Whoa! When I was as kid in south Missouri in the early 50's one of the farmers still drove one of the "hit and miss" and that sort of became his name. I remember that not a one of the early tractors had a cab and some days were miserable for them. Thanks for sharing the video and the best of luck.
@41Zman Really finishes the project nicely. It is a head turner in the parades. She really barks out the straight pipe. My camera actually cuts out on the audio when it fires, much louder and sharper in person. Good eye on the engine make. I actually ran them on the railroad when I was a kid. Thanks!
@@andreabordi7614 Maybe you don't understand with the translator, I said it's a video shot from too far away and you can't see anything, no detail. The video was taken 12 years ago. I agree, I need to post more videos with more detail.
Is just the engine a 1918? The transmission and final drives are from an allis chalmers B. It was likely late 30s to 40s. So this was probably built after that.
I started collecting engines with my dad and became tired of running them on a skid. Started collecting old iron to make fantasy tractors and pawn them off as real when I took them to shows. I’ve built 4 machines and will keep doing so. Future projects are a JD motorcycle ( Johnny Popper Chopper ), a JD truck, and anything else I can play off as a factory build.
Finally ! the truth. As a 42 year veteran of up to 35 steam, gas, horse and toy shows a year, and a 20 year seller of tractor books, toys and memorabilia, I sir, would have known about the existence of this tractor. It was not my place to call B.S. on this public forum. BUT SIR... as a homemade tractor, with a killer coat of paint on it... BRAVO !
@@danvertdavis6867 Well Mr. Big Brain Small Pen#s, if you would take your time to learn English and how to read it, you would CLEARLY see that I never stated that I know it ALL... like you do. You can see that I only said that I would know about >>>THIS ONE
@@adamvanostrand2664 When I first posted the video I was trying to push it off as a factory built tractor. But through the years I’ve been outed and exposed as not telling the whole story. It is homemade. Built for parades and tractor shows. I converted everything to hand levers. Added an extra pulley and idler to run a belt on the off power side of the gearbox. All it does is spin for looks. No belt drive tractor was ever produced. I picked up a fly ball governor that I am adding in the future.
Just about anything used to farm back then, hay elevator, generator, a saw for milling or firewood, possibly an auger for setting fence post,, corn shucker,, could even turn a grisk mill
@@RustedOldIron I just can't think of the product terms they called that equipment back then, but the belt drive on the side of the pto would turn just about anything you needed on a farm, I remember seeing my uncle use a piped auger to feed grain into his silo, I just don't think this generation could survive the workload our grandparents took in stride as everyday life 😉
roughly 1/2 of the commenters directly ask what kind it is, or offer up their guesses without confirmation or correction. So I'll tip the scale... WHAT MAKE ANMD MODEL IS IT ???
It's a homemade bunch of parts. Nice , but fantasy build no make, never existed. The engine is out of a railroad section car from the 1950's. I don't know why they are so evasive about the true facts here?
100% correct statement 36terraplane. Pure fantasy. I’m busted. I stretch the the story at tractor shows till someone finally calls me out. I once told a paper that published pictures in the local news I found the tractor submerged under water in a slough. Only the handle tips of the clutches were visible sticking out of the water.
That's sharp. I'd like to study some good photos. Do you have any posted anywhere? Am I right to understand that you're driving the gear box through the old PTO belt pulley?
Yes it is. The frame and wheels are marked with the Case eagle. Rear end from an Allis B. Pulleys from a Deere 95 combine. Handles from an old grader. It was built as a parade and tractor show piece. Originally all the bearings were wood blocks with oilers on the wheels. Had to rework all of them to get roller bearings in place.
It was conceived in the late 19th century and produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1940s. The name comes from the speed control on these engines: they fire ("hit") only when operating at or below a set speed, and cycle without firing ("miss") when they exceed their set speed. This is as compared to the "throttle governed" method of speed control. The sound made when the engine is running without a load is a distinctive "Snort POP whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh snort POP" as the engine fires and then coasts until the speed decreases and it fires again to maintain its average speed.
