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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 17, 2022 5:01:01 GMT
Keep an eye on this thread as I have tons and tons of stuff to post as I get around to it.
Shop Hill Road - Liberty - Casey County - Kentucky
Friday_07-October-2022
Model A with PullFord Conversion
Can you tell a Model "A" from a Model "T" ?
There are other tell-tales; but, the dead giveaway is the shape of the front grille --- the top of a Model A grille is not a straight line.
Look HERE and HERE
I hope you like them.
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Post by Lillias on Oct 17, 2022 11:05:21 GMT
Looks like something that wouldn't be out of place in a Mad Max film BuckSkin. |
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Post by hmca on Oct 17, 2022 15:08:54 GMT
This could prove to be an interesting thread, BuckSkin. It took me a minute to realize that all of the pictures were of the same piece of equipment. I especially like the last image.
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Post by tourerjim on Oct 17, 2022 17:59:47 GMT
Do we know what the lever is on the steering wheel, I bet that was high tech in it's days 😁
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 17, 2022 18:40:30 GMT
Do we know what the lever is on the steering wheel
As per Belk Photography:
"The lever in the center of the steering wheel is the light switch.
To the left turns on the running lights, straight down is off, one click to the right is low beams and two clicks is high beams."
READ THIS
I forgot to add in my initial post that this car runs and drives --- in fact, almost everything on this place runs/drives/operates.
They used it on this day to pull the hay wagon that had the automatic hay bale loader attached while they demonstrated how the hay bale loader worked.
All during the two day event, various people who had never before in their life driven a Model A were driving it all over the place, often with a full load of passengers, adults and children of all ages.
Notice the "knife switch" above the steering wheel; that is definitely not original equipment.
Also notice the huge dirt-dauber's nest on the upper-left side of the dash.
The seat is an old school-bus seat; it is not adjustable.
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Post by tourerjim on Oct 17, 2022 20:06:54 GMT
Do we know what the lever is on the steering wheel
READ THIS
The seat is an old school-bus seat; it is not adjustable.
ya link was interesting as well. I felt sorry for school kids on our school buses, by time they got of the bus they were like little old men seats were rock solid 😁 the seat on pullford doesn't look comfortable either. |
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Post by Jim on Oct 17, 2022 22:34:07 GMT
Keep an eye on this thread as I have tons and tons of stuff to post as I get around to it. Great shots and interesting commentary, BuckSkin. I have a couple of photos of antique farm equipment in my files that I have no idea of what they are. PM me if you would like me to send them to you for identification. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 18, 2022 0:11:44 GMT
Saturday_09-October-2021Eat 'im up, Whiskers; He won't Shave !
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 24, 2022 5:35:28 GMT
Friday_07-October-2022
Moline Plow Company Universal Model D Tractor
Four cylinders makes this a Model D; Model C has two cylinders.
Information HERE, HERE, and Wikipedia.
Watch the VIDEOs and HERE and HERE.
Rack and Pinion Steering Gear - It's nothing new....
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 5, 2022 3:21:36 GMT
Friday_07-October-2022
1917 McCormick Deering #15 Stationary Baler
Powered by a McCormick-Deering #6 6HP Hit-'n'-Miss Engine
Watch the VIDEO
The way this works is you fork the loose hay into the funnel on top, where the vertical rammer rams it down in front of the horizontal rammer which pushes and compresses the hay through the bale forming chute.
It requires three wooden "blocks" to make this all work.
Before any hay is loaded in the funnel, the first block is placed in the block carrier where the vertical rammer will ram it in place for the horizontal rammer to push it into the bale chute.
Then hay is loaded and compressed behind this wooden block until it reaches a bale length indicator on the hay chute, at which point the assistant on that side yells "BLOCK", thus the man (or one of the men) forking in the hay places the second block in place for the vertical rammer to ram it in place and so forth and so on.
Once two blocks are in the chute, a man on one side of the chute will feed two or three pre-cut and looped wires through channels made in the blocks for this purpose.
The man on the opposite side will then feed the ends of the wires through the other block, back to the first man, who will then route the wires through the looped ends and pull them super-tight and tie them off, thus making a bale of hay.
