R.D. 2, Wakeman, Ohio 44889
I have been a subscriber for the Iron Men Album for a number of
years. It seems I never got around to writing a few lines or to
send any pictures. My father has threshed for 45 years. I started
going threshing with him when I was 8 years old. My youngest son
also became interested in threshing when he was 11 years old. I
have a good partner now when we thresh. We also have a sawmill.
This year we cut wheat on July 4, 1974 and planned our work to
thresh at a later date. On August 4, we had a Community Gathering
to thresh. We used a 1920 Keck-Gonnerman 22 HP engine which my son
fired and ran. My son is now 17 years old and is a good engineer.
The engine belongs to my brother Lyle.
The picture is a 1928 Baker tractor with a Stearns motor which
my father bought new in 1928. I restored it. He is sitting on the
tractor and he is 80 years old.
We also have a 16 HP Advance engine of our own and 25-50 Baker
tractor made in 1928. The last two loads of wheat we threshed with
the tractor so people could see both engine and tractor in
operation. The separator is 30-50 Huber Roto-Rack. After the
threshing was done, we had a little drawbar pull with engine
against a 40-20 John Deere and A-C 45 hooked together. The engine
pulled the tractors backwards for about 50 feet until I lost my
traction.
