[Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.

Gary Boomgaarden gaboom at frontiernet.net
Tue Oct 19 16:57:46 PDT 2004


I checked the Argus-Leader web site. It is only available if you purchase
it.  It appeared in the Sept 25,2004 issue.

-----Original Message-----
From: steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On Behalf Of
Beth
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:14 PM
To: Steam-engine mailing list
Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.


Orrin,

Which paper?  Maybe it is available on the web?

Thanks
Beth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Orrin Iseminger" <oiseming at moscow.com>
To: "'Steam-engine mailing list'" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.


> I have the newspaper's picture, but it is copyrighted.
>
> Orrin
>
> Orrin Iseminger
> Colton, Washington, USA
> http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/index.htm
> So many projects.  So little time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
Burt
> & Betty
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:19 PM
> To: Steam-engine mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.
>
> To all,
>     Is there any pictures available of this tractor that is mentioned?
> Burt      The Old Alaskan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Orrin Iseminger
> To: 'Steam-engine mailing list'
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 4:34 AM
> Subject: RE: [Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.
>
>
> Ken Eder from North Carolina bought it.  Eder has a collection of 150
other
> gas and steam tractors.  He plans to establish a tractor museum in
Carthage,
> North Carolina.
>
> A couple of my brothers live at Sioux Falls, not far from Freeman.  They
> sent me their newspaper's article about the tractor and its selling price.
> It didn't have much to say about Eder; instead, it mostly told the
tractor's
> history.
>
> The tractor was sold by Orville Waltner, now 78.  It was nine years old
when
> he was born.  He remembers it being used fro threshing, grading roads,
> pulling trees and moving snow.
>
> The machine cost $3,000, new, in 1917.  Its cost in today's dollars would
> have been $45,000.  The owner repaired the radiator, once, at a cost of
> $1,500, but that was the only major expense on it.
>
> The last time the tractor was used was in 1948 to move a house onto the
> Waltner farm.
>
> One brother tells me he thought it had been stored, since, in a shed.
From
> the looks of it in the picture, this must be so.  It's in very good
> condition.
>
> Orrin
>
> Orrin Iseminger
> Colton, Washington, USA
> http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/index.htm
> So many projects.  So little time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Dan
> Donaldson
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 4:12 AM
> To: Steam-engine mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.
>
>     I heard that it was bought by a man in North Carolina.  I was told
that
> he also bought 15 of Willis Ables steam traction engines.  Does anyone
know
> if the Russell or any of the other steam engines will be displayed for
> people to see them?
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Boomgaarden" <gaboom at frontiernet.net>
> To: "Steam-Engine list" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:15 PM
> Subject: [Steam-engine] Russell Gas tractor.
>
>
> >I hope this isnt too far off of the list topic but I thought I would
share
> > this with everyone. About a month ago a 1917 30-60 Russell gas tractor
> > sold
> > in Freeman,SD for $262,500 to a collector in North Carolina. It is
thought
> > to be only one of six know to exist. It was bought new by the owners
> > father
> > and is still in running condition.
> >
> > Gary Boomgaarden
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