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13 Red Power June 19, 2013
13 Red Power June 19, 2013
13 Red Power June 19, 2013
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My name is Don Williams. My wife, Judy and I live north of Wauseon, Ohio. We raised two daughters, Jill and Tara. Jill Smith lives in Plain City, Ohio and Tara Newton lives in Defiance, Ohio. We have two grandchildren, Cam and Cara Smith, who live at Plain City, Ohio. I enjoy going to RPRU events and several other shows each year. I enjoy showing my restored IH Tractors and meeting people. I am serving my second year as a director and first year as secretary of Ohio Chapter #6 IH Collectors Club. On behalf of Ohio Chapter #6, I hope everyone attending our RPRU here in 2013 Lima, enjoys our club members efforts to put on a great show.
Dale Merkle
I became interested in International Harvester as a boy living the first couple of years of my life on my Grandparents farm. Both Grandparents farmed with International Harvester. My Grandfather Wittee worked at the Scout plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. We also had International Travelalls. My brothers and I would fight to see who could get the back seat. I became involved with International Harvester Collectors in 2003. Oddly enough, it was not with Chapter 6. I was one of the charter members of Chapter 34 (Cub Cadets). I joined Chapter 6 in 2005 and became involved with Chapter 6 when they were planning Red Power Round Up 2006. Needless to say I helped in the Cub Cadet area of Red Power 2006. In 2008, I was elected to Director and Vice President of the Chapter and still hold those positions. I chaired the Red Power Round Up site selection committee and am currently Co-Chairing Red Power Round Up 2013. Ive been married to a wonderful gal who has put up with my tractor fixation for 31 years. Lisa and I have a daughter, Lora Dirmeyer (Rick) and a son, Steven Merkle (our own certified Kohler tech). We have 2 grandkids Ethyn and Brielle. I have been a machinist at Aeroquip for 36 years. I own 8 IH Cub Cadets plus various attachments and miscellaneous parts which according to my wife is too much stuff!! I rebuild engines, clutches and transmissions for the old Cub Cadets.
Dennis Wilson
I have always been interested in local history. I was born and raised about 15 minutes from the International Harvester Truck Plant in Springfield, Ohio which is a large part of that areas history. I moved into the old homestead in 1985 and became the 5th generation there. My grandfather had a portable hammer mill powered by a V-8 engine that he used to custom grind for area farmers in the mid to late 1930s. I pulled the mill and engine from the back of the shed and restored them. I needed a truck to mount them on and thought, what could be better than an IH? I found a 1928, 6-Speed Special and built it to mount the mill on. The mill is operational and I demonstrate it at some tractor shows. That truck was the beginning of the Red Fever which led to the purchase of another 6-speed and a F-20 to go with it, an original 1966 1200 A Pick Up and a Cub to go with it. Last year I bought a 1978 Loadstar to drag the stuff around. Im doing restoration which I hope to have done by the RPRU. I was showing the 6-Speed grain truck at a show 10 years ago when I met a IHCC, Chapter 6 member. I joined the club at that time, and have been a director for the past 4 years.
Douglas Etzkorn
Hello, my name is Douglas Etzkorn. I am 56 years old and have collected old iron and memorabilia since I was 11 or 12 years old. At that time, it was all makes of equipment and still do. I was rraised on a small farm north of Wapakoneta, Ohio where my wife Connie and I still live. We have been married for 28 years and I work at Apple Farm Service in Botkins, Ohio. When we got married, she asked what she could collect and I told her to take over the memorabilia and she has greatly expanded our IH collection, which we both enjoy. I concentrated more on the gas engines and have a prototype of L International Harvester engine. I am charter member #503 of Ohio Chapter 6, helping form the first meeting and serving as the first vice president. I have also been involved with two other clubs including Tri-State Gas Engine and Tractor Association in Portland, Indiana serving on their board for 18 years as well as being the first president of the Buckeye Farm Antiques Inc. Wapakoneta, Ohio for seven years. Thank you for attending the Ohio Red Power Round Up 2013 and have a safe journey home.
