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Bill_MN 
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 Topic: Is this for real?
Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 7:49pm |
Looks like it could be factory or a very good homemade job. Captioned as a "TH-16", never heard of it. Maybe someone knows the owner, Alton Mettler from Menno, SD? Looks like a neat machine. 
Edited by Bill_MN - 26 Mar 2011 at 8:31am
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1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 8:03pm |
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I'm gonna guess home made.
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abbaschild95
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Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 11:31pm |
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i have seen something very similaar but i just pass by it on the road... not sure what it is exactly... but its possible i suppose that they are the same?
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Great-granfather's WC---- hopefully many more to come!
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Rfdeere
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 12:05am |
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I see the engine. Whats under the picker shields ?
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abbaschild95
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 12:19am |
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after some research.... no i dont believe it is an actual model.... more than likely just a very professional jerry-rig.
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Great-granfather's WC---- hopefully many more to come!
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Nathan (SD)
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 12:21am |
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The name is Mettler. They were AC dealers back in the day. Still in buisness with AGCO.
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GARY(OH/IN)
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 4:35am |
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My guess is the picker shields hide a big hunk of concrete.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 8:34am |
 Rfdeere wrote:
I see the engine. Whats under the picker shields ? |
I would think they extended the frame to add weight for counterbalance.
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Bill_MN
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 8:36am |
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My guess is they relocated the gas tank to the rear part, kinda looks like a fuel fill where the radiator neck would be behind the grille, and there's a radiator cap just behind the engine in the middle
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1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow
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D17JIM
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 8:56am |
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It looks real!!! LOL
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monitordoc
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 9:05am |
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In our area black smith shops turned many WD's backwards and added a loader. i still see one every now and then in a tree line or still in use. Every shop was different, some were very crude looking and others pro--like your picture.
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Slade (TN)
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 9:15am |
A buddy of mine sent me a pic of a reversed D14, pretty cool.
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49WF
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011 at 10:56am |
I do service work on the road and MENNO, SD. is one of my stops. The lumber yard used to have one and they sold it to another business in town, it does not look that cherry any more.
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