Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Justineckel wrote: Tue Aug 19, 2025 12:27 pm Try Eric Wattier he's in Osmond NE. 402-340-0937

Thanks for the lead. I have a call into Eric. I hope he can help.

I spoke with Loren Lockman. It doesn't look like he will be able to help. Any other ideas out there? With my health issues I can't deal much with heights. I guess if nothing else we will unbolt the tower and pull it down after harvest is done. Its next to a bean field. If someone wanted it I would ...

Had a storm come threw early Saturday morning with 92 MPH wind and bend the wheel on one of my 602 Aermotor windmills. Anyone on here know anyone close to Lincoln Nebraska I could hire to take the gear box and wheel down. Its on a thirty foot tower.

Georgie Go visit you local John Deere dealership and pickup a case of corn head picker grease and fill the head with it. Not the right way to repair it but it will work and its a thinner grease. I know of many Aermotor wind mills that have been pumping water for many a year using it as the land lord ...

Sale is April 1 2023. Your can see the sale bill at Easter and Associates Syracuse Nebraska. Any folks on the forum going? I am going to try to make it as its pretty local to me.

Happy holidays to all.

Always nice to cross a project off the list. Nice looking mill. Have a good turkey day.

Greeg. Nice finds. I made it threw another flea market, garage sale, estate sale season without finding any windmill oil cans or any neat ideas like you found. Have a happy holiday season.

Just a quick update. Never heard back from John on servicing the windmill. If anyone knows anyone that comes around the Lincoln Nebraska area that would like to service a Aermotor on a 60 Ft tower please reach out to me. My forty foot towable lift won't make this one.

Hedgerow

It is a small windmill world out there. I assume you must be talking about the windmiller, John S____n? He grew up north of Greely and then worked for a well guy in Burwell. Then he went down to Dunbar and just moved back to north of Burwell over Labor Day. Having known him for close 20 ...