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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / Parts Tractors

« on: August 07, 2009, 11:00:22 PM »

I would try an ad in Antique Power. You just might move a few of them with winter coming on (more shop time for most folks).

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IHC / Weekend Show

« on: June 24, 2009, 10:51:55 PM »

So, how did the show go? How exactly did they do the judging? Crowd favorite would be the only fair way that I know of.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / 4 Cylinder Headless Engine

« on: May 27, 2009, 09:59:41 PM »

The only thing on it that resembles IHC to me are the priming cups and what I assume is the oil filler cap. Is that a K&W mag? I would GUESS it was built in the teens or early 20's. If it is IH it sure seems primitive. I've read what was on Smokestak and agree that it must be out of a vehicle. The only tractor I am aware of that they built with a radiator in the back was an 8-16. But that engine used a Madisson oiler. Regardless of what it is, it's a nice find!

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Holt 45

« on: May 15, 2009, 09:46:48 PM »

Somehow I missed that this was a power unit off a harvester--makes sense about the radiator now. Did Holt ever offer these as just power units like Case and IH did? Anything Holt on the east coast has probably been brought here in the last 20 years--kind of like hand crank John Deere tractors.

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Holt 45

« on: May 10, 2009, 07:57:10 AM »

Was there any type of cover for the valves or are they exposed like on flywheel engines? Also, about your cooling tank, Did it come with a radiator or was the cooling tank supposed to be a large user supplied tank like on some "stationary" flywheel engines? Lastly does "Holt 45" designate model, HP, or both? If just model, got any idea what the HP is on it?

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'round the pot-bellied stove / What do you Collect

« on: May 04, 2009, 02:19:58 PM »

Chainsaws, preferably 2-man. When I started collecting stuff it was only the 1 or 2 old Briggs engines lying around the farm--and we had 2 two-man chainsaws. One had the engine pulled down about 30 years prior. Me and dad (mainly dad with me watching) found new engine parts and got it going. At the time there were very few others collecting saws and they could be bought cheap. Also when you fire one up at a show you draw quite a crowd.  At last count we have over 50 and have probably have had 1/2 of them running.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Ready for Spring

« on: April 12, 2009, 08:24:30 AM »

Speaking of trying to identify equipment I have noticed over the years that Case, IH, and Deere put logos in most castings on the really old stuff. Case used the eagle, IH used the IHC logo (the one with all the letters on top of each other) and Deere used a JD with the J and the D sharing the same vertical leg. Any other manufacturers use similar logos on their castings, and does anyone know what they are.

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Truly Antique / Titan 10-20

« on: April 12, 2009, 08:16:49 AM »

My primer is not definetly OSHA approved. I have a small squirt can I fill with gas. I give it one pump and it starts continually squirting gas. I actually have to unscrew the lid to stop it. It is normally enough for 3 starts. I probably begin cranking about 10 seconds after priming. And I have the choke on.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Ready for Spring

« on: April 10, 2009, 10:20:49 PM »

Ralph, going to guess it is a Case. Our IHC and a friends Belle City have much longer feeders when folded for transport.

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Truly Antique / Titan 10-20

« on: April 10, 2009, 10:15:04 PM »

4 or 5 pulls? You're actually going to send it home like that?!:p If mine doesn't crank on the second I am concerned. If it doesn't crank on the third I consider it time to look for a chain. I just ain't got enough a$$ to keep spinning it over!:D (did I forget to mention I ALWAYS prime mine)

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / John Deere 1 1/2 E

« on: March 01, 2009, 03:44:58 PM »

I agree wholeheartedly with fixing it right. Shortcuts and risks are fine if it is your stuff and will in turn be your headache/loss if something goes wrong. I have had a habit over the years of working way too cheap--Sometimes instead of reccomending junking an item I would donate my time so the guy could afford the parts. I had a couple of Farmall F-12's that went that way. At least I learned a lot about those tractors and they were for friends. One of which had severe medical problems and was not able to do the work himself. After I got done with the mechanics he had the tractor painted and was able to do dome limited showing. Now that I think about it I don't regret that one at all.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Photo albums

« on: February 23, 2009, 05:18:36 PM »

Nice pics, thanks for posting!

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Farmall Cub / Let's get a thread going!

« on: February 14, 2009, 08:04:14 AM »

Sorry guys, my Farmall M doesn't classify as a cub!

Two things Dave;
1) Thats Cub--with a capital "C"
2) You should really get one--they are the worst engineered yet one of the best selling pieces of equipment IH ever built! You got to hate them before you can love them!
 

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ATIS General Tractor Discussion / Still hand cranking tractors

« on: February 14, 2009, 07:59:00 AM »

Farmall tractors are the norm around here so most of them you find still have the crank for backup. We have a Cub, 2 Super-A's, an M and a DC Case that are all used around the farm and can be cranked by hand if the battery fails. I also have an older JD pull type combine that has an engine on it. We haven't used it in a few years (its kept as a backup in case the other combine breaks). It also has a crank for backup starting which I have used more than once. I also have a really old New Holland hay baler with a Wisconsin engine that can be hand cranked--I had to do it last year come to think of it. My generator has a Wisconsin engine and electric start but I have cranked it by hand as well. Having said all that I much prefer electric start on equipment for wroking.

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SEL General Stationary Engine Discussion Forum / Active engine collectors

« on: February 10, 2009, 09:29:04 PM »

I too started collecting tractors first. I soon discovered that Stationary Engines are more fun to display at shows. Engines draw crowds and start people talking, where tractors are heavy to transport to the shows and just don't excite crowds unless they are plowing,disking or belted to something. Merton from Eastern North Carolina

I wonder if the crowd you are drawing is related to your location. I always see primarily tractors in eastern NC shows. Head to the mountains and it is just about all engines. The tractors in eastern NC tend to be larger models also.