Harold E. Dailey
Harold Dailey is just completing his first 3-yr. term on the Oh-Chpt. #6 Board of Directors. Harold is born, raised and lives in Lexington, Ohio. Born on a potato farm and his father having 2 Farmall BNs, that had to be the first tractor Harold purchased. Harold retired in 08 with over 40 years in maintenance trade. Harold is a charter member of the Buckeye Iron Will Club in Mansfield and has been a part of Ohio Chpt. #6 for about 13 years. Harold, wife Alicia and two sons show, restore and participate in farm and car shows all summer. Harolds collection includes a 1944 Farmall BN, a 1952 Super C, a 1972 International truck, and about one dozen Cub Cadets, and all have been restored. Son Matt also has the collection fever and is a member of Chapter 6. Harold and Matt were very active in the 2006 RPRU at Mansfield and look forward to 2013 RPRU at Lima, Ohio.
Don Kirts
Born in Columbus, Ohio, grew up in the Pataskala area. Attended Watkins Memorial High School and OSU College of Agriculture. Vietnam veteran. Worked in sales and parts in local IHC Dealerships. 30 years 4-H advisor and lifetime member of World Society of Shephard. Currently residing on 81 acre farm in Granville, Ohio with wife Janice. Still actively involved in Purebred Sheep production.
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7. What tractor was the first one to offer PTO: A. Oliver B. McCormick-Deering C. Farmall 8. What was the plow rating for the Farmall Hydros A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 and up 9. What year was Cub Lo-Boy added. A. 1951 B. 1955 C. 1947 10. What year was the letter series of Farmall tractors introduced. A. 1932 B. 1939 C. 1945 11. What year was Farmall Red first used. A. 1941 B. 1936 C. 1935 Answers on page 16
Activities for the 20th anniversary show will include show-n-shine with peer judging and awards, a vehicle parade through Salida, a wild game cookout, pig roast, guided 4x4 trail trips at all levels of difficulty, vendor displays, kids games, and vehicle games to include teeter totter, ramp travel, slow drag, and sled pulls.
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Hostetler Collection
This article, Hostetler Collection is a reprint of an article from the Antique Power magazine. Loren Hostetler passed way in Aug. 2012, but his wife, Mary, continues to operate the museum. by Gene Preston To escape the rat race that we face daily in Rochester, New York, my family took a vacation to the Amish farmland in Ohio. The area around Berlin, Ohio, is a fabulous place to get acquainted with this pleasant and simple lifestyle. On the way to Grapevine House Bed & Breakfast in the nearby community of Winesburg, we passed through Millersburg, a tiny rural town surrounded by beautiful farms. As we enjoyed the view along the way, my wife Pat commented on a red-and-white Farmall Drive street sign. It marked a lane running back to a handsome farmyard with large modern structures. At the Grapevine House, our hosts, Tim and Jean Hostetler, explained that Farmall Drive is where Tims parents, Loren Restoring old tractors grew into an obsession. Soon he and his son began traveling out of state of pick up parts and purchase old tractors. They have only one ground rule tractors must be Farmall or McCormick-Deering made by the International Harvester Company. Some farmers still find it hard to comprehend that the giant farm machinery company experienced hard times during the 1980s and was eventually taken over by Tenneco. This conglomerate also owned the famous Case tractor line and renamed their line Case/IH. Recently, the company purchased New Holland, which used to be the Ford tractor farm machinery line. Inside the first of two large structures, we stopped at Lorens homey little office. I first must put this Farmall hat on so I look official in your photos, he said. Neatly stacked on shelves were all the popular antique farm tractor magazines of today along with some very nice 1/16th scale toy Farmall tractors. The wall-to-wall red that greets you in the showroom is breathtaking. Row upon row of brightly painted tractors stand ready for inspection. The erect mufflers of so many tractors resemble a forest of silver trees. Tractors are arranged according to size and model with Farmall As, Super-As, 100, 130 and 140 tractors positioned together. Each tractor has a white sign telling its year and model. Lorens sharp knowledge of these old tractors is evident. He speaks with authority and can rattle off the history of each model and what it took to restore it. The oldest tractor in the collection is a 1922 International model 8-16. It is fueled with gravity-flow kerosene, meaning the engine has no fuel pump. It is started by using a hand See HOSTETLER, page 17
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and Mary Hostetler, have a huge International Harvester tractor collection. In no time at all we were back at Farmall Drive, heading for the museum. Ive seen numerous tractor collections at tractor shows and museums, but this collection so impressed me that I felt compelled to share it with old-tractor lovers everywhere. It is, in my opinion, the most perfect collection of vintage International Harvester tractors in the country. This museum is advertised by word of mouth and the only sign is that small unofficial street sign which my wife noticed. After retiring from jobs as teacher and principal in 1977, Loren thought it would be fun to restore a couple of his old tractors. It was not long before he and his son Tim were purchasing other tractors. This provided to be a fine way to spend retirement since Loren could direct his energy and time at something that brought him great enjoyment and pride.
