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Paul Kjorlie and Stan Danielson have submitted the first set
of photos from the Club's first picnic, June 9, 2001 at Pioneer Park in
Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
Can you help? I've numbered the pictures so those who attended
can help me describe what each picture represents. Send me an
email if you'd like
to add more info about a specific picture....
Click each picture for a closer view. Please share
your
photos with us...
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
1.
Trailer loads of goodies -- looks like lots of material for a swap
meet! Any neat finds?
2. A new Johnny
Bucket on John Scheele's display table, I'll bet...
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
3.
What a great use for a loader!
4. A
nice B-1 and Jeff Harm's 1959 Wonderboy 700. The
B-1 belongs to Jeff Ruth from Sheldon, IA. Jeff says he
restored it in 3-1/2 weeks to get it ready for the picnic. See #12,
below, for more info on Jeff's 700.
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
5. B-10
puller in back belongs to Eugene McDonald from Vandalia, MO, Big 10 in
center belongs to Clint McDonald from Vandalia, Mo B110 in front belongs
to Dennis McGill, Rhinelander, WI
6. A pair of nice
Homesteaders in this impressive lineup.... That's Don Kasbohm's (michigandon)
nice Simplicity 700 with
headlights all the way from Jackson, MI.
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
7. What a treasure
trove! Is that a Pow'rMax loader?
8. O.K. This one
MUST have a caption listing owner and tractor... Who's who?
Courtesy: Paul Kjorlie
Courtesy:
Stan Danielson
9. What a nice day
-- for a stroll in the park!
10. This is
obviously Paul Kjorlie's Pow'rMax with loader and the backhoe he built. As for the
tractor, it is a 1974 Simplicity 4041 that Paul purchased for $400 in 1999
as a parts tractor for his Simplicity 9020's. It had a minor but expensive
(to fix) engine flywheel problem. Last winter he traded the mower
deck for the tractor for a second parts engine and thus got the tractor
running. He repainted the tractor, repainted the loader and transferred it
from one of the 9020's and designed and built a backhoe for the tractor.
Specs on the backhoe are as follows:
@1700 PSI
Digging Depth: 5'-10"
Force at bucket: 2100#
Force from Dipper: 1200#
Swing Arc: 115 Deg.
Weight: 600#
Courtesy:
Stan Danielson
Courtesy:
Stan Danielson
11.
What a sharp puller! According to Dennis McGill, this one belongs to
Clint McDonald and is actually a converted Montgomery Wards Squire -- he
didn't like the color. He brought this beauty all the way up
from Vandalia, MO.
12.
Close-up of Jeff Harm's
beautiful 1959 Wonderboy 700.
Jeff identified the tractor, and sent in more info, plus this "Before
Picture" Jeff says: "I
got started in this hobby by looking for a grill for my Dad's 700 and they
started following me home as in everyone else's case I am working on a 725
next and the attachments I have collected."
