July 15, 2006
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Went out to Camp Creek Threshers today, of course about the hottest day of the year.....took this about 10 am....
and that was in the shade....
a "mini" Minneapolis Moline with a factory cab...this is about the size of a 8N Ford, except narrow front....
how about a Porsche? yep...
these were sold in Germany....
this is part of a REALLY BIG ENGINE awaiting reassembly...they have to build a building just to hold it, this is only 1/2 the crankshaft....when completed it will be over 40 ' wide, and over 60' long, single cylinder, it was run on steam, and is a power plant engine, used in Hastings until about 25 years ago, and donated to the group instead of being scrapped out. It will be interesting to see it be reassembled in the coming years....
many people bring a tractor or a stationery engine to a show like this, but how about bringing your dragline...yep, an operational diesel dragline....
or you could bring your motor grader.. this one was sitting, idling, waiting to smooth out the craters dug by this....
an old time Cat, with the blade adjusted by cables that run the length of the arms, to drums and spools on rear of machine, and controlled by levers that come up behind the operator. this one probably dates from the late 20's...
I can understand restoring a tractor or a plow or disc, or even a cornpicker or old time combine...but a manure spreader? Yet there was a whole row of them - only one unrestored but in very good condition...go figure...
pretty little 39' Chevy pickup...
and a '48 Chevy 3 window, nicely done...
a really nice 66 Ford 1/2 ton 4WD with the short stepside box. These trucks always looked like they had a "bob-tail" since the box was so much smaller than the cab...
this is a '50 Ford F-1, mostly unrestored except being primered..
and a '35 Ford model TT, named because of the dual rear wheels, they were considered a 2 ton...
This one is not working, but is a stationary display in front of one of the buildings. The really huge coal burner was not out and about, but several other Steam Engines were.... most of the horse drawn equipment was idle and the draft horses were in the shade due to extreme heat, by 2:30 pm the air temp was 105, heat index was 113. Pretty steamy. More later...
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hey that would be great if ya could teach me to do that....yeah....let me know when ur having ur hunters safety class...thanks...ttyl
dan
so the little Porsche tractor was cute!
sad that it was that hot out there today...if it makes you feel any better, we had a carwash outside today...it was interesting.
Too bad that the big steam engine wasn't there, but I doubt if they've had it running as hot as it looks like it got there.
Fun to see the spreaders and the dragline...not something that you see a whole lot of anymore...love you!
Actually, they had the old coal fired railroad dragline at the east end running and operating....can you imagine how hot it was in the cab of that thing, a 6' x 10' boiler right behind you.... I bet it topped 140 in there....pics to be posted later...
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