Hand Starting 1913 Fairbanks Morse Tractor 25 HP

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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
  • I did a little tinkering today. I think it runs a little better. I am a little braver today also .I will be a lot better when I get the belt pulley and truck brake petal installed!

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  • @rickeymitchell8620
    @rickeymitchell8620 5 років тому +15

    Watching this old equipment run is hypnotic to me. The flywheels spinning, the piston rod and exposed crank punching away in thin air. The sound is better than any recorded music I ever heard. Excellent job restoring this beautiful piece of history.

  • @HANKTHEDANKEST
    @HANKTHEDANKEST 2 роки тому +6

    This is such a wonderful old machine, and the best part is that it's big enough and strong enough that you could use it for small farm jobs. Nothing better than ancient equipment that still works a bit for a living. :)

  • @brandonwatts208
    @brandonwatts208 3 роки тому +1

    The craftsmanship that went into creating this machine and running it is a beautiful peice of history

  • @iancraig1951
    @iancraig1951 9 років тому +5

    Congratulations to the owner of that machine--restoration is beautiful so as an elderly retired farmer heartfelt thanks for putting this on youtube.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 7 років тому +3

    Thanks for the video! Good idea with the ear protection. As a kid in the 40's I remember some of the "hit and miss" tractors and such and we kids loved them. Best of luck!

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay 6 років тому +2

    WHAT A FANTASTIC LOOKING MACHINE, AND IN WONDERFUL CONDITION. I'VE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF ONE BEFORE. WELL DONE.

  • @ronaldcheatham1365
    @ronaldcheatham1365 3 роки тому +1

    A labor of love.
    You can see.
    And hear it.
    (Listen to how smooth that engine runs.)
    My grandfather would put the same care into whatever he worked on.

  • @jimmychanbers2424
    @jimmychanbers2424 4 роки тому +1

    Cool. You spun a wheel and off she goes. I remember the old Ajax engines on a few oil pump jacks. Some wernt as tempramental as others. Great Video

  • @s.leemccauley7302
    @s.leemccauley7302 4 роки тому

    And that was state of the art when my grandad were young men. But they also used their draft horses as well for many years after this. Makes me feel a bit old and nostalgic.
    Great video. Cool tractor. Thanks.

  • @dixonqwerty
    @dixonqwerty 7 років тому +33

    Holy crap, now that is a gorgeous piece of machinery. Wow. Thanks for showing it!

  • @davezysk4220
    @davezysk4220 6 років тому +2

    Just amazed how these motors run how big and beautiful they are blows me away

  • @joaomauriciobasiledesouza6204
    @joaomauriciobasiledesouza6204 4 роки тому +1

    Wow! Those wheels are as BEAUTIFUL as dangerous, what a piece of engineering. I could stare at that engine listening to its music all day long.

  • @3060MOGUL
    @3060MOGUL  5 років тому +28

    This tractor was used on a farm in southern Texas for growing crops.

    • @mikel5582
      @mikel5582 3 роки тому +1

      Beautiful piece of machinery. But to be fair, the crops grew themselves. The tractor helped prepare the soil, plant the seeds, harvest, haul, etc. 🙂

  • @doncarlo5
    @doncarlo5 10 років тому +57

    It's a beautiful green monster! Fairbanks MORnStEr, beautifully restored! congrats!
    The piston layout, the steering chains, and the reverse gearing reminds a lot the previous steam rollers and tractors... this is probably the closest missing link between steam and petrol era! Nice, really ! Thanks !

  • @kripakaransamuel3966
    @kripakaransamuel3966 4 роки тому +1

    What a master piece.

  • @rickeymitchell8620
    @rickeymitchell8620 2 роки тому +1

    Such a beautiful machine. It was a joy to watch it in action. Thank you!

  • @bbcala9719
    @bbcala9719 4 роки тому

    Now that modern technology. There is no way a tractor built today that could even come close to running so long. Beautiful old mechanics of yesteryear

  • @horsebee1
    @horsebee1 6 років тому

    An incredible transition between a steam traction engine and the modern tractor

  • @radioman5615
    @radioman5615 8 років тому +1

    seems like a dangerous way to start an old Fairbanks. I love the video looks awesome when it's running

  • @nor4277
    @nor4277 5 років тому +1

    That's a very clean restore,I bet it didn't look that good new,nice job to who ever restored this 👍👍

  • @mbchudno
    @mbchudno 5 років тому +2

    engine sounds like a sample ready to be mixed into some kind of techno tune. amazing.

