Very Old Farm Machinery In Operation

Both of my parents were involved with agriculture and I grew up listening to their stories of how things used to get done. At The Rock River Thresheree I could actually see some of those things with my own eyes! I recorded some clips of some really old gas tractors pulling an array of harvest gear, and I also caught a bunch of clips showing how steam tractors can plow a large field. Please enjoy this living history!

(The Rock River Thresheree has been an annual; event since 1956. I would describe the Thresheree as a type of living history museum where an incredible amount of exhibits are often portable and interactive. Steam machinery that could easily be one hundred years old is seen throughout the large fairgrounds which are located just south of Edgerton Wisconsin. There is an emphasis on agriculture as seen by the large quantity of decades old farm tractors but there are also harvesting machines and many smaller engines. Other sights include the working steam train; "The Rock River Cannonball," a sawmill powered by a steam tractor, and several large sheds that house incredibly huge stationary engines. Historic re-enactors host battle re-enactments and the occasional train robbery. However, the most dominant exhibit is probably the steam pile driver. When that machine is running everyone in the area can hear and feel it! I have been to the Thresheree many times in the last fifty years and I would say that it is a worthwhile trip and will be enjoyed by all!)

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[godzilladestroyscities]

I think videos like this are important. A lot of younger folks want to get back into farming. What they see are massive and expensive machines meant for millions of acres. Not equipment for a small plot.

[markgamble]

Nice to see.thats how my parents farmed.sadly remember seeing some of that stuff sitting behind barn go from intact to a pile over 50yrs.

[timothyjones]

I remember my next door neighbor farm he had all the old farm equipment when I was younger.

[muthemba]

Wow, to know a river is to go to the source.
Machinery inventions have come from far.

[charlesatwell]

Looks just like Denton, NC at the Old Time Thresher Reunion!!

[robertheyes]

Interesting how the farmers did there work in the olden days!

[marcodevries]

The steering on those steam tractors was used up until the 1970s on American cars

[wrlgcoz]

3:30 did anyone else notice the chains that went to the front axle & pulled each side for the steering?

[krippledkowboy]

Nice to see these in use! Where would I find parts to old farm equipment? I have old farm equipment on my ranch. I'd like to restore and use.

[geraldc]

wow my MT John Deere 1949 model does very good job pulling potato digger, hay wagon and 2 row cultivators with planter behind, My 1949 M John Deere with new engine needs a little work inside around clutch, not ran in about 12 years now.

[gilbertbrewer]

No computers where harmed while this video was being made

[ericheine]

Iron American Dream on YouTube Share it. Take a ride across the promised land. Ride something made out of Iron and powered by Steam. That's what Built America.

[jonmiller]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing it :-)

[robertheinkel]

Never seen a corn picker like that one.

[MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

Whoa pops, you're dumping stalks on the ground, ,lol.

[jacobramsey]

I enjoy seeing old iron at work. Just because something is old doesent mean it still be useful.

[deweydodo]

corn is kind of green yet ? going to keep ?

[deadeye]

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it at its finest here

[vigneshwaran]

hi sir I want some explain videos in machinery, operations in farm equipment this courses is based in our uses of ourlife

[johnyreb]

i know how to put America back to work this video is how to do it just think about it every man women and child working on a farm well not children do to child labor laws but do think a teenager would work as hard as are four fathers i know i have had a few on the farm and the first time i seen them with a phone in their hand i ask to see it and feed to silage chopper ops its like the end of the world to them i have no pity on a lazy person