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I have not seen the photos you referred to, but . . . If the photos show the counterbalance weight, then its easy. Most Monitor Ls' have a spherical ellipsoid shaped counterbalance (referred to by some as a "football"). Some of the early Model Ls' had a cast iron weight that looked somethi...

Have been reading the topic, and the replies, on a supposed message from the late Roger Feilmeier.

I got an email, supposedly from Robert Popeck, who helped organize the two trade fairs in Batavia years ago. He died in 2016. Has anyone else here received such an email?

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hmmmmmm . . . Gregg, which motel are you staying at? I called the Grandstay Hotel Thursday morning and got myself a room. Wonder how many fellow vintage windmillers I will see there. C hallenge 27 P.S. There was a trade fair in Spearman, Texas years ago. I waited until the last minute and found a 3r...

Going to go way out on a limb here ... Maybe they are Curries. It is hard to tell, but with the closer windmill it looks like the outer wheel rim goes around the outer ends of the blades. If it is a Currie, the multiplicity of blades would make it almost certainly a 10 footer (I'm not sure, think Cu...

You wrote: "ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE OLD RANCH IS A CONCRETE STOCK TROUGH . IT'S A LONG & NARROW ONE . SOMEONE SCRATCHED " 1918 " IN THE FRESH CONCRETE . I DON'T KNOW IF THE SAMSON IS THAT OLD." Hate to have to say it, but its not. Wondybob is right, it is a Samson Oil-Rite Mo...

However belatedly, Happy Birthday!, or perhaps more appropriately, hope you had a happy b-day.

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Wayne wrote: "Don't know I'll ever get another one." Meaning another b-day, of course.

Here's hoping you get another b-day, and enjoy it as much as you did this one!

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Have been following this thread, it has been of interest. Getting back to the very first photograph in the first post on page one; the one showing the top part of the tower. What is of special interest to me is the tower cap. Have noticed 2 small two holes in the side of the tower cap that was facin...

Good job. Knew there was good restorable wheel in that pile; hope you can find a 6 foot Fairbury for it. C hallenge 27 P.S. Saw a 6 footer, but it was in Kansas. Probably along Kansas State highway 18, or possibly on US 24, west of Stockton. east of Colby. Last time I saw it (years ago) the wheel wa...

Hoping you have (or perhaps had) a happy b-day

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