  • @ramonching7772
    @ramonching7772 4 роки тому

    I will use this video to remind people what the old days were like. 😁😁😁
    Enough of the good old days!

  • @Chr.U.Cas1622
    @Chr.U.Cas1622 5 років тому +1

    Simply fantastic! Even more because of it's green colour. Extremely well done, Sir. Thanks a lot for sharing.

  • @lanceferrucci1117
    @lanceferrucci1117 7 років тому +15

    I've seen a lot of old tractors here on UA-cam but this one is my favorite!

  • @ledofredo1
    @ledofredo1 10 років тому +1

    opravdu nádhernej a krásnej stroj a ten zvuk je vysoce luxusní

  • @ziiofswe
    @ziiofswe 7 років тому +46

    That has to be one of the most well-balanced of these huge 1-cylinder engines I've ever seen.
    Most other machines of this kind rock back and forth at least a little, this one doesn't move at all.

  • @georgerapp8502
    @georgerapp8502 7 років тому

    Now let's see a cold start! Seriously though, beautiful machine, hums along like it's fresh from factory. Bet it looks snazzier now with a thick layer of green epoxy than it did rolling out of the factory too.

  • @3060MOGUL
    @3060MOGUL  8 років тому +29

    This is a 4 stroke throttle governed engine not a hit n miss. The governor controls the butterfly in the carb.

    • @erwinrogers482
      @erwinrogers482 7 років тому +1

      UThe and Wendell Kelch you uused

    • @robertharsh3178
      @robertharsh3178 7 років тому

      Erwin Rogers

    • @plop386
      @plop386 7 років тому

      yeah you can hear the stroek is every two cycle , very unusual for an old diesel engine

    • @waterloofreak
      @waterloofreak 6 років тому +4

      plop386 it's a gas not a diesel engine

    • @starstencahl8985
      @starstencahl8985 3 роки тому

      @@plop386 Well no, it’s a four stroke diesel engine, there’s nothing unusual about that. They’ve been around since the beginning

  • @johninwaynenewjersey5253
    @johninwaynenewjersey5253 8 років тому +11

    It's amazing what they had to assemble to get 25 HP back then and this was probably considered a fairly advanced powerplant. A modern motor of this size and weight could probably produce over 1000HP quietly and with minimal emissions. The first steps were huge but what a testament to engineering advancement!

    • @mikesrestoration
      @mikesrestoration 7 років тому +1

      This is not the same power as a 25 horse power briggs and stratton. this has toque values probably 10 times what your car has.

    • @dustinshort6207
      @dustinshort6207 7 років тому +1

      mike s not really, I'm sure the ft pounds in torque are a lot higher than 25, but not that high, that's why it needs huge flywheels and extremely low gearing.

    • @fededevi1985
      @fededevi1985 7 років тому +6

      25HP are 25HP no matter the torque.

    • @plop386
      @plop386 7 років тому

      power is = to torque x rotation speed so it does

    • @HaraldSjellose
      @HaraldSjellose 6 років тому +1

      @@mikesrestoration its torque on crankshaft is probably also low, but what makes it so powerful is its extremely small gearing ratio, same is valid for today's tractors

  • @LordByron444
    @LordByron444 9 років тому

    We threshed wheat with one of these when I was 12 years old in Shelbyville Kentucky on the Zaring Farm. My step dad owned it. I think it's in Arizona now days...

  • @okcmon101
    @okcmon101 5 років тому +18

    That's incredible. Look how far we've come in just over 100 years...amazing.

    • @claesmansson9070
      @claesmansson9070 3 роки тому

      Hmm.dont know how far we came,more comfort and computer of course,so farmers are excluded from repairing their own equip.Just want to remind you that the Case 150 pulls 36 bottom plough with its steam engine.Dont think a modern 150 hp tractor can do that!

  • @logmanma1063
    @logmanma1063 9 років тому +7

    backing up great, even no back up camera. engine sounds great. thanks for your work. 1913 year, I had been on another star, ha ha. thanks again.

  • @ChrisB257
    @ChrisB257 8 років тому +40

    What a beautiful beast... Immaculate.

  • @bluesharp59
    @bluesharp59 5 років тому +1

    Thumbs Up and Happy New Years !

  • @JH-yk5se
    @JH-yk5se 6 років тому +1

    Is this house industrial music started? 😁 Such a cool piece of history

  • @stanleydenning
    @stanleydenning 6 років тому +3

    That is one piece of, awesome, antiquity. I am impressed. I truly am.