Very soon after the bale is tied, the first block will come out of the chute; the wire passer man will grab the block and place it in the block carrier to be shifted under the vertical ram when "BLOCK" is cried out again.
Two blocks are always inside the chute and the third block is at the ready.
If you have plenty of good help and they go at it like fighting fire, one of these stationary wire-tie balers will out-perform a modern string-tie pick up baler.
It has often been said that this was the most dangerous piece of machinery on the farm.
In the top photo, there is a bundle of store-bought pre-cut and pre-looped baling wire hanging out the bale chute; you can still buy this ready-to-use wire today; by the time you pay shipping and sales tax, that little bundle of wire is worth about $220.00, adding nearly two bucks to the cost of every bale that goes through this machine.
Builder's plate on the McCormick-Deering #6 Hit-'n'-Miss Engine
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 5, 2022 4:28:01 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 5, 2022 6:52:09 GMT
Friday_07-October-2022
Turner Stationary Hay Baler
Later in the day, they belted up and demonstrated this machine; it never missed a beat while baling that pile of sorry-looking hay.
When I first saw this baler, I thought it was a Model A66R (Right), due to this being cast onto the pivot frame; however, I discovered later that A88L (Left) was on the other matching piece; then I realized that every casting had it's own unique number, all beginning with the letter "A"; so, the model identity of this baler remains a mystery; however, on further thought, it may very well be a Model "A".
In 1916, C.H.Turner began making agricultural and woodworking machinery in Statesville, North Carolina.
In 1926, C. H. Turner Manufacturing Co. was created by the consolidation of the C. H. Turner machinery operations with C. H. Turner Foundry Co.
In the early 1930s, the initials were dropped and the company went by Turner Manufacturing Co. In 1960, the company was acquired by Fletcher Works of Philadelphia and became the Turner Division of Fletcher Industries.
The omission of the initials C.H. dates this baler in the 1930s.
Among many other unrelated products, Turner held a military contract to produce M4 Bayonets using blades sourced from Camillus Cutlery - This is well worth a read.
On this machine, the Block carrier is at upper-left in the photo below.
You can see the Block knocker-downers on the vertical ram at top-center.
In the next two photos, you can see the first Block working it's way through the bale chute.
Bale length is determined by when you load the next Block; some balers have a fancy purpose-made adjustable bale length indicator, complete with a trip that rings a loud bell.
Most, however, had only a chalk mark, or a mark made with a charred stick, or a smear of grease to indicate when it was time to load another Block.
At the far left of the photos, the two spring-loaded turn-screws determined how tight the hay was packed in the bales; screw them down for tighter bales and loosen them for looser bales; you will see this exact same set-up on the most modern balers.
You did watch the video in the McCormick Baler post above didn't you ?
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Post by hmca on Nov 5, 2022 16:20:42 GMT
While I like seeing one or two pictures of the machinery and an occasional video, I'm afraid you lose me on all the added images and descriptions, BuckSkin.
I do respect your passion and dedication to detail.
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 6, 2022 4:49:17 GMT
Friday_07-October-2022
Sears Roebuck "Eureka" Grist Mill
Sold by Sears Roebuck; built by Meadows/Williams Mill
This mill is powered today by an International Harvester U2 Power Unit
Although various other grains could be processed, such as Wheat, these were primarily used for making Corn Meal.
The grain traveled between two opposing grind-stones --- "mill stones" ---, hence the name "Grist Mill"; a grist mill will always have mill stones.
The process in modern high-production mills is little different from what these mills did; the big mills just have bigger stones.
This machine is in perfect operating condition; by the end of the day, he had bags of corn meal piled all around, giving it to people to take home.
Another gentleman had a big grill fired up and made a ton of hoecakes to go with the beans and taters that were there aplenty.
Watch the VIDEO !
Notice the crossed V-Belt; crossing the belt reverses the direction of rotation between pulleys.
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 13, 2022 7:26:08 GMT
Friday_07-October-2022
International Harvester U2 Power Unit
This unit is powering the Sears Roebuck "Eureka" Grist Mill pictured in my previous post.
Concrete information on these is apparently non-existent.
I did gather that the engine and sheet metal is the same as an "A" Farmall. 
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