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THURSDAY JUNE 20, 2013 7:00 a.m. Gate opens for Vendors and Exhibitors 8:00 Gate opens for General Public Bus to Mall - See Ohio Chapter Table for Schedule Longaberger Weaver All Day 9:00 Opening Ceremonies 9:00 Ag-Net with Dale Minyo 10:00 Tractor Mac Entertainment Tent 11:00 Tractor Parade In Front of the Grandstand 1:00 p.m. Delaware County Antique Tractor Square Dancers In Front of the Grandstand 2:00 Tractor Mac Entertainment Tent 3:00 Jim Boedicker of Lima, Ohio Entertainment Tent 4:00 Delaware County Antique Tractor Square Dancers In Front of the Grandstand 9:00 p.m. Show Closes 7:00 a.m. 7:30 FRIDAY JUNE 21, 2013 Gate opens for Vendors and Exhibitors Bus Tour to Holmes County Leaves
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Tractor facts
1924-1963 Farmalls were the largest selling row crop tractors. 1939-1952 Farmall H became the #2 selling tractor of all time in North America, over 390,000 sold. (Ford 8N was #1) 1947-1979 Farmall Cub (later International Cub) remained in production the longest. The last IH tractor, a model 5488 was built at the Rock Island Illinois Farmall Works Plant on May 14, 1985. In 1951 the US Army through the Springfield Armory H contracted International Harvester to produce M1 Garand Rifles. And from 1953 to 1956 produced 337,623 rifles
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Renaissance
A lot of trial and error went into the models, whether they were full- or half-size. He made the parts he needed, and if one didnt work, he reconfigured it and made it again. The individual parts were never much of a problem, he said, but finding the right engine was paramount in each project. The 1916 Auto Wagon is powered by a modern 8hp Briggs and Stratton engine. International Harvester slung the engine and transmission under the floor of its Auto Buggy and Auto Wagon, and they were attached transversely (as are most frontwheel-drive models today). These models were unofficially called High Wheelers because of their tall wheels, which kept the engine and working parts elevated above the dirt roadways and muck that appeared with every cloudburst. Deets Auto Wagon is identically configured. It does not have fenders, which were offered on the Auto Buggy, but not the Auto Wagon. He built the wheels for every one of his riding, working models, except the Auto Wagon, which has buggy wheels made by an Amish wheelwright. Deets decided to make the half-scale Auto Wagon following a tour of the International Truck and Engine Corp.s Springfield, Ohio, plant. He obtained a brochure about the wagon and started researching it. The Auto Wagons transmission, gear reduction differential, and brakes came from a John Deere garden tractor. Deets turned the rims for the headlights on his lathe using hardwood from trees that grew
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on his property. Old fire extinguishers supplied the brass cups. Deets also made some of the tools necessary to produce his models. One of his engineering feats is a metalizing machine that he designed and built from scratch. It has turntables, vertical feeders, automatic stops, and other features necessary to fabricate parts. He has used this particular piece of equipment for 30 years, and it is still working. Success does not occur without a lot of hard work, and Deets did not hesitate to give his projects the time and energy they required. He would finish one of his models in about a year, often working on them six to eight hours a night. In all, Deets made 18 half-scale tractors, trucks, and cars and restored as many full-size tractors.