  • @timcolledge3732
    @timcolledge3732 4 роки тому

    Doesn't get any better than this!!!!!👍👍👍

  • @johntabler349
    @johntabler349 5 років тому +1

    These you don't see every day I love the sound of it shutting down

  • @bryceiliff4459
    @bryceiliff4459 7 років тому

    I watch this video about every month. Fascinating

  • @sayokkumarghosh7567
    @sayokkumarghosh7567 4 роки тому

    Each puff brings out the respect

  • @thepatriot4355
    @thepatriot4355 3 роки тому

    Beautiful works of Art

  • @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy
    @Sobieski_IV_Emperor_Gods_mercy 4 роки тому

    Very, very good. It works very good. Also the look is like a dream.

  • @mkai8978
    @mkai8978 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful 👍

  • @candisbrendel7396
    @candisbrendel7396 7 років тому +3

    NOW THATS A ENGINE WE NEED MORE OF THIS, Old One Legged Joseph T.

  •  7 років тому +1

    What a wonderful, great part of heritage... absolutely wonderful.

  • @imperialfragments
    @imperialfragments 7 років тому +6

    what a beautiful piece of machinery

  • @hugogallardocomodelosdosyn1656
    @hugogallardocomodelosdosyn1656 4 роки тому +1

    Muy entretenido ojala siempre siguieran

  • @nullbewahrer
    @nullbewahrer 6 років тому +1

    Nice to watch the piston from the lower end during operation.

  • @Uniset60
    @Uniset60 5 років тому +8

    What a beautiful sound! A beast breathing!

  • @DarrelCarson
    @DarrelCarson 8 років тому +2

    It was brand new the year my daddy was born! Thanks for sharing.

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 7 років тому +1

    Just imagine the time when this sound was heard on farms all across America. Damn, I wish I was born 100 years earlier.

    • @stranraerwal
      @stranraerwal 5 років тому

      Element of Kindness: Oh boy, you would've reversed your wish rather quickly after having been there !

  • @soavioes153
    @soavioes153 5 років тому

    Super tractor of old times. Good video.

  • @xdude2x
    @xdude2x 4 роки тому

    All kinds of cool stuff to get tangled up in!

  • @duskesko
    @duskesko 5 років тому

    My father restored and collected antique engines much like this one when I was a kid. He later sold them all to get a third lathe for some strange reason. I've liked sterling engines for a long time, but I've recently taken an interest in little flame licker engines and engines like he had. Just last Saturday my mother took me to an auction and bought me a 1 and a half horse Hercules hit and miss. It needs a little work, but gets compression! A governer weight is broken and I think I'll cast new ones myself even though I've never cast before! Speaking of governers, is the Fairbanks not a hit and miss on this tractor?

  • @SC-yx6wr
    @SC-yx6wr 3 роки тому

    Beautiful restoration. 25hp, but how much torque? Several thousand foot-lbs I guess.

  • @ibiffen
    @ibiffen 10 років тому +5

    Wow, a lot of energy stored in those flywheels.

  • @Fb6.Nan0
    @Fb6.Nan0 4 роки тому +1

    25hp single cylinder but I bet the torque if off the charts

  • @Rainhill1829
    @Rainhill1829 10 років тому +8

    Magnificent tractor. Thank you for keeping it going.

  • @MFKR696
    @MFKR696 5 років тому

    I don't think I've seen anyone recently as excited as you clearly were to fire that old girl up.

  • @thadeusmuthemba5557
    @thadeusmuthemba5557 5 років тому

    Can't watch enough of this machines.
    High technology.

  • @pieke10
    @pieke10 7 років тому +7

    Mister Kelch! You dit a nice very nice job with your Fairbanks tractor its better than new! greatings from Heerlen south of the Netherlands

  • @jasonvandervalk3679
    @jasonvandervalk3679 6 років тому

    The good old days when things were built to last!

  • @dreisternehof
    @dreisternehof 4 роки тому

    Maybe a muffler would help a little. 😀 A little Bit very loud but a great restoration of a big machine! Thanks!

  • @mikeschoeffter7420
    @mikeschoeffter7420 6 років тому

    Imagine when that was state of the art, awesome machine!

  • @daveguppy94
    @daveguppy94 5 років тому +2

    Beautiful old tractor built to last.

  • @mpedward2
    @mpedward2 8 років тому +8

    Old boy is running good!

  • @Hotrodelectric
    @Hotrodelectric 8 років тому +10

    Very cool old piece. Bonus points if you have the belt drive run your workshop.

  • @litefoot900
    @litefoot900 10 років тому +3

    Your machine looks good, a lot of hard work to get her looking like that.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @danialholt4174
    @danialholt4174 6 років тому

    It's so beautiful. I would marry a machine like that.

