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Look At All These Old Tractors! | TONS OF PHOTOS | Western IL Threshers Show 2017

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Yesterday, my father and I went to see the Western Illinois Threshers Inc. 50th Annual Show in Hamilton, IL. There were many old tractors, a couple oil pull threshers, some garden tractors, some automobiles, and a few Mack trucks. This website describes it more in depth: http://www.westernillinoisthreshers.org/

Here is an Oil Pull thresher/tractor (being used to turn the belt for a sawmill that is outside of the picture).

CORRECTION: This is an Advance Rumely steam tractor/thresher (being used to turn the belt for a sawmill).* I had been looking at the actual Oil Pulls in the rest of my photos and accidentally typed the incorrect information for this particular tractor in this photo. Anyway, I may as well also add that "thresher" is a name given to tractors that can be used to "thresh" wheat from the hay -  "thresh: to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine." 

*I have to give thanks to Linctex over on BobIsTheOilGuyForums for pointing out my mistake, as I had posted this same thing over there for my fellow gearhead buddies to see:

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4480332#Post4480314


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If you want to look at a plethora of pictures of old tractors, download this .zip file I uploaded here: 

Threshers_at_Hamilton_IL_8-4-17.zip

Backup link on Dropbox just in case: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uywtb77pdpzzwjw/Threshers at Hamilton IL 8-4-17.zip
 

Note: Both my father and I took photos with our own cameras. I wound up taking more photos, but didn't realize until after the fact that my camera lens was causing some minor distortion (blurriness) on the left 10% of the photo (due to deterioration of the polarized film or something on the lens's glass), but it's barely noticeable and doesn't ruin the photos at all, as the photos are 90% pristine and everything that's needs to be in focus is totally fine. Just a little bit of stuff on the very left of the pictures might be a bit blurry is all. My father's camera didn't have this problem, so his photos are all 100% fine, though he did take less than I did. Anyway, it's not a big deal.

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Hmm... I don't really know much about tractors, but that oil pull one looks really cool! I'll have to take a look next time I've got a computer to unzip those files.

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57 minutes ago, ShadowDash13 said:

Hmm... I don't really know much about tractors, but that oil pull one looks really cool! I'll have to take a look next time I've got a computer to unzip those files.

Yeah, it generates steam using the oil, and the steam powers the belt (as well as the rear wheels when the transmission is in gear). It's quite similar to locomotives of its time. Steam powered trains and tractors were a really big deal.

Yeah, zipped folders might not be too mobile friendly.

56 minutes ago, Radience said:

We have a 1954 farmell cub, it still works and my dad uses it to plow the snow in the driveway. 

Nice! We don't have any classic/antique tractors, just a late '90s or early '00s Cub Cadet 7205 with a 21hp Mitsubishi diesel engine.

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Yeah, it generates steam using the oil, and the steam powers the belt (as well as the rear wheels when the transmission is in gear). It's quite similar to locomotives of its time. Steam powered trains and tractors were a really big deal.

 

That's really cool! You've sparked my interest. Now I'm really looking forward to taking a look at those pictures.

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3 hours ago, ShadowDash13 said:

That's really cool! You've sparked my interest. Now I'm really looking forward to taking a look at those pictures.

To be honest, the majority of pictures are just regular old tractors with either diesel or gas engines. There are multiple pictures of oil pull threshers in there, but overall there weren't as many as we originally expected to see. But nevertheless, I'm sure you'll love the pictures anyway. There are some rare gems in there for sure. I was in bliss the entire time I was there. Oh how badly my father and I want to have one of those Ford 8N tractors (light grey body, red chassis)! The Ford that was painted maroon-ish/burgundy-ish red was my favorite, though. To turn a simplistic tractor into something that looks sleek and elegant without making it seem hoity-toity (or posh) is brilliant.

3 hours ago, Miles said:
4 hours ago, ShadowDash13 said:

Hmm... I don't really know much about tractors, but that oil pull one looks really cool! I'll have to take a look next time I've got a computer to unzip those files.

Yeah, it generates steam using the oil, and the steam powers the belt (as well as the rear wheels when the transmission is in gear). It's quite similar to locomotives of its time. Steam powered trains and tractors were a really big deal.

Do note that I corrected the caption for the picture above. However, my explanation is still correct as to how it works, I just initially typed the wrong name; that is an Advance Rumely not, an Oil Pull - but there are a couple of Oil Pulls in the photos. 

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For most of the photos my dad and I took, it should probably be easy to tell what kind of tractor you are looking at in the photos. However, I don't have in-depth information to give. So, I'd gladly accept positive comments any of you may have, but I won't be able to answer specific questions about the tractors such as their model year, their horsepower, and their torque. 

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