Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 372636 times)

ben ji · « **Reply #2675 on:** April 22, 2020, 12:26:09 PM »

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Quote from: slackcat on April 21, 2020, 09:57:06 PM
Quote from: ben ji on April 21, 2020, 06:23:20 PM
Found this one in a different barn under some saddles.

you have the one pictured?

Correct, just found it today under some saddles and other junk.

Can a high farming IQ person explain to me the purpose for the hit-n-miss motor functioning the way it does, all wonky and such? What's up with that?

I have low farming IQ but have been reading up on them since I started finding them on the farm. Its an old timey engine and the wonky wheels would power a pulley or rod that you can connect to various implements. Water pumps/feed grinders/washing machines etc.

They were basically the generators of the 1920's.

ben ji · « **Reply #2676 on:** April 22, 2020, 12:31:07 PM »

Found this engine looking thing today, is it worth saving or junk?

Its in another barn that is collapsing so unless its worth money it will stay there until the thing falls over.

slackcat · « **Reply #2677 on:** April 22, 2020, 12:46:23 PM »

idk, but old engines are always worth something

steve dave · « **Reply #2678 on:** April 22, 2020, 01:08:26 PM »

Idea: Hit-n-Miss Go-Cart

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ben ji · « **Reply #2679 on:** April 22, 2020, 05:42:44 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 22, 2020, 12:31:07 PM

Found this engine looking thing today, is it worth saving or junk?

Its in another barn that is collapsing so unless its worth money it will stay there until the thing falls over.

Moved some junk around to get a closer view and its a briggs & stratton model ZZ from the 1940's

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2680 on:** April 22, 2020, 05:53:31 PM »

Is that a grocery cart handle in the pic? I want to see you being pulled by that IH300 at top speed benji in that cart. Where a helmet.

Tom

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KST8FAN · « **Reply #2681 on:** April 22, 2020, 05:55:20 PM »

Did you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.

Tom

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ben ji · « **Reply #2682 on:** April 22, 2020, 05:58:59 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on April 22, 2020, 05:53:31 PM

Is that a grocery cart handle in the pic? I want to see you being pulled by that IH300 at top speed benji in that cart. Where a helmet.

Tom

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Lol, the grocery cart was an item of junk I had to move to get a closer look.

ben ji · « **Reply #2683 on:** April 22, 2020, 06:00:53 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on April 22, 2020, 05:55:20 PM

Did you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.

Tom

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I just started 18 but will look later, gonna have to scrape off decades of mouse poop.

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2684 on:** April 22, 2020, 06:01:45 PM »

Quote from: slackcat on April 21, 2020, 08:05:33 AM

Hit-n-miss engines have a strong following. P'burg KS has an active club and a large show/swap meet in the fall. Neat as hell to watch and hear them run.

I have a 3hp Witte hit-n-miss.

DO NOT throw it away!

Slack did you repaint? Nice engine.

Tom

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slackcat · « **Reply #2685 on:** April 22, 2020, 07:11:29 PM »

A rep photo, but just like mine. Bought mine from a local guy who was thinning his herd.

ben ji, get that deere running!

slackcat · « **Reply #2686 on:** April 22, 2020, 07:12:08 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 22, 2020, 05:42:44 PM

Quote from: ben ji on April 22, 2020, 12:31:07 PM
Found this engine looking thing today, is it worth saving or junk?

Its in another barn that is collapsing so unless its worth money it will stay there until the thing falls over.

Moved some junk around to get a closer view and its a briggs & stratton model ZZ from the 1940's

cool

steve dave · « **Reply #2687 on:** April 22, 2020, 08:52:52 PM »

I appreciate how benji sneaks up on the motors and gets fuzzy picks from a distance to post on here only to plan out getting a better look later like we’re on the rough ridin' kalahari stalking silverback mountain elephants.

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ben ji · « **Reply #2688 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:30:44 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 22, 2020, 08:52:52 PM

I appreciate how benji sneaks up on the motors and gets fuzzy picks from a distance to post on here only to plan out getting a better look later like we’re on the rough ridin' kalahari stalking silverback mountain elephants.

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I "sneak up" because I'm not about to move a bunch of junk (shopping cart, wtf?) in a collapsing 100+ year old wooden barn unless its worth it.

ben ji · « **Reply #2689 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:32:26 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 22, 2020, 06:00:53 PM

Quote from: KST8FAN on April 22, 2020, 05:55:20 PM
Did you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.

Tom

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I just started 18 but will look later, gonna have to scrape off decades of mouse poop.

Here is all the mouse poop/dirt i had to scrape off

ben ji · « **Reply #2690 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:33:53 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on April 22, 2020, 09:32:26 PM

Quote from: ben ji on April 22, 2020, 06:00:53 PM
Quote from: KST8FAN on April 22, 2020, 05:55:20 PM
Did you find a nameplate on the JD hit n miss? Then the bidding can start.

Tom

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I just started 18 but will look later, gonna have to scrape off decades of mouse poop.
Here is all the mouse poop/dirt i had to scrape off

Best I could do with a bottle of water/screwdriver/paper towel in 5 minutes.

Looks like serial #325658

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2691 on:** April 24, 2020, 09:54:29 AM »

https://vintageaerial.com/

Holy crap the motherload of farm aerial photos. My weekend just got booked.

The homestead circa 1976. So much going on in that photo... tractors, wagons, trucks. The old farmhouse came down in 79. I could bore the hell put of you with stories from this one photo.

Looking forward to you all posting your finds on this site.

Tom

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #2692 on:** April 24, 2020, 10:09:18 AM »

Is that a water pond or one of those poop ponds 'sd is always talking about?

KST8FAN · « **Reply #2693 on:** April 24, 2020, 10:20:36 AM »

Water for cattle.

Tom

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star seed 7 · « **Reply #2694 on:** April 24, 2020, 10:41:22 AM »

How often do cows break a leg? Whenever I see a cow walk it always seems like they are half a step away from breaking a leg.

ben ji · « **Reply #2695 on:** April 24, 2020, 11:47:43 AM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on April 24, 2020, 09:54:29 AM

https://vintageaerial.com/

Holy crap the motherload of farm aerial photos. My weekend just got booked.

The homestead circa 1976. So much going on in that photo... tractors, wagons, trucks. The old farmhouse came down in 79. I could bore the hell put of you with stories from this one photo.

Looking forward to you all posting your finds on this site.

Tom

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Nothing for Western KS on that site :(

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #2696 on:** April 24, 2020, 03:17:39 PM »

Nothing for my county :(

bucket · « **Reply #2697 on:** April 24, 2020, 03:53:29 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on April 24, 2020, 09:54:29 AM

https://vintageaerial.com/

Holy crap the motherload of farm aerial photos. My weekend just got booked.

The homestead circa 1976. So much going on in that photo... tractors, wagons, trucks. The old farmhouse came down in 79. I could bore the hell put of you with stories from this one photo.

Looking forward to you all posting your finds on this site.

Tom

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Beautiful farm house. Shame it had to come down.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #2698 on:** April 24, 2020, 04:11:11 PM »

My grandparents retired to a stone farm house outside Keats built in 1890ish, there are pictures of all their neighbors but not them smdh

bucket · « **Reply #2699 on:** April 24, 2020, 04:13:42 PM »

Found ma's family farm. Not pa's.