Floyd County Museum

• Floyd County Museum
  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 22:43
• 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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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 22:48
• A few Cretors on display, not sure if any are original or all replicas...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  And some pictures of pictures 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 22:51
• Later on in the museum I spotted a popcorn wagon 
  
  
  
  and found this in the window 
  
  
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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 22:55
• The room I came to see, the tractor room! Follow us in!   
  
  
  
  Charles City is the home of Hart Parr, later Oliver
  
  
  
  
  
  I've always loved the look of these corn picker attachments
  
  
  
  Here's the one I've always seen in the window, on display, while driving past
  
  
  
  Wife's favorite
  
  
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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 23:00
• 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
  
  
  
  
  
  They even had a scale-model of it inside for the kids
  
  
  
  
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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 23:01
• I even found a "real steam iron" 
  
  (Albert Lea is only a 40 minute drive from me)
  
  
  
  
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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 23:04
• The local model RR club has this room, but it was closed while we were there...
  
  
  
  
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  Posted by Nick on 21 Jan, 2020 23:05
• 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
  
  
  
  
  
  and a little train set under his bed
  
  
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  Posted by SeeSteam on 22 Jan, 2020 00:58
• 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.
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  Posted by Nick on 22 Jan, 2020 08:48
• Quote from: CBWho on 22