• A large Case engine arrives on a flat-bed trailer.
  Hauling these engines to shows is no easy matter.
• Allen Samuelson' Aultman Taylor is towed out to the display area,
  driven by Fred Bencivenga with Nathan on the Cat
• Firing up the engines early Wednesday morning
• This is a time to do maintenance and catch up with other operators
• New to R&T this year is Josh Nace's 1896 Reeves cross-compound engine
• The Reeves has been beautifully restored. It has spent 25 years in a barn
• This Reeves is the earliest known to exist with a cross-compound engine.
• Each pair of cylinders is 6.25"x11" and 11"x11", and the engine
  can operate with just the high pressure cylinders.
• The operator's platform provides access to all controls and the sight-glass
• Josh Nace makes some adjustments to the Reeves
• Ed McCall's Sawyer Massey gets topped up with water
• The Sawyer Massey is generally the largest traction engine at R&T
• The Sawyer Massey has a shiny new injector to help exhaust gases up the flue
• An engine gets its firebox emptied of ashes prior to building fire
• Dave Super Jr. gets ready to move out on this home built steam tractor
• Bill Glenn carefully places a "Universal" decal on Paul Stoltzfus' Advance Rumely
• Allen Samuelsen belts his 16 HP Aultman Taylor
• Allen's Aultman Taylor and Ed McCall's Sawyer Massey
• Maynard Shirk takes some friends for a ride on his Peerless
• Ivan Zimmerman and his son man the pony brake
• Dave Kroa takes a nap on his 1909 Frick
• A Peerless hooks up to the Baker Fan for some exercise
• Rough and Tumble provides some scenic backgrounds
  for photographing your engine

• The Minneapolis Moline Club's tent was a source of all sorts of
  material for this year's featured tractor
• Many Minneapolis Molines were lined up for inspection
• A wide variety of vintage and styles were exhibited
• Some of these MMs could have come straight from the field
• This old MM has its air cleaner out in front of the radiator
• Emanuel Beiler's 1926-1934 MTM 17-30 A
• The sideway mounted engine of the MTM 17-30 A
• The right side of the MTM 17-30 A
• Charles Bleacher owns this 1929 Twin City 27-44
• Dave Magness exhibited his 1918 Twin City 12-20
• Bob and Sandy Thompson showed 1936 their Twin City model KTA
• An MM Model UB Diesel has several universal joints in its steering shaft
• The driver's area of the UB Diesel
• Another MM Model UB Diesel with narrow front end at the show
• Another MM ready for work or play
• A beautifully restored MM Model BF
• This MM Model 445 Universal is ready to rumble with twin straight exhaust pipes
• Marlin Miller exhibited his 1960 MM Model M5
• The intake side of Marlin's M5's engine
• A very yellow Minneapolis Molline
• A colorful "5 star" MM Diesel
• Paul Kline's 1951 MM Model UTS
• The operator's platform of the Model UTS
• One of several Liquid Propane powered MMs at the show, this one a Model GB
• The operator's platform of the LP Model GB
• Another LP powered MM, this one a Model G
• The LP tank and controls on the Model G
• A beautifully restored gasoline fueled MM Model G
• Visitors check out Larry Nichols' 1966 MM "Jetstar 3"
• A massive Minneapolis Moline Model G-1350
• This MM plow was owned and demonstrated by Fred Philips. The plow has been
  in the family since it was purchased new.
• This exhibit of MM equipment included the sign from Nevin Myer's MM dealership

• Allen Samuelsen pauses to chat on his 1928-1930 Hart Parr 12-24
• Dennis and Roger Babcock displayed this like new International 240 Utility
• This International 424 sported an IH "Windbreaker"
• Several Moguls were exhibited in the IH area
• This Mogul is massive and powered by a single cylinder engine
• The wheel hub on one of the Moguls
• A nice row of vintage Allis Chalmers
• Massey Harris was represented by this exhibitor as well as others
• A line of Fords and Silver Kings
• Some of the Deutz tractors on display. These tractors use air-cooled diesel engines.
• Visitors examine the Waterloo Boy Club's recently restored
  1920 Model N Waterloo Boy
• Two John Deere "Spoker" Ds, owned by (L to R) Larry Waltman
  and Donald & Kathleen McVey
• Jay Hoover's 1952 John Deere Model 12A combine was displayed with
  Harvey Bashore's 1941 Model H
• An Allis Chalmers Model 20-35
• Louie and Joy Frantz own red 1921 Frick 15-28 and 1925 Huber Super 4
• A mixed bag of unusual machines is a common scene at R&T Reunions
• A Fordson on hard rubber and an Allis Chalmers await unloading
• Keith Kuhlengel's magnificent 1923 Avery 25-50 was featured
  in our photos of the 2005 Reunion
• Matthew Shipley provides some scale for Dudley Diebold's
  huge 1912 Aultman Taylor 30-60
• The Wiest Family brought their 1929 Ford "Doodle Bug"
• The business end of a 1951 42hp Silver King
• A Farmall Cub with cultivators serves to provide personal
  transportation for this family
• Every time I see Paul Stoltzfus starting his 1912 15/25 Fairbanks Morse
  he has a different volunteer to turn it over, this time a Farmall H
• The IHCC club put on a nice exhibit with a Farmall F-14 powering
  a McCormick Deering Type "B" Mill, grinding husked corn
• I believe this is a Frick threshing machine, but if you ....
• ...know better, please let me know and I'll change the caption