@@PacoOtis you say primitive but just think about the new technology with cylinders dropping out of the firing order in New cars and trucks, like the Chevy Colorado, I'd say what's old is new again
This is Italian. Translation: “What a director! Not even one detail, you could stay twenty meters away so you could understand everything! Who knows” I’m not a director. I’m not a cinematographer. I take videos with my iPhone. I’m not the best at it. But I try. 🙂
th-cam.com/video/myxmSEHS-CM/w-d-xo.html I had a user comment that this was a techno tractor. This was a video he linked to his comment. Has the beat to it.
Hit and miss throb is priceless sound, pure ASMR.
I agree 100%!!!
Whoa! When I was as kid in south Missouri in the early 50's one of the farmers still drove one of the "hit and miss" and that sort of became his name. I remember that not a one of the early tractors had a cab and some days were miserable for them. Thanks for sharing the video and the best of luck.
Man I don't give a shit who's trying to call any bullshit, either way that is a sweet piece of machinery. I love the simplicity of it.
Lol. Thanks for the comment!
That is one cool little tractor. It looks like a cross between a Happy Farmer, a Wallis Bear or Cub, and a Farmall.
Lovely hit 'n' miss engine sound!
Wow over a hundred years old.you come along way baby.look at the tractors they have today 2022
So true. Mind boggling how everything advanced.
I love 🚜's. Beautiful piece of machinery.
Thanks Erik. I’m happy you liked the tractor!
Fascinating !
Beautiful restoration, I have to laugh thinking about a milineal trying to figure out all those levels, sticks and pedals
I see a lot of bad! Think what they would do with a rotary phone!!! LMAO
@@RustedOldIron lol,, trying to text 🤣 😂
@41Zman Really finishes the project nicely. It is a head turner in the parades. She really barks out the straight pipe. My camera actually cuts out on the audio when it fires, much louder and sharper in person. Good eye on the engine make. I actually ran them on the railroad when I was a kid.
Thanks!
Forse con il traduttore non si capisce, ho detto che è un video girato da troppo lontano e non si vede niente, nessun particolare.
@@andreabordi7614 Maybe you don't understand with the translator, I said it's a video shot from too far away and you can't see anything, no detail.
The video was taken 12 years ago. I agree, I need to post more videos with more detail.
Thank You.
What tractor frame is that? Is it completely custom? The engine is a Fairmont railway RKD, 1950's vintage... The chassis looks awesome
Is just the engine a 1918? The transmission and final drives are from an allis chalmers B. It was likely late 30s to 40s. So this was probably built after that.
I started collecting engines with my dad and became tired of running them on a skid. Started collecting old iron to make fantasy tractors and pawn them off as real when I took them to shows. I’ve built 4 machines and will keep doing so. Future projects are a JD motorcycle ( Johnny Popper Chopper ), a JD truck, and anything else I can play off as a factory build.
Wow. Small engine big body. Like old days folks.
Génial, on croirait le fardier de Cugnot!!!
Some green pin striping would look nice
I can hear the engineers yelling in 1916 we need these control levers much longer, how do you think she will look in yellow??
Long levers compensating for something else!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing that one.
@@RustedOldIron 👍😂😂🤣
@@RustedOldIron if only ours worked that good at 100 years old,, 😆 🤣 😂
Finally ! the truth. As a 42 year veteran of up to 35 steam, gas, horse and toy shows a year, and a 20 year seller of tractor books, toys and memorabilia, I sir, would have known about the existence of this tractor. It was not my place to call B.S. on this public forum. BUT SIR... as a homemade tractor, with a killer coat of paint on it... BRAVO !
Wow u just know it ALL don't you!!???? Leme tell u buddy you dont know ALL of them....i dont give a pis how long you have been into this....
@@danvertdavis6867 Well Mr. Big Brain Small Pen#s, if you would take your time to learn English and how to read it, you would CLEARLY see that I never stated that I know it ALL... like you do. You can see that I only said that I would know about >>>THIS ONE
@@nickm9993 with your mouth....you must hang out with Eric Harvey.....your just like him
Love that sound.
