Slowsters

Post by **Bryant** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:24 pm

All this talk of speedsters makes me want to slow down a bit

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Post by **Bryant** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:26 pm

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Post by **Bryant** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:28 pm

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Post by **Bryant** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:28 pm

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Post by **KWTownsend** » Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:01 pm

Here is my favorite:

What could possibly go wrong?

: ^ )

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:15 am

Not to mention I don’t see a smoke stack. I could imagine after an hour or two the back seat driver might Suffer from affixation

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Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:19 am

Love the term 'Slowster'

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:09 am

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Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:11 am

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Post by **TWrenn** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:48 am

Driving on much of anything firm with those steel "bar wheels" has to jar your teeth and kidneys right out of you!

Rich Bingham · Post by **Rich Bingham** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:02 am

That reminds me, I'm so ancient I remember signs on paved roads stating "Lug Wheels Prohibited" although by then, practically all equipment ran on pneumatic rubber tires.

By the way, "speed" is relative. Those who have never operated farm equipment may not comprehend just how incredibly fast things can happen at 2mph !

Post by **John kuehn** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:15 am

I just wonder how really efficient it was to pull a harrow, disk or a one way with a T even if it was geared down and had those steel wheels.
Of course when your going as slow as they were and only working a few acres it seemed like it was! Must have been a 10 acre farmers dream!

Rich Bingham · Post by **Rich Bingham** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:53 am

John kuehn wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:15 am
I just wonder how really efficient it was . . . ?

In many ways, the better conversions would have been about equal to a 9N. Keep in mind the most productive ground could provide a living for a family on 40 acres, and horses were the power source even into the 1950s.

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 11:04 am

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Post by **AndyClary** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 11:31 am

Stole this off Facebook. Looks pretty slow.

Andy

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 12:46 pm

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Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:55 pm

Anyone around here ever tried to build one of these things?

Michael Peternell · Post by **Michael Peternell** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:24 pm

Bryant wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:55 pm
Anyone around here ever tried to build one of these things?

Buy a carcus, pay a friend to put together a runner engine. Best butt buggy ever !

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:50 pm

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Well I believe Henry would approve

Post by **John kuehn** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:07 pm

I wonder if that’s a T or early Ford engine in what he’s driving. Maybe some kind of prototype?

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:18 pm

It said it had a 1904 model B engine

Pep C Strebeck · Post by **Pep C Strebeck** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:18 pm

John kuehn wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:07 pm
I wonder if that’s a T or early Ford engine in what he’s driving. Maybe some kind of prototype?

Calling it his "automotive plow," Henry Ford had Joseph Galamb and C.J. Smith construct this experimental machine. It is powered by a 1905 Ford Model B engine with copper water jackets.

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:23 pm

Post by **Billy Vrana** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:40 pm

I'm slowly working on getting a Fond du lac tractor attachment together, always too many other projects in the way,

Post by **Bryant** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:00 pm

Do you have any progress pictures? I passed on a really rotten pile of junk model A tractor once. I regret now I wish I would have gotten it for the steel wheels/drive gears.

Post by **dobro1956** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:29 pm

This is my 1930 or 31 Montgomery Ward Trail Blazer. It's a 27 chassis using a 1930 or 31 Montgomery Ward Kit. In 1929 Wards sold a Shaw and in 1932 the Trail Blazer switched to taller rear wheels with a external tooth bull gear.

Post by **Billy Vrana** » Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:32 pm

Its a Fond du lac tractor attachment, previously known as the 20th century farm horse from Fond du lac Wi, i live about 35 miles south of Fond du lac,

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Post by **Bryant** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:38 am

Wonderful chunks of iron! One thing that has always attracted me to the model T is how it’s pretty much a tractor and car mixed together. I’ve always wanted to just go rake some hay with one

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Rich Bingham · Post by **Rich Bingham** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:14 pm

This should count as a "slowster"

Sheep camp impedimenta on a TT from "down under",I believe. Has a replacement Peerless radiator.

Post by **Angmar** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 2:55 pm

Dobro, that Wards T is fantastic.

Professor Fate · Post by **Professor Fate** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:17 pm

Here's some slow stuff ... I found this in upstate NY last year. Almost brought it home....

Post by **Bryant** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:36 pm

this is a classic! Must have been slow

Post by **Bryant** » Thu Dec 30, 2021 8:03 pm

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And last but not least. Thanks for playing all

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Post by **TRDxB2** » Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:58 am

Link to info https://armourersbench.com/2019/04/21/f ... irst-tank/
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Post by **Bryant** » Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:18 pm

I picture sparks flying off the rear wheels when she hits high gear! I would also like to see it pulling a couple passenger cars or maybe a caboose
Bryant

Post by **Bryant** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:51 pm

I would like to see more of the front wheels on this one.
Bryant

Post by **tdump** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:13 pm

I have a narrowed rear axle with gears on it for what i think was a Shaw conversion.
I had a chance to buy a chassis with axles and such that was a Shaw conversion and didn't get it like a ding bat.

Post by **Bryant** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:16 pm

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interesting generator or maybe it’s a starter generator?
Bryant