Some old tractors and engines.
 

TNHermit asked that i come on over to this forum and join in so here i am with a few pics of some old stuff.

These first two engines are hot air engines i built from scratch, the first pic is a Bremen and the second is a Ryder Erickson.
They were used for pumping water and a few other light jobs and did a good job for nothing.

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This is a replica of the toy steam engine below it, the toy is a Weaden and was sold in the 1901 Sears catalog.

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This is my currant tractor a 60 JD wide front.

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This is a Farmall M with a Utility speed patrol grader attachment on it, sold it last year.

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Have more old tractor and steam pics if ya are interested in seeing them.

I love old tractors and one lung engines..

Thank you for posting with your photos. I am a fan of the Stirling principal engines and you have some nice ones. It still boggles the mind at how old the idea is for them.

Nice tractor. Looks great. For about a year I used a Minneapolis Moline conversion road grader on small town city streets. I believe it was an American. It had a cab and used the "U" MM. Pretty good unit but the weak point was rear axles. If a wheel slipped and then caught strong traction quickly it would often break one. I think I'm the only operator the city had that didn't break one. Had axle bearings go out and thought I had but lucked out. The city was finally offered a used Cat that had been used by the county and hastily bought it. As far as I know it is still in use some 30 years later.

Windy, the Farmall conversion swapped out the axles for W9 axles, they used the smooth keyed heavy cast hubs from that tractor also.
The hard part was finding tires as they were 32-38s
It was a neat unit and had hyd. tilt on the blade and front wheels, miss it already.

I don`t have many Internet pics of engines, i had six oil field engines at one time, a Marion 25 hp. side shaft, 22 1/2 HP. Bessemer, 15 hp Reed, 10 hp. Fairbanks N that i wish i still had and a Inis half breed engine with a pendlum gov.

Here`s some more pics of some of the tractors i`ve had, gas and steam.

Found a picture of the Fairbanks. and Marion

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1/2 scale Nichols and Shepard.

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Home made with oscillating cylinder.

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Another home made saw rig.

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Couple home made tractors, 15 hp Fiarbanks Z on the big one.

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And a few tractors, forgive some of the mis spelling.

AR JD treashing oats.

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JD B. UNSTYLED

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JD B styled

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Alic WC

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Moline U

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Alice B

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Alice WD.

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F-14 fARMALL.

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TNHermit, was kinda a waste of time posting these pictures for you wasn`t it.

man would i like to visit you. i've loved steam for a long time and like playing with the old tractors and engines. only problem was no "blue" in any of the photos.

Just seen them

OUTSTANDING

Love the working steam engine pics. But more important I'm a fan. Your the kind that books should be written about. What America use to be about and could be again.
You and others like you here and unknowns are what has built this country. while love REAL education it is not the sheepskins,the politicians ,or wall st types that have done anything but loot us

One question tho :) our WD's looked like the WC and the WC all looked like the WD. I have always been a big AC And Farmall fan. NO particular reason as we had Ford and Massey. 1 WD they thought I blew it up pulling a 10' wheel disc. but the mech shop said no. After 30 years it was wore out :) I got to restore it to new but the economy was bad and it only sold for around 900.00. When we lost the farm. (A hole nother swindle)

Thanks gents, wasn`t trying to be rude but i just left a board that i`d been on for a long time because of the clickish attitudes and nobody replying on threads. Always the same excuses that to busy or just look, well if your on the board and ya like something say so.
Anyway thanks for the kind words they are appreciated, i`m nothing special i just go for it and build things just because i can and i like the old stuff.
As far as the AC tractors you could be right, those pictures are from 25 years ago and i`m not into AC that much and i couldn`t remember. Some of those tractors i bought and fixed up and sold them so didn`t have them long.
I`ve kinda been a JD nut though i like them all and they all have their uses.
I`ve been sick with health problems since i was in the service and suffer from depression so these projects help me cope with the problems. I have a very dis-functional family that doesn`t care about anyone but themselves. My mother died ten years ago from throat cancer and my dad left us all in the 70`s, lives 20 miles from me and hasn`t talked or been over in 20 years and then only once.
I`ve been a black sheep loner drinking Harley riding nut case most my life until i turned my life over to Christ 25 years ago and now try and live a life He would be happy with.
Heart break and health problems can be a real burden and it is personnel, i know it can always be worse and i thank God for everything everyday.
So there ya go guys and gals, take me for who i am, a friend that likes to make things and share them with people.
God Bless.

