Reding Family Threshing: rebuilding the old equipment

Robin Reding took 25 years to rebuild his Minneapolis threshing machine from the bottom up. There are few people who know more than Robin about the intricacies of running a threshing machine. He also rebuilt his George White steam tractor and both machines play a pivotal role in the 2022 Reding Family Threshing Bee. Horses pull the unique Stewart Stook Loader to fill numerous bundle racks with fodder for the threshing machine. Robin's son J. R. handles the horse side of the operation while Robin and his helpers keep the heritage machines running despite a few setbacks, like a broken seal on the steam tractor.

[@CEng-ge6sw]

Wonderful! Well worth watching. Best regards from the UK.

[@FarmBoy-1950]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@wilfdarr]

That George White, of all the machines I've ever laid my eyes on, from cars to planes to mining equipment, that George White is my favorite. The slim boiler, the green, red, and black paint job, even the smell, it will always a special place in my heart.

[@FarmBoy-1950]

It is a spiffy looking machine isn't it Wilfred. Nothing like that over where you are is there?

[@wilfdarr]

@@FarmBoy-1950 No. For a combination of reasons, they didn't have any large scale agriculture until quite recently. Even now they combine with rigs that we would only use for test plots. And that's the custom combine outfits! Any farmer that does his own uses a 15hp thresher: remember that don't own the land in China, they get one plot and anything beyond that they have to lease.
It's a whole different world.

[@thomasokeefe1816]

Cool seeing horses working..They still work teams sweeping hay in the Sandhills of Nebraska..I sold draft horses back in 70's to a fella in Arnold..He had 30,000 acres..

[@FarmBoy-1950]

Thanks for your comment Thomas. It is great to see horses doing what they were bred to do...

[@thepubliceye]

It is a good thing that not very many farmers think like you.😊

[@FarmBoy-1950]

Like J. R. you mean?

[@thepubliceye]

Yes but it was just a joke@@FarmBoy-1950

[@jacobyoder4166]

We used to thresh oats with threshing machines. My father in law taught me to use used motor oil for belt dressing. Use sparingly and let it soak in before giving it a load. It works great and is not hard on the belt like belt dressing. It's good for the belt. Former Amish man.

[@FarmBoy-1950]

Thanks for sharing

[@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast4695]

Loving this me and my family are trying to start a Wheelwright/wainwright shop and farm that's run on steam and horse drawn equipment so far I have horse drawn new idea hay loader, new idea 4 bar side delivery rake,ihc no9 sickle bar mowers and a 1888 frick sawmill all needing restoration

[@deancampfield4703]

When I was younger there was a steam engine just sitting in the field and I asked my buddy what is up with that. He said grandpa and the neighbors brought the feed to the engine not the engine to the feed

[@fastrust1]

I have worked around one of this threshers we used a old IHC tractor no mules tractors to pull wagons we sacked the wheat spring of 1960.

[@timothygunckel7162]

Awesome

[@FarmBoy-1950]

Thank you...

[@charleydaniels6563]

When I was a kid I asked my dad what those were. his dad had one in 29 I think he said grampa payed 200. for and worked it until 1936 we still have it sitting on the farm

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@gordondeitz7838]

We consummate underaceivers figured out how to live and live well..

[@Taxpayeroftherepublic]

What state are you in ?

[@FarmBoy-1950]

We are actually in Alberta, Canada

[@Taxpayeroftherepublic]

@@FarmBoy-1950 wow!