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CTuckerNWIL 
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 Topic: AE-TA fall show - experimental info+pics
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 at 9:05pm |
We had a great day. Got a bunch of ear corn picked,ran into the crib and shelled out the other side. A good patch of beans were cut too. The only plowing today was with horses but if the weather holds out we will turn some sand over tomorrow. MinnMo is the feature tractor this year and they came close to filling up the feature area. The other display area was full and overran into the corn field by 10 this morning. The Ann Arbor hay press worked great, it's the first time that I ever saw it run and I have been a club member for 13 years or so. The threshing seem to go well and the sawmill is working but might need a few tweeks since it was moved from the old grounds. I think I saw at least 6 steam engines. A few years ago it was hard to find 2 that we could get to the show even if we supplied the transportation. Here is a link to some pictures I got today. Not the best but most were taken from a moving people mover hayrack. http://picasaweb.google.com/anentras/AETA2010#
Edited by CTuckerNWIL - 19 Sep 2010 at 7:02pm
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Don M SEIA
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Posted: 17 Sep 2010 at 10:14pm |
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Thankyou, good pictures. Do you happen to know the rough diamentions of the corn crib? I'd like to rig one up. Don
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010 at 6:59am |
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Don, I think it is 7 or 8 foot wide and about 22' long. I would guess it is, probably 8 foot tall at the back and 11 in front.
That was donated to the club by a family just across the road from our old site. It was on concrete there but club members weren't sure about where it should be at our new site so they built a wood frame to set it on. Now it can be easily moved if necessary and is high enough up to clear the drags from the sheller.
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010 at 5:01pm |
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Where is that at?? Is it going on all weekend?
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R Aiken
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010 at 6:42pm |
 CTuckerNWIL wrote:
Don, I think it is 7 or 8 foot wide and about 22' long. I would guess it is, probably 8 foot tall at the back and 11 in front.
That was donated to the club by a family just across the road from our old site. It was on concrete there but club members weren't sure about where it should be at our new site so they built a wood frame to set it on. Now it can be easily moved if necessary and is high enough up to clear the drags from the sheller. |
It looks to be one of these Midwest plans service # 73272
You can download a pdf file of these. Richard
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010 at 7:10pm |
Hey Charlie, what's the story on that experimental Minne Mo? Any infor would be greatly appreciated.
Nice pics.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010 at 7:47pm |
Bertman, It's 3 miles East of Joslin,Il on rt 92. http://www.ae-ta.comLarry, I'll ask some of the Prairie Gold guys tomorrow. I didn't get down there today. I had a honey dew thing this morning and it was raining. I'm sure they will be plowing Sunday if they get all the crops off.
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Posted: 19 Sep 2010 at 6:28pm |
OK Larry asked for it. Go to http://namelal.blogspot.com/2007_03_01_archive.htmlGo about half way down the page and start reading "And the winner is" At the bottom of that short story is the clip this guy put together about MM experimental farm just up river a short ways from our new showgrounds. This is very interesting stuff. I have added more pictures to the above link. I will go back and tag some of the pictures to identify them. I talked to Jeff Laleman a lot today. His father and uncle worked the experimental farm for MM. The father and uncle also each owned one of the experimental R's. The 36 EXR and early 40's EXR both had a foot clutch which MM did not use in production for some time. Jeff was at the old farm this spring and found the harrow cart that is pictured. It never went into production but was used on the farm for some time and has MM casting numbers on it. It was designed for a horse drawn harrow. The MM tug or NTX is a 1942 machine and is said to have been driven by John Wayne in the Movie, Fighting Seabees.
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Don M SEIA
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Posted: 19 Sep 2010 at 9:46pm |
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thankyou for the crib information. Don
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