3 inch straight exhaust. Has a real punch in person. Thanks for the comment.
Just found this video!! Great creation! Love the fairmont engines! Was that a total custom built chassis?
Transmission and final drives look exactly like allis chalmers B. So that part is at least from the late 30s to 40s
Hi beautiful job ! can I use part of your video to my compilation best restored vehicles?
Absolutely yes. Thanks for the like.
@@RustedOldIron Thanks
Hsad to believe this tractor had enough power to do anything useful. Strangest little toy.
Looks like it's powered by a Fairmont RQ-D. Around 84 cu in in a single cylinder.
That engine dates from the 50s so no way its 1917
Looks dangerous!
Good job on the restoration.
No, worked on things a lot more dangerous than that! Nice looking tractor.
Little house on the prairie.. Only with a little yeller tractor
BRAVO!!!!! RESPEKT!!!!
Reads: bravo!! Respect!!
nice job i like the fairmont engine
@0375CHEYTAC I owned 2 of the fairmont ro-c series engines. they sure do have a good bark underload.
@Zealix Watch the fingers for sure. One wrong move and I think it could spit them out all over.
that's a neat toy..looks like lots'a fun.
4th of July my favorite holiday. Always a parade going on someplace to get this tractor into.
What interests world was that little thing used for, looks great but would of like to seen a closer look and known the brand name.
Really cool. Any thoughts about putting a load behind it so we can hear it talk some?
Just one step above a horse.
3 legged horse 🙂
That's like a square-turn.
Uooooouyt
Looks like a Fairmont railway engine on there
It is.
I Thought so.
@@adamvanostrand2664 it is one of my favorites
My question is why is a Fairmont engine on a tractor 🚜? Repower, or home made?
@@adamvanostrand2664 When I first posted the video I was trying to push it off as a factory built tractor. But through the years I’ve been outed and exposed as not telling the whole story. It is homemade. Built for parades and tractor shows. I converted everything to hand levers. Added an extra pulley and idler to run a belt on the off power side of the gearbox. All it does is spin for looks. No belt drive tractor was ever produced. I picked up a fly ball governor that I am adding in the future.
Looks like a Fairmont speeder engine??
Guess you win the prize for lowest idle...
Lovely job of restoration , but in reality what could it be used for other than driving something small with the belt ?
So true. I’m thinking a water pump or other small accessories for a thrashing crew.
Just about anything used to farm back then, hay elevator, generator, a saw for milling or firewood, possibly an auger for setting fence post,, corn shucker,, could even turn a grisk mill
@@geoffreymills9932 thanks for the info. This is one of my favorite tractors.
@@RustedOldIron I just can't think of the product terms they called that equipment back then, but the belt drive on the side of the pto would turn just about anything you needed on a farm, I remember seeing my uncle use a piped auger to feed grain into his silo, I just don't think this generation could survive the workload our grandparents took in stride as everyday life 😉
Super good tractor 👍 history 😁
Glad you liked the tractor. Thanks for the comment.
its a very rare tractor the sound like a jelbart from australia
I watched a Jelbart Tractor video. Both had flywheels. Both had that popping sound. Thanks for the information.
I'm a little confused that 5 people dislike this video.
Same here what's not to like?
The ones who disliked are addicted to chinese toys, more specifically adult toys. Can you expect technical sense in such debauched brains.
Wow that it's such a clean job just saying
Way cool
roughly 1/2 of the commenters directly ask what kind it is, or offer up their guesses without confirmation or correction. So I'll tip the scale... WHAT MAKE ANMD MODEL IS IT ???
It’s a Holt. Model B. 1917 vintage. Pre Caterpillar. Holt and Best tractor merged to form Caterpillar.
@@RustedOldIron Thanks!
It's a homemade bunch of parts. Nice , but fantasy build no make, never existed. The engine is out of a railroad section car from the 1950's. I don't know why they are so evasive about the true facts here?
100% correct statement 36terraplane. Pure fantasy. I’m busted. I stretch the the story at tractor shows till someone finally calls me out. I once told a paper that published pictures in the local news I found the tractor submerged under water in a slough. Only the handle tips of the clutches were visible sticking out of the water.
NICE . !
Thanks!
Runs and looks like a farmont rr engine.
Should it have some type of rubber around the steel?
No it would have steel lugs on the wheels. But some people rubber on the steel when they parade them.
ТЕХНО-ТРАКТОР , 100 % !!!
I can’t read that. But I thinks it’s good! 👍
TPAKTOP means tractor.
TEXHO is techno I think.
That's sharp. I'd like to study some good photos. Do you have any posted anywhere? Am I right to understand that you're driving the gear box through the old PTO belt pulley?
thats a nice tractor and nice land
how many horsepower has this tractor
Rated at 13 horsepower
IS THAT THE SAME ENGINE USED ON FAIRMONT RAIL MOTOR CARS??
Yes it is. The frame and wheels are marked with the Case eagle. Rear end from an Allis B. Pulleys from a Deere 95 combine. Handles from an old grader. It was built as a parade and tractor show piece. Originally all the bearings were wood blocks with oilers on the wheels. Had to rework all of them to get roller bearings in place.
Awesome running machine!! Im wondering what the name of it is? It looks a little like the ford or the square turn or the happy farmer, but not quite.
What kind .make is it
bonjour je cherche des info sur un tracto faucheuse (java)
What hp is that engine?
Tag on the engine reads 8 to 13 horsepower. Must be rated depending on RPM.
What's a hit and mis engine ?
It was conceived in the late 19th century and produced by various companies from the 1890s through approximately the 1940s. The name comes from the speed control on these engines: they fire ("hit") only when operating at or below a set speed, and cycle without firing ("miss") when they exceed their set speed. This is as compared to the "throttle governed" method of speed control. The sound made when the engine is running without a load is a distinctive "Snort POP whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh snort POP" as the engine fires and then coasts until the speed decreases and it fires again to maintain its average speed.
The engine only fires when a certain drop in rpm takes place, but is constantly turning. Rather primitive, but it worked!
@@PacoOtis thank you, never heard of such a motor .
@@PacoOtis you say primitive but just think about the new technology with cylinders dropping out of the firing order in New cars and trucks, like the Chevy Colorado, I'd say what's old is new again
Чудо с супер звуком, отлично
That translates to: Miracle with super sound, great.
1905 mobility scooter
🤣🤣🤣 Never thought about it that way. But it was probably used for that too!
ਖੁਸ਼ ਕੀਤੇ
I tried googling what u said ..unable to translate..Did somebody see this and can read it let me know what it says 🙂
I tried googling what u said ..unable to translate. If somebody see this and can read it let me know what it says 🙂
Wow, translate was an option when I viewed. Reads “made Happy”
يتعذر التعليق لا أعلم .
Translation: “Cannot comment I do not know.” 🙂 That is a good comment. You would not comment on a video you didn’t find interesting. Thanks a lot!
is this homemade or factory?
Tristan Scott, In the title of the vodeo it says restored, so it may be factory.
@@Tadfafty either way it is just too cool!
а где у него спрятан мотор
its a cat !
Beatbox
Yes it is. It can hold a rhythm.
Che regista! Nemmeno un dettaglio, potevi stare a venti metri di distanza così si capiva tutto! Mah... 🙄😒
This is Italian. Translation: “What a director! Not even one detail, you could stay twenty meters away so you could understand everything! Who knows”
I’m not a director. I’m not a cinematographer. I take videos with my iPhone. I’m not the best at it. But I try. 🙂
Must sample this engine sound for a music track certainly got some rhythm.
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I had a user comment that this was a techno tractor. This was a video he linked to his comment. Has the beat to it.
Old hit and miss
ok
I would have to agree with that! 🙂
👍 🙂
Народное техно : th-cam.com/video/myxmSEHS-CM/w-d-xo.html
Ok. I figured it out. And yes it has the techno beat. Techno Tractor, plays along with a techno beat. I love it. Thanks for the insight. 🫶
@@RustedOldIron
REMIX : техно-танк + балалайка = КосоМузон ( ASTROMUZIC ).
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