordion. When Louie was ancient, my brother bought this from Louie for $2, about 1950.

Now, my deaf-mute Uncle Bill Yaeger went to the state school for the deaf and blind back in the teens and 20s. The deafies were to watch out for the blind kids. This fine man, Jake Roberts was uncle Bill's charge to watch. After Uncle Bill had graduated at Boulder, Montana at the Manual Training School, this blind Jake Roberts came along in the later 1920s. He stayed in Grandma Yaeger's house with her sons and a few daughters. He'd brought his accordion too! The brothers got Jake set up to tune pianos, a 1925 Studebaker "Whiskey Six" four door sedan and a driver. Jake was likely Dad's best friend, because of accordions and music.

When I was a 2nd grader, I was playing Dad's Venezia accordion. When I turned eleven, Dad bought me a brand new Twoli Ampliphonic, so I'd have a piano accordion from Lewistown Businessman, Jake Roberts, much like my older brother Bill had been playing for about five years. Jake mentored both of us boys. Bill had taken piano lessons and could play a keyboard. I couldn't and did everything by ear and watching Jake. If I said, "What was that you did back there, when you started the song again?" or something like that, Jake would always go back and show me.

New Years Day 1953, the day Hank Williams had died in the night before. Me on my Bacon Peerless tenor banjo and brother Bill on his new Hohner 85 bass accordion Dad bought from Jake Roberts.

A while later Dad bought brother Bill a new Soprani Ampliphonic 120 bass accordion from Jake.

This is about a 10 year old photo of me playing Dad's Venezia button accordion at an Octoberfest at our church. I started playing this when in the second grade. (It sets right here beside my right foot.)

When I turned 11, Dad wanted to get me my own piano accordion. Since my big brother Bill could play it, Dad felt I needed the opportunity as well. Dad got this accordion at half price from our friend, Jake. Dad bought this brand new Twoli Ampliphonic I was playing that accordion at the Glengarry (one room school) Christmas Program, age 12, in the Glengarry church. I've always had to concentrate, playing by ear, to think of what comes next. It's like a piano player roll running through my head. I gave this accordion to son Mike.

Mike also inherited a 1927 Carmen (Hohner top of the line accordion) from Pam's grandfather about 23 or so years ago. I have recorded about 300 different songs on this accordion at the Silver Creek Shop over the past few years. The little old black Hohner "button box" belonged to my late steam friend and mentor, Austin Monk. His daughter gave it to me after he passed away about 15 years ago. I keep it at the shop too. It's kind of fallen apart, but it's a good shop accordion that plays well after I tore it apart and "waxed" some reeds back in where they belong. 

Here is that Hohner button box of Austin's living in the shop.

About 23 years ago I bought an old Cordovox accordion from a friend in Kalispell, where we had an "accordion club."

One of our guests one Sunday afternoon at the Kalispell Eagles Club was this little gem of a lady. I was later invited for supper and the evening to make music with Maria von Trapp. A real memory. I have the tape somewhere from our 8-mm camcorder that I recorded the evening with.

That Cordovox has been ridden hard and put away wet, between me and the gentleman who owned before me. I've had it apart probably 7 or 8 times? Anson will notice that "whustle." I'd just gotten the accordion back together.

I've really had it apart. 

But I've had accordions so much more apart than this Cordovox. As a matter of fact, a friend GAVE me his old Cordovox, just yesterday. He was going to throw it in the dumpster because an old gentleman in Great Falls offered to work on it for him in the bass end. The man had to take the 120 buttons out of that end. (YOU NEVER, shuffle those keys, but the old guy did. Each button has a different amount and position of "catches" on the button stems that are particular to the reed valve it has to open. It's completely screwed up inside. If I didn't already have a Cordovox that had every key in the correct spot, I'd have let him throw it away. But my original Cordovox has the buttons in the right position. Some winter day, I'll take both of them apart and start taking the buttons out of the "new" one and take the end plate off of my old one to observe where each of those 120 buttons go properly. It will be nearly a day's job. But I drag accordions home, and some people drag dogs or cats home. Or old cars, or old tractors, or old tools, or whatever. The new one is in its case and my old one is at right. These were the latest "electronic" equipment in the  1970s. I'll be receiving the "electric organ" amplifier for that equipment that is inside the "new" one. I tore it out of my old one, because I worked on it more than I played it.😭 However they both are capable of being plugged into a guitar amplifier. (They make the latest digital accordions. You don't even have to "pump them." You can if you like the feel of doing that.) I'm an analog guy trapped in a digital world.

One of my first experiences with digital accordions was at Phillipsburg, Montana in 2010. I went there with my accordion and signed up to play. Phillipsburg is one heck of a lot smaller than Helena. I thought, "Oh, what the heck. I'm the best on our block." There were accordionists there from all over the northwest. The man on the right in this photo frame with me and my Cordovox, was Cory Pesaturo (sp?) The World's Champion Accordionist that year. But he played a digital accordion from the Petosa Brother's Company in Seattle, Washington.

Mike and I used to play accordion at night at the Barnes Steam and Power Show at Belgrade many nights. They actually danced on the sod!