Hey Pitchy, enjoyed the pics - have always liked the old tractors (& of course the other engines, like steam or wood gas) since discovering the 'Antique Tractor Show' on TV.
As a kid I worked in a sporting camp way in the woods where all was old-style (far from power) w/ice refrig. & a cantankerous one-lunger (no idea of name ?) for the woodsplitter which was a continuous up & down splitting wedge. It would knock you @ss over teakettle if you put on a slick chunk of wood that wasn't cut square ! This was WAY faster than the modern hydraulic ones.
We had to fill a huge high open shed w/50 or 75 cords of wood each year.
But anyway I am trying to get up the foolishness/courage to buy an affordable tractor, all I have is a Toyo Picky project w/no bed that WILL be a tractor.
I may end up w/small subsistance farm, or one as big as 70 acres w/a lot of woods (to cut).
We have (in ME) a weekly publication called 'Uncle Henrys' (it is online too) that sells everything & anything including lots & lots of old tractors - plenty for $1500 to $4000 that sound pretty good.
I got from "Farm Show" a book about the best tractors, but it is too random to be of much use.
Anyone care to offer suggestions for a rank amature as to good/bad older Tractors ?

50-75 cord, man that`s a lot of wood, we burn 10 cord a winter here with a out door stove.
I`ve always had good luck with the JD two cylinder tractors but they take three hands to operate. A good running Farmall H or M is hard to beat for heavy use or some of the AC or Fords for light work. I`ve had a hankering to buy a Ford with a back blade for years but never wanted to pay the price they want for one. Or a Ford with a flat head conversion would be cool.

Great pix!! Got any more?

Thanks, that`s about it for tractors and engines as i`ve sold just about everything. We had the place on the market and were trying to move so sold most everything.

i've got two fords with the dearborn saw attachment and man do they cut the wood, i prefer them to a chain saw.

Let me ask an ignorant question . Never understood those saws - you have to lift up the logs to em - seems like a lot of work ?
Or ya just boost logs up w/2 guys ? or only cut smaller logs ?

You had me hooked with those hot air engines. Great stuff.

Wow thanks for posting so any pictures!!

I`ll get a better picture of the Ryder and maybe a short video later today, gotta go cut a dead pine tree and make some more lumber first.

What my grandfather and uncle did on the farm was to split oak logs - entire 8 ft (+/-) long logs - on the ground. These tree trunk lengths were split with splitting wedges and mauls into long sections like split rail fencing. Then these pieces were lifted to the buzz saw for cutting into firewood pieces.

Great photos, Pitchy! You have an amazing collection.

Okay, I see, but somebody had to buck those trees into 8ft. lengths (w/a 2 man saw ?) - still a lot of work & slow with the advantage only of the simpler belt driven circular saw. (just thinking out loud here )
Believe me, I'd like to have a simpler back up for chain saws - have about 5 as well as a pretty impressive chain saw cut from years ago that still bothers considerably.
Ha, maybe I'll just bite the bullet & move south so I need less firewood ?

It was a lot easier cutting an 18 - 24" diameter oak log once to make an 8-ft log, than to cut the same log six times to make 16" rounds. Either way, you're still gonna have to split it. Most of the limbs and branches could be cut to length with the buzz saw directly without any pre-splitting.

