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I believe you’re correct in calling it an Appleton or at least the castings appear so. I have the same tower cap under my Butler, on a stub in my shop, as it fit and I understood the 903 to be Appleton when I researched it a few years back. I can’t speak for the X cross bracing strap, so those might ...

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Mike,

That is neat and in great shape. I always thought the bonnet was tin, but I’ve never laid a hand on one so it was an assumption. Looking online, the bonnet seems to vary by model.

There was one for sale about a year ago about a hour north of me. I regret not buying it. I seem to recall it ...

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I haven’t seen a washer here before, but maybe others have.

I’d still take the gearbox off the mast pipe and look the mast pipe over. Good time to check the turntable cup and washer too.

Like Dan said, those three sections can be straightened, but there are enough that come up on marketplace or Craigslist in Texas that it would be easier to find ...

The broken pieces are your spout washer.

Australia has some neat windmills and some big ones too. Nice photos.

Many of the towers that I see on Australian windmills make me think of the Axtell towers that lack galvanization or are otherwise rusty. Makes me wonder if they were plan steel, galvanized or cadmium plated. Axtell towers were ...

Windcatcher530 Dan wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:52 pm Is the bearing cover missing on the Bull gears ?

I saw that, but the angle of the photo had me second guessing myself.

Edit:
It looks like it is there.

Looks to be in decent shape.

When you pull the hub/shaft, you can check the main bearing babbit as you’ll need to add a spout washer that is either missing or broken. When it fell, is the mast pipe straight or did it bend in the fall?