  • @felinebline7154
    @felinebline7154 3 роки тому

    Can't imagine the pulling power of that.
    And only a few h.p.....

  • @kyletupper7391
    @kyletupper7391 9 років тому +2

    antique power did an article about this tractor.neat to watch it run

  • @robertpryor7225
    @robertpryor7225 4 роки тому

    Hearing protectors, good choice

  • @coltnavrat7383
    @coltnavrat7383 4 роки тому

    Good job Wendell

  • @johntripp2028
    @johntripp2028 5 років тому +4

    I love this thing. I would drive it to the grocery store just because I could.

  • @alexpowers3697
    @alexpowers3697 7 років тому +2

    Awesome restoration.

  • @designertjp-utube
    @designertjp-utube 5 років тому

    Snap! I really enjoyed this start-up almost as much as my Fav John Deere Model A's around The World. I wonder what cool Tractor Design would look like if Fairbanks Morse went to Henry Dreyfuss before John Deere did?

  • @fatdad64able
    @fatdad64able 7 років тому

    What a beast. Sounds like the piston ist the size of a water bucket.

  • @jerrysmith7166
    @jerrysmith7166 5 років тому

    Lots of torque out of that 25 hp to move all that cast iron and steel!

  • @regaskin
    @regaskin 10 років тому +22

    Beautiful machine and running perfect.

  • @dannyskeeters9385
    @dannyskeeters9385 2 роки тому

    That thing is cool as a big dog😊

  • @turboclaybird
    @turboclaybird 7 років тому

    What kind of fuel does this marvelous machine burn? I'm thinking not oil since I saw no smoke!

  • @OzziesOddities
    @OzziesOddities 2 роки тому

    That's pretty increadable. 👋

  • @ComplexGamesYT
    @ComplexGamesYT 3 роки тому

    Man. That thing is really cool

  • @slimmers00
    @slimmers00 8 років тому +3

    Farm life must've been rough on an engine like that. All the dust that got kicked up while working the fields had to've wreaked havoc on an open crank design

  • @Antiquetractorsetc
    @Antiquetractorsetc 6 років тому

    Beautiful tractor. Nice job

  • @f.r.gtraveler415
    @f.r.gtraveler415 8 років тому

    Very nice, how much will cost me this old piece

  • @gtfilippo
    @gtfilippo 7 років тому +1

    I can Just imagine waking up in a dream and hear the old girl starting to chug again after leaving her for the night

  • @f4udhorn
    @f4udhorn 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful restoration, sir. Bravo.

  • @adrianaencilay8211
    @adrianaencilay8211 7 років тому +2

    WOW that is so beautiful !!!, I love it !!!, great job on restoration and operation ! ! ! 😎👋👋👋👀👀👀

  • @sukhjeetmangat9236
    @sukhjeetmangat9236 5 років тому +1

    Old is gold

  • @doxland
    @doxland 7 років тому

    The grey vessel suspended underneath between the drive wheels; Is it Cooling Water; Fuel: Ballast; or,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?

  • @ihus9950
    @ihus9950 6 років тому +1

    Nice! Would love to have that in my barn 👍

  • @robertsmeltzer8848
    @robertsmeltzer8848 6 років тому

    What exactly did this beast do in her time?

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd 9 років тому +1

    What a grand ol' tractor! Great restoration!

  • @brandongochie4325
    @brandongochie4325 5 років тому +1

    I live in the town where Fairbanks was first started I drive by Fairbanks scales every day.

  • @LordByron444
    @LordByron444 3 роки тому

    My stepdad had one in Shelbyville Kentucky. I drove it all over the farm in the early 70’s. His name was Lawson Zaring. Anyone know where his tractor ended up? I once heard it is now in Arizona.

    • @3060MOGUL
      @3060MOGUL  3 роки тому

      It is in Montana and will be coming up for sale soon . Aumann Auctions is selling it.

  • @3060MOGUL
    @3060MOGUL  6 років тому +1

    She was in south Texas in a Sugar Plantation.

  • @valdeciclaudino1246
    @valdeciclaudino1246 5 років тому

    Que maravilha esta engenharia, os verdadeiros descobridores da metalurgia associada a reação química do combustível. Aqui do Brasil mando meu abraço.

  • @TalenGryphon
    @TalenGryphon 6 років тому

    Is that a hit-or-miss engine? I know FM made a few of thosen and it sure sounded like one before you put a load on it

  • @Backyardmech1
    @Backyardmech1 7 років тому +3

    That beauty makes an awesome beat.