Girts and rods for keyhole Aermotor tower

[Minnemiller]

Anyone close to or in MN have these? Trying to repair a tower need a few of each. I have dimensions and quantities if someone has any parts for one of these towers. Tower is for an 6ft or 8ft mill (the 2-1/4 main leg width).

[Ron Stauffer]

Jud
You describe a tower slightly different from what I have seen in the field. The corner angle for these towers was 2.5 inches. There were no 6 foot Mills for this vintage of tower. They had platform holes at both 40 and 48 but only one set of mast base holes for 8' motors. I think these towers were built to accommodate eight foot and light wind ten foot mills. It is the only thing that makes sense.

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Ron Stauffer
Montrose CO

[Gregg]

Another variation, my tower has the platform holes at 30" & 45". Aermotor must have gotten a Black Friday deal on those button head bolts......glad they ran out and eventually went to square head bolts.
Gregg

[Ron Stauffer]

Both towers are 2.5" and don't have nibs for tower clamp or evidence of having any clamp. All the holes were galvanized so original.

Ron

[Justineckel]

Ron,
There were 6' mills made for this vintage of tower. 6' appear in the 1906 catalog. I have a tail to a 6' RA, as far as I know it's the only part ever found to a 6' RA. I have an earlier tower than what you have pictures of, that has a mast clamp on it. It's a square piece that slid over the top of the tower. No slots for the later style clamp. The tower I have is a peg leg one so maybe they tried it for a bit and went away I'm not sure.

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

Justin you are correct on the tower clamps i have a few of them with cast pieces. I believe there was a thread on this forum and I posted a pic.The tailbone you have with the round brace is1898 and earlier.I have a few pre 1900 tailbones and vanes including a original tailvane that was painted before they started galvanized around 1891.

[Windcatcher530 Dan]

I meant tailbone not painted not tailvane.

[Justineckel]

I meant tailbone not painted not tailvane.

Yes that tailbone is for my bell hub, just in there for size reference of the 6’.