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Hostetler
crank. The steel wheels were converted to rubber. It has no starter or lights. The newest tractor in the museum is a huge Farmall 856 diesel with dual wheels built in the late 1960s. Hostetlers experience as a teacher trained him to be a public speaker and his lectures about the history of his tractor collection are interesting even to those not familiar with farming and farm machinery. He explains how many of these tractors looked before they were repaired and repainted. Many times these old tractors have been robbed of fenders, lights, toolboxes, seats, battery boxes, name tags, wheel weights, and anything else that could be unbolted and replacing them is a challenge, Loren said. The tractors are dismantled and revived in a large basement shop where bags of sand are piled high. The sand is used with a sandblaster to clean old tractor metal in preparation for priming and painting. The floor was covered with red sand from sandblasting tractor parts.
(Continued from page 8) front end and fast-hitch drawbar. The 340 engine immediately came to life as Loren turned the ignition. It was complete in every way and made Loren smile as he drove it into the sunshine. Loren has also restored a two-row corn planter. Painted in its original colors of red, white and blue, the corn planter looks as if it has just been taken off a dealers delivery truck. One of the Farmall BN models on display has been modified to have two seats on it instead of one, which provides a comfortable place for Mary to ride when she wants to accompany Loren. The down-home hospitality and personal stories make this museum unforgettable. Walking between the rows featuring the models of 350, 400, 240, Super-M, BN, F-14, F-30, Regular, 460, and 560 reminded me of being in the Baseball Hall of Fame. All were heavy hitters, all were famous, and all grassroots Americana. Today the Hostetler collection represents
It is picked up, sifted, and reused a second time before it is finally thrown away. Parts hung from the ceiling, waiting to be repainted with new Farmall red paint. A second large structure contains tractors that are waiting to be restored or are already completed and await a slot in the main museum building. Loren was so proud of one recently restored find he drove it outside in the sunlight for me to photograph. It was a striking 1958 Farmall 340 with a narrow
at least one perfectly restored model of every Farmall tractor built until the early 1960s. The couple welcomes visitors to their Farmall Drive Tractor Museum, but it is best to call ahead to be sure they are home. It is located in eastern Ohio in Holmes County between Trail and Winesburg, one mile south of US 62 on state route 515. The phone number is 330-893-2330. Readers interested in talking with me further about this story can do so by email at epreston@eznet.net.
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Call 1-800-248-2955 for complete details of our entire line of tractor parts. All our tractor parts are dismantled, cleaned and ready for immediate shipment. We have the IH Parts you cant nd elsewhere! Including crawler and construction parts. We have those hard-to-nd and discontinued IH Tractor Parts. IH Tractor parts from the 1940s to the present. We carry new replacement, used and rebuilt tractor parts. Thousands of items on the shelf, ready for immediate shipment. Parts are being added daily. Competitive prices, prompt service and the same day shipment. We are your source for IH Tractor Parts.
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Archbold, OH 5270 St Rt 66 N Archbold, OH (419) 445-0810 Ottawa, OH 12080 St Rt 65 Ottawa, OH (419) 523-4131
Sherwood, OH 310 St Rt 18 E Sherwood, OH (419) 899-2151 Adrian, Ml 4248 S. Adrian Hwy Adrian, Ml (517) 263-1395
Topeka, IN 8035 W 400S Topeka, IN (260) 593-3000 Portage, OH 13019 Powell Rd. Portage, OH (419) 686-2273
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We carry everything from lawn and garden tractors to compact tractors, excavators, and gasoline and diesel utility vehicles.
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LONDON
740-490-7416
1749 East US 36 Urbana, OH
URBANA
937-652-2233