• Nevin Brubaker bought this 1918 Republic truck in S. Dekota,
  and a 1920 "Breezewood" truck's radiator and engine and created
  (it's hard to call it "restored" given what he started with") this...
• ...magnificent Republic truck
• The Republic is a magnificent example of what a talented individual with
  some equally talented friends can do with a piece of junk.
• The cab of the Republic is constructed of beautifully crafted wood
• The stake body utilizes the original hardware from the 1918 truck
  (painted aluminum) and can be configured as a vertical side (right)
  or angled side (left)
• The Waukesha Motor engine has 4"x5.75" cylinders and is governed to a maximum of 1,200 rpm
• Old and new wheel components are shown in front of a finished wheel.
  Ivan Zimmerman bent the wheel rims with a steam press.
  Nevin made the spokes and assembled the wheels with original
  solid rubber tires glued to the rims.
• Detail of the Republic truck's leaf springs

• This steam powered well digger was set up in the earth moving area of the grounds
• After working for a while, the engine seized. Butch Biesecker and
  Dave Adams look over the problem
• A hefty dose of lubricant was applied to the accessible moving parts
• Then the cylinder head was removed.
• Then the valve cover was removed and the engine eventually freed up
• Ray Fleetwood, who owns the steam powered 1922 Erie Shovel,
  has added this early Mack dump truck to his toy box.
• When I first saw this truck, I would have sworn it had been towed into position.
• Note the radiator fan in ventilating the deluxe cab
• Chain drive provide powers to the rear dual wheels,
  with the brake on the chain's power shaft
• The wheels look similar to those originally on Nevin Brubaker's Republic truck
• The original "Mack" wheel bearing covers are still in place
• Ray Fleetwood loads his Mack truck from his Erie shovel
• While the truck will raise its own empty bed, Ray had to provide
  some added boost from the shovel with the truck's bed loaded
• Another earth mover was this Caterpiller DW-10 with attached Euclid earth hauler
• Just like kids in a sandbox, the owners of these vintage shovels, trucks
  and earth movers move dirt from here to there and back again
• Ray Fleetwood's Erie shovel has been restored a great deal since he first brought it to R&T
• Larry Marmet plays in the dirt with his 1927 Lorain 75B shovel
• Larry needs some help to move his Lorain
• Ray Fleetwood's other shovel, an Insley Type "C", "watches" over the proceedings
• The steam powered cement mixer was in operation
• Bill Glenn, who contributed many of these photographs,
  redistributes some dirt while a butterfly passes by
• This Cat D-4 fills in a hole
• A small Cat pulls a miniature earth hauler
• A Koehring Model 305 drag shovel (orange) and a Bucyrus-Erie
  Model 22-B drag shovel dig some holes
• A view of the play area from atop a pile of soil
• Josh Nace emerges from a deep drag shovel trench with his 1896 Reeves
• Bill Glenn helps out with his Cat D2
• A young man gets a thrill operating Bill Glenn's D2
• Some heavy duty dozers (L-R) a D8, D4 and Bill Glenn's D2 fill in the trench on Saturday
• A Nelson bucket loader helps smooth things out as well on Saturday

• Part of the crowd awaiting the start of the Steam Games
• The first game was to see how fast you could belt up your steam
  traction engine to a thresher and turn it over a few
  times to make sure it stayed on
• The alignment of your engine is critical to a successful hook-up
• This gentleman is trying to back up a threshing machine with his
  Baker steam traction engine
• The task is a little easier, with more clearance, when done from the
  front of an engine, in this case a Case
• You not only had to back the thresher up, but had to position it between two barrels
• While they don't go fast, it is difficult to make your engine go as slow as possible
  without stopping in the "slow race"
• The "fast race" requires a running start by the operators.
• This race ended up close to a dead heat
• Another steam game, also done in the Steam School, is to back your engine
  up to a free standing post, without tipping it over
• Always a crowd favorite, though a bit dirty, is the spark show, in this case Butch Biesecker's Keck Gonnerman

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