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OT: Visit and Donation Today, Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum

dbCooper
dbCooper Posts: 2,422
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For those that work the land, the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab is a asset to their livelihood.  Some info on them is here . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Tractor_Test_Laboratory
There is also a museum at the testing site.  Mrs. Cooper inherited a collection of scale farm implements/tractors last Fall.  Those were all sold off except for this one that we donated to the museum today . . .
Here's a shot of the test track . . .
And a selection of some of the items on display . . .


LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
Great Plains, USA
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,213
    My Dad had and used that Oliver 70, and a very similar Allis-Chalmers.  Thanks for the smile!  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 18,024
    Very cool 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,938
    As above-way to connect with family in a very personal way.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,267
    Great post! Thank you.
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,187
    That’s really cool @dbCooper thanks for sharing. What a cool job that would have been too. 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • stlcharcoal
    stlcharcoal Posts: 4,706
    Botch said:
    My Dad had and used that Oliver 70, and a very similar Allis-Chalmers.  Thanks for the smile!  
    My grandfather had an Oliver 77 which was pretty much the same tractor with a little more HP.

    --

    Every year in my family's hometown of Highland, IL, they have a power show with really old tractors and equipment.  The cool thing is, it all still works.  They fire up these 70, 80, 90+ year old tractors (some are steam), and run the leather belts from the PTOs to all kinds of saws, pumps, etc.  It is amazing.

    It's out on the homestead of Latzer family that started the Pet Milk evaporated canned milk company.....about a half mile from our farm.

    BTW, it's next weekend!!  https://highlandilhistoricalsociety.org/upcoming-events/
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,213
    stlcharcoal said:
    Every year in my family's hometown of Highland, IL, they have a power show with really old tractors and equipment.  The cool thing is, it all still works.  They fire up these 70, 80, 90+ year old tractors (some are steam), and run the leather belts from the PTOs to all kinds of saws, pumps, etc.  It is amazing.

    It's out on the homestead of Latzer family that started the Pet Milk evaporated canned milk company.....about a half mile from our farm.

    BTW, it's next weekend!!  https://highlandilhistoricalsociety.org/upcoming-events/
    Madison, SD has a similar annual event in Prairie Village:  https://www.prairievillage.org/jamboree_schedule/
     
    My Dad got my Grandma & Grandpa to drive all the way to Sioux Falls (from Rake, IA) one year, then he drove us all to Madison (I was a young teenager) for a Jamboree.  Once we got thru the gate, Grandpa turned into a little kid at Christmas. He got so excited to see all those old vehicles he grew up with, all running and threshing, grinding, sawing, pumping, etc.  One motor really fascinated me, it was a single-cylinder motor with an immense flywheel, the cylinder would fire violently and spin the whole thing for a dozen or so rounds, before some mechanism would squirt more fuel into the cylinder and fire again, once.  We all came home caked with sweat, wheat chaff, corn chaff, coal dust and who knows what else.  I would like to see that Jamboree again, one more time.  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,187
    It’s called a “Hit N Miss” @Botch
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,422
    alaskanassasin said:
    It’s called a “Hit N Miss” @Botch
    I remembered Canadians had a different name for them, 'cause of their nonconformity problem.  Couldn't remember it so had to look it up . . . "Make and Break".
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
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