Here ya go boys and gals, drug out the 1860 six inch Ryder, built it in 1995.
The clank noise ya hear is the inside of the water pump up front.


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Sweet. I love how that one works at a human pace, even if it is less efficient than the way motors run now.

nice pictures and great video!!

projects do tend to be great therapy, have ya built any bikes from basket cases that you have build pictures of?

William

Idaho

Thanks, no pics from bike builds but back in the day we used to chop a few, raked necks and hard tails don`t ya know.
Riding a 77 shovel now.

Here`s my 77, bought it this way.
You ride, pics?

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73 shovel that was stock when i bought it, rode it 18 years.

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72 Sporty that i bought in 74 while in the service, wrecked stock bike, rode it cross country three times pic is in LA 79

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nice pix of your scooters.... nope i dont have a ride currently and no pix of what i rode in years long past....

sorry for not being present on the board this past several days, i know better thanto ask a question andnot be around for a response. "I shall endeavor to be better in the future.

William
Idaho

Digg It Prospecting Supply, LLC

Wow Pitchy, I`m beging to think you can build anything, very nice pics, > Thanks Marc

Great pictures, we just went to Steam o Rama last weekend and I cant get enough of the Steam or hit or miss engines. Got to drive a 1910 Geiser steam tractor and an old Rumley Oil Pull.

We have a 1948 AC-WC and a bunch of belts so we are looking for a sorghum press but the frame on the one you have marked for a WC is longer in front than ours. We got this one pretty cheap and everything works on it including the radiator shutters (came from Minnesota). The original dealer sticker is still on it with a 4 digit phone number and I was able to pick up an original manual for it at Steam o Rama. I'm currently looking for a Lincoln Welder with the Continental flathead engine....keep posting your projects.

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Salmonslayer have yo ever been to the show at Rolag MN, it`s labor day weekend, it`s one of the biggest shows in the country. They have more stuff there than you can see in a day.
Nice AC, thanks for the picture.

Thanks Marc, i don`t get into the old stuff as much anymore, too expenseve.

Blu3duk, no problem, good to meet ya.

Havent been to the Rolag show but the SIL is from up that way and he used to go and he is the one we bought the AC from. We went to the show in Republic, MO.

I spent a few weeks at Camp Ripley going through cold weather survival training back in the 80s....I'm still traumatized and avoid the north country as much as possible!!

I hear ya, but i`m looking forward to winter this year getting the toboggans out that we made and snowshoeing.

Sweet pics Pitchy!

I should have taken pics of the buck saw before I got rid of it.. I have a winnowing machine in the driveway right now for sale, if someone is looking to restore it.. I'll have to take some pics and video of it working.. It's a hand crank version built in Lancaster, PA..
I also just sold a 1923? Smoothtop gas stove made by Standard Gas Equipment Company (Vulcan Division).. The start of the Vulcan Stoves of today..
I love playing with old machinery..

COOL, would love to see it.

ya might let the folks over on the prep and survival board section know ya got the winnowing machine for sale.... several folks been talking about hand harvesting grains and such.... and i posted about the old clipper seed cleaners that were motorized [guess they still build units of all sizes too] just a heads up.... not usre if anyone wants to tear into one that would like one, but what better way to learn about a machine and how it works!

William
IDaho

I might have to do that, thanks for the advice.. I don't think it would be worth shipping, but maybe someone local might be interested.. While it works, it does need restored / repaired / cleaned up.. I'll have to post/get some pics over the weekend..

I'll get a few pics and post them..

I collect old iron mostly HIT & MISS farm engines also.
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I have my grandads 34 CC Case, a 1948 H Farmall, My boys 49 WD AC is here, and I have a 50 Farmall Cub Demonstrator. These all run fine. I have a early 40s JD A. Wish I could find out the year on it. Tags gone. Its stuck. Im a farmer, not a machanic. I figured I could learn some machanican working on the JD, and get it up sos I could hear that old JD sound I grew up with till 68 or so.