Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Be careful who you ship with. If it's too cheap, you might not ever see your stuff again. There was some moving companies like that. I used to ship complete new towers with all the parts in bundles. Not anymore. My 14 ft corner posts have to me made in 1/2 pieces 7 1/2' long and crated. Any that I s...

I got it too and thought it was spam also. A couple of years ago I got one that said it was from John Durdle and he wanted to borrow some money for a grandchild. Also spam.

Thanks Wayne, It worked. I have a room.

Looks like the only hotels with any rooms will be in Sioux Falls. One hour away.

Thank you all for your birthday wishes. 1940 was a good year to be born.

Thank you very much my friends. I celebrated it by having cancer surgery on my arm. Too many years of working in the sun up on windmills and farming. My arms, neck face, and hands have all been paying the price. My dermatologist sees me several times a year.

I supplied an 8 ft diameter water pumping windmill to a mission group from Ontario, Canada who took it to Haiti to install on a tower they built on site. It will drip irrigate 2 fields of vegetables. I spent some time on Facetime talking them through some parts of the assembly. Screenshot 2024-02-01...

Using a reversible electric winch mounted below it and a control switch at ground level.

I was a Facetime supervisor on this job.

16' 702 mill mounted on a roof today in Freeport, FL