This was my late brother Bill, me and Mike playing at a family function in Y2K. (The year two thousand for the youngsters who haven't heard about that year.)

The cousin admiring our music behind me was there from Switzerland. His late grandpa Adelrich Regli (below, my second cousin) played accordion too.

This is my late brother Bill's grandson, Henry Hoovestal playing a diatonic button accordion. When his Grandpa Bill passed away, Henry ended up with Bill's Soprani piano accordion too. Henry is our 5th generation accordion player in our family. 

Mike and I keep other accordions at his Silver Creek shop than the two above I pictured, the Hohner of Austin Monk's and the Carmen of Pam's Grandpa Kaare Eckram. The three here are "Junkers."

I have this old Hohner there. I've done lots of work on it. It hardly plays.

Anson will likely not mention Willy Nelson's Blue Rock, Montana again when an avalanche of accordions end up being about similar to polka dot and choo choo caps for discussion.

But accordions have other uses. Here's one.

There were other old steam engineers and operators who played accordions besides my dad. This gentleman is their engine's accordionist, but likely not the engineer. The engineer is beside the flywheel.  Gary😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Delta Dirt]

 

Live and Learn-------a must have for the old codger from Mississippi.

I have a high pressure 12V compressor for my vehicles--------but it won't make music!!!

 

DD

[Old Binder Guy]

On 12/15/2021 at 2:40 PM, Old Binder Guy said:

twostepn2001, Great questions, my friend! The Model T Ford Touring car is likely a pre 1919, as it has no demountable rims and still has kerosene dash lamps, which indicate it doesn't have an electric starting system, both options introduced in 1919? The truck at right is an IHC Six Speed special, I'd bet? Roger WILL know. I'm going by the rear end "banjo housing." Their hubcaps were pretty "telling" as well. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Oliver "chilled plows" were courting a tractor manufacturer to sell out to. Their first sales stunt photo was this one of three Rumely Oilpull Type E, 30-60 kerosene tractors pulling a 50-bottom plow at Purdue University. Oliver employed a "bookcase" gang. If you remember the old glass face door "bookcases" like we had in our one room school at Glengarry, these plow gangs bolted together making whatever width plow the customer wanted.

Not to be outdone by the Rumely Oilpull Company, International Harvester sent three 45 IHC Moguls to Purdue University to pull 55-bottoms!

 

I don't know about Dr. Rumely and his decision about Oliver plows? Maybe Roger does? Regardless, International Harvester either found a better plow, or a better deal from P&O. Which meant, "Parlin & Orendorff. P&O built plows early on as this 1885 advertisement had on it.

Son Mike has his great grandfather, Jefferson Davis Simpson's Parlin & Orendorff two disk plow he farmed with near Moore, Montana. My late FIL, Lynn Simpson, said he rode this plow for his dad many times, pulled by five workhorses. He referred to himself as "A Plow Jockey." (PS: my wife's Grandpa Simpson was a first cousin of Ulysses Simpson Grant, and they were BOTH second cousins of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy.)

This is one of two seats we have for the P&O plow. It is the original that was broken badly around the bolted center section. A machine shop friend welded it back together for me, when in Whitefish before I retired out of the school district. The other one hangs in the shed and is in perfect shape. Note the name stamped into the seat(s).

This early (1904) 32 hp Reeves steam engine is pulling 16-bottoms of P&O plows on this advertisement  postcard.

Now Mike also has three IHC Plows out at Silver Creek. This Little Genius plow that has friend "MTMatt," or Matt Eisenbacher's shears on it is the small two bottom IHC plow.

Mike also has this 4-bottom IHC plow.

And Mike has this five disk IHC plow, here shown behind the McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTor several years ago when the tractor was still red and the farmland had just been broken. And this photo makes an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm. 

Just for the record twostepn2001, this is why I posted the pictures of the IHC plows. I used to be an IH partsman. That was when I woke up and learned the reason every IH parts number on their plow parts began with a "PO!" Gary😉

 

 

I forgot that I had taken this picture of these two wrenches at Silver Creek last week. They are both Parlin & Orendorff wrenches. I believe I have another one like the small one in the toolbox under the seat on the plow in Mike's yard?

P&O has stuck in my heart for about 55 years now, or since Sharon's dad gave me the P&O Plow at Mike's place.  Gary😉

 

 

[twostepn2001]

Seems like l heard somewhere that P & O also made rear wheels for the Regular and F series tractors? Or was that someone else?

20 hours ago, Delta Dirt said:

I have a high pressure 12V compressor for my vehicles--------but it won't make music!!!

Anson, maybe you could hook of these to your compressor to make music. Of course it would have to be a really short parade unless you have a really long extension cord....

[Old Binder Guy]

4 hours ago, twostepn2001 said:

Seems like l heard somewhere that P & O also made rear wheels for the Regular and F series tractors? Or was that someone else?

Anson, maybe you could hook of these to your compressor to make music. Of course it would have to be a really short parade unless you have a really long extension cord....

twostepn2001, have you ever heard the awful racket when you throw an accordion in the dumpster and it lands on top of bagpipes?  Gary😁