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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Collections & Pictures => Topic started by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 10:43:56 pm

Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 22, 2020, 08:48:19 am

Quote from: CBWho on January 22, 2020, 12:58:47 am

https://www.agweb.com/blog/Your_Favorite_Tractor_298/the_unique_little_devil_tractor

I would have avoided the reverse tricycle layout but apparently the engine was its demise.

There is a running Little Devil at the Crosby, ND show and I have read about them having problems when trying to plow and the tractor reversing on its own, trying to run the plow over.

https://youtu.be/mIT5dmikKrI

Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: SeeSteam on January 22, 2020, 12:58:47 am

https://www.agweb.com/blog/Your_Favorite_Tractor_298/the_unique_little_devil_tractor

I would have avoided the reverse tricycle layout but apparently the engine was its demise.

Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 11:05:23 pm

The last two pictures were taken of a room set-up to like like one from the past.

I spotted an erector set on the left

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and a little train set under his bed

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Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 11:04:22 pm

The local model RR club has this room, but it was closed while we were there...

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Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 11:01:48 pm

I even found a "real steam iron"  8)

(Albert Lea is only a 40 minute drive from me)

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Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 11:00:30 pm

One of my all-time favorites... the three-wheeled "Little Devil". I found an interesting read on it here:

https://www.farmcollector.com/tractors/hart-parr-little-devil

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They even had a scale-model of it inside for the kids

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Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 10:55:55 pm

The room I came to see, the tractor room! Follow us in!  ;)  :D

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Charles City is the home of Hart Parr, later Oliver

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I've always loved the look of these corn picker attachments

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Here's the one I've always seen in the window, on display, while driving past

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Wife's favorite

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Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 10:51:42 pm

Later on in the museum I spotted a popcorn wagon  ;D

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and found this in the window  8)

(https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/gallery/officeofsteamforum/0/6-210120223813-1102262.jpeg)

Title: Re: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 10:48:44 pm

A few Cretors on display, not sure if any are original or all replicas...

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(https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/gallery/officeofsteamforum/0/6-210120223801-1021005.jpeg)

(https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/gallery/officeofsteamforum/0/6-210120223758-1001660.jpeg)

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And some pictures of pictures  :D

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Title: Floyd County Museum
Post by: Nick on January 21, 2020, 10:43:56 pm

I had driven by this museum many times on the way to a few different threshing shows, but never had a chance to stop by. It's only an hour and a half drive from home in Charles City, IA, so we decided to visit one day in 2016.

To my surprise, there wasn't as many tractors as I had hoped for, but I did find plenty of things to take pictures of for you guys...

First, the two important pieces of the museum  ;)

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