[Steam-engine] Steam Plows

[Beth]

Willis' 20 bottom is a combination of a 12 & an 8 bottom JD put together.
We used this as the main section of the 50 btm at NTA along with 3 or 4
others.  Graham Sellers & John Schrock were the designers.

You can see pictures of it on www.nationalthreshers.com

Beth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Rohrer" <wmrohrer at myactv.net>
To: "'Steam-engine mailing list'" <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: RE: [Steam-engine] Steam Plows


> Thanks for the picture.
> It is a Geiser engine with a steam lift plow. I know of no steam lift
plows
> from any company. There are some large gang plows; Willis has a 20 bottom
> plow that he got from Austin Monk when he got his Z3 Geiser. They both are
> in Somerset Virginia. I don't know whose plows they used for the Rumley
> show. I think there were 3 or 4 sets to make the 50 bottom.
> Mike
>
> -----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: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 7:30 AM
> To: Steam-engine mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Steam Plows
>
>     I have sent Mike the picture and I have tried to post it to the
mailing
> list.  It may be too large to post to the list.  If anyone else would like
a
>
> picture emailed directly to them send me an email.
>
> Dan
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Rohrer" <wmrohrer at myactv.net>
> To: "'Steam-engine mailing list'"
<steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 6:30 AM
> Subject: RE: [Steam-engine] Steam Plows
>
>
> >I can't open the picture. Can someone sent it to me?
> > Mike Rohrer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > [mailto:steam-engine-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
> > Jeff
> > Smith
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:28 PM
> > To: Steam-engine mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Steam Plows
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > I know you are asking about the plows, but the engine
> > looks to be a Z-3 Peerless.  Mike Roher would know
> > better than I would.  Kinzer's has a Z-3 and Willis
> > Abel had a few including the Reeves/Peerless cross.
> > That engine is HUGE!!!  I have climbed up on it and I
> > found it an interesting trip up with the little
> > platform on the right for the engineer to stand on.
> > I would like to see more photos of those plows also.
> >
> > Jeff Smith
> >
> >
> > --- Dan Donaldson <ddonaldson at tampatank.com> wrote:
> >
> >>     What happened to all of the steam plows that
> >> I've seen pictures of?  A
> >> lot of shows use gang plows with levers or mehanical
> >> lifts to raise and
> >> lower the plows but I've never seen any surviving
> >> plows fitted with
> >> cylinders.  Ive seen lots of pictures so surely
> >> there must be some somwhere.
> >>     Here is a link to a picture of a steam plow if
> >> you are not familier with
> >> one.
> >>
> >
>
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/I?ngp:2:./temp/~ammem_Slck::displayType=
> > 1:m856sd=ndfapaza:m856sf=062:@@@/
> >>
> >> Dan Donaldson
> >>
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