Very Old Farm Machinery In Operation
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- More Old Farm Machinery Here: • Rock River Thresheree
Both of my parents were involved with agriculture and I grew up listening to their stories of how things used to get done. At The Rock River Thresheree I could actually see some of those things with my own eyes! I recorded some clips of some really old gas tractors pulling an array of harvest gear, and I also caught a bunch of clips showing how steam tractors can plow a large field. Please enjoy this living history!
(The Rock River Thresheree has been an annual; event since 1956. I would describe the Thresheree as a type of living history museum where an incredible amount of exhibits are often portable and interactive. Steam machinery that could easily be one hundred years old is seen throughout the large fairgrounds which are located just south of Edgerton Wisconsin. There is an emphasis on agriculture as seen by the large quantity of decades old farm tractors but there are also harvesting machines and many smaller engines. Other sights include the working steam train; "The Rock River Cannonball," a sawmill powered by a steam tractor, and several large sheds that house incredibly huge stationary engines. Historic re-enactors host battle re-enactments and the occasional train robbery. However, the most dominant exhibit is probably the steam pile driver. When that machine is running everyone in the area can hear and feel it! I have been to the Thresheree many times in the last fifty years and I would say that it is a worthwhile trip and will be enjoyed by all!)
Playlist • Rock River Thresheree
Parade Of Antique Tractors... studio.th-cam.com/users/videoC04P...
Steam Tractors... studio.th-cam.com/users/videoHeT9...
Steam Saw Mill... studio.th-cam.com/users/videoODRo...
Another View... studio.th-cam.com/users/videoODRo...
I think videos like this are important. A lot of younger folks want to get back into farming. What they see are massive and expensive machines meant for millions of acres. Not equipment for a small plot.
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in 1963 our weekly reader news paper told us about massive farms in Russia. versus small family usa farms.20 % of the wheat was lost enroute to the market.When machinery broke down, it was abandoned as there were no replacement parts,. The small family farm was superior way to farm.since then, we have gone to mega farms, while russia has gone to small farms
You got that right! I have a tiny garden and I don't think I can afforfd a decent roto tiller. Real farmers also have to pay for taxes and supplies and insurance, as well as a lot of other stuff. They look rich, on paper, but are really just as poor as me. Thank-You for viewing and commenting....!!!!
I remember that in the days of the Soviet Union, most produce was raised by individuals in small plots. The CCCP central planning was so bad that it messed up most farming collectives. Thank-You for viewing and commenting....!!!!
@@ipfeldspar Thank you for putting the video up.
The steering on those steam tractors was used up until the 1970s on American cars
The way steering should be! Rack and pinion all the way.... Thank-You for viewing and commenting!!!
I remember my next door neighbor farm he had all the old farm equipment when I was younger.
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A lot of farmers never throw anything away. They'll hang on to it and use it for parts if necessary. I think some of this stuff survived because of that! Thank-You for viewing and commenting!!!
Nice to see.thats how my parents farmed.sadly remember seeing some of that stuff sitting behind barn go from intact to a pile over 50yrs.
Hoping to restore some of the ones on my farm. Let me know if you have parts.
Only intact piece is a mcormic no 5 enslige cutter with the book. Cause its still in the barn
@@markgamble8377 , nice to know. I have my hands full with all the old farm equipment laying around on this land. Working on restoring what I have.
My Grandparents, in the 1930's, had a family member come over with a horse and plow to till maybe four acres. Nobody had money and everything was cobbled together. I wish I knew where that plow went....!
I love the idea of the internetaiding historic preservation....!
Wow ,to know a river is to go to the source.
Machinery inventions have come from far.
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These folks do know their stuff. The Thresheree allows them to network which keeps the information sharing fresh. Their mechanical ability is awesome. For the most part, if something fails, they have to create the replacement themselves! Thank-You for viewing!!!!
Looks just like Denton, NC at the Old Time Thresher Reunion!!
I'll watch for that in the future!
Interesting how the farmers did there work in the olden days!
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Excellent video, thanks for sharing it :-)
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Nice to see these in use! Where would I find parts to old farm equipment? I have old farm equipment on my ranch. I'd like to restore and use.
I new a guy who used to rebuild Model T Ford automobiles. He would buy several really trashed cars and kitbash parts into a single runner. Some parts can be easily replaced with modern gear however that goes against what some authentic types want Good luck on your project!
Awesome
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Amazing
There is a Playlist, with many more old machines, on this Channel. Look for Playlist: Rock River Thresheree. Thank-You for viewing and commenting.
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wow my MT John Deere 1949 model does very good job pulling potato digger, hay wagon and 2 row cultivators with planter behind, My 1949 M John Deere with new engine needs a little work inside around clutch, not ran in about 12 years now.
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Deere is a very good company however, I am watching the issue about allowing farmers to work on their own equipment. If Deere keeps the computer codes secret that will increase farmer repair cost, greatly. We'll see what happens, I guess? Thank-You for viewing and discussing 1949.....!!!!!
Buen video
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Gracias! Thank-You for viewing and commenting!!!!
3:30 did anyone else notice the chains that went to the front axle & pulled each side for the steering?
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Early automobiles sometimes had that. Thank-You for viewing and commenting....!!!
Whoa pops, you're dumping stalks on the ground ,,lol.
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Thanks. The popularity of this video has takem me by surprise. There must be a lot of people who are interested in old time farming...? Thank-You for viewing!
Whooooooo old fashioned farming
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This Display is right at the entrance to the Park. Not only does this Dsplay look great but it also helps to create a mood of the "Olden Days." Thank-You for viewing!!!
Never seen a corn picker like that one.
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The machine or the guy running it......?
No computers where harmed while this video was being made
I never thought of it that ways! Now my brain is exploding! Yeah no extra thought help, no calculators and probably no analog gauges either. They probably check the gas level with a stick....
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@@ipfeldspar lol no kidding I got a Tobbaco stick on the fuel tank is how I check the fuel on it. Just put 20 gallons in it today. Haha
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The first machine harvests corn and then ties the stalks into bales. Toward the end the big machine is plowing. The steam tractors are, of course, much older technology than the gas tractors. The steam equipment became obsolete pretty quick and that generation had, maybe, forty years of good use. The gas equipment has been used for well over a hundred years. I wish I had time and space to detail all of this but I just cannot. I will mention, that the gas equipment, is much easier to operate from a logistics point of view. A single individual can operate the gas stuff but the steam needs a large team of people to furnish coal, water, and to keep the steam up to proper pressure. Which explains why gas was the winner in agriculture.
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Those 1 horsepower tools with those 20 horse JDs
Kinda looks like my buddy's tractor museum displays he holds every so often
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Really? The power take off only rates ne horse? A great machine but possibly inefficient.....?
Make sure your friend keeps on showing the old equipment! Living History rules!!!
corn is kind of green yet ? going to keep ?
The green corn would be hauled to a stationary silo filler to become silage in an upright silo
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Good answer! Thank-You!
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I agree and will support anyone, or any group, that engages in historic preservation and/or "living history!"
I enjoy seeing old iron at work. Just because something is old doesent mean it still be useful.
I agree! I also like watching the mechanisms.
@ 1:38 , i think i can i think i can.:)
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Are these hand crank tractors?
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I cannot recall. Some from the Era had primative battery start. Others had the bizarre spinning flywheel start. Thank-You for viewing and commenting!!!!
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it at its finest here
I agree! This is mechanical farming but the individual components are easily understandable and their sub assemblies also fairly easy to figure out. A poor farmer, with this minmal set-up and assuming he has some level of mechanical skill, would have all he needs to run a farm. Thank-You for viewing and commenting!!!
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i know how to put America back to work this video is how to do it just think about it every man women and child working on a farm well not children do to child labor laws but do think a teenager would work as hard as are four fathers i know i have had a few on the farm and the first time i seen them with a phone in their hand i ask to see it and feed to silage chopper ops its like the end of the world to them i have no pity on a lazy person
My Grandmother was born 1904. 1914 she made 10 loaves of bread every day in the kitchen. 17 children, her Mom n Dad. they ate 10 loaves of bread daily. Winter time was more relaxed, Spring thru fall harvest, they were all up with the sun, and sleep when it went down. ( No electricity). Nothin wrong with children helping on the farm.
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No child left behind in those days, right?
I will agree with you in terms of teaching "value" to people. For example, in terms of meat production, everyone should go hunting at least once. That way, they can learn about killing the meat, cleaning the meat, storing the meat. Once folks get their hands red with blood they might get a sense of how much work goes into food production. Thank-You very much for viewing and commenting!!!!
My Grandmother, who had nine kids, like to joke that, "As soon as they're old enough to walk, they can work in the fields! Except it wasn't a joke. Abject poverty is a heck of a way to learn about the world. Thank-You for viewing and commenting!!!
Нефть кончится, и старички восстанут из мертвых.
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Thank-You! This scene is a favorite of mine. The Thresheree is an annual event, with hundreds of vehicles, and thousands of miscellaneous machines. Most of the equipment is clustered tightly together, but this group of farm machines has its own corn field and meadow. It is almost set apart from the rest of the event. It is also at the main entrance and almost everyone will get a look at this as they come and go. Thank-You very much for viewing and commenting!