[AT] another piece moving on

[John Hall]

As I have shared before, we are slowly beginning the process of 
liquidating some of our antique collection. Earlier this year I sold 
dad's threshing machine, yesterday I sold the grain binder. I was quite 
pleased that it went to a collector about 2 hours east of here. It will 
be parked under a shed on concrete. The guy doesn't know if he wants to 
make the necessary repairs to the canvas to get it running or not, but 
at least it is preserved by a collector (guy has about 15 old Deere 
tractors). The binder was a 7 foot cut IHC horse drawn machine. We owned 
it for right at 30 years, and used it annually for about 16. If you have 
never gotten to see a binder run, take advantage of the chance should it 
present itself. They are quite complicated regarding how many moving 
parts one has. Most of you can relate to a hay baler and the "mysteries" 
of a properly working knotter. Now imagine that same knotter tying over 
30 times a minute without fail in an 80+ year old machine (yes I have 
timed it several times). Anyway, I feel we did right by the hobby in 
that we put this machine back in working order and kept it maintained 
before finding a new caretaker for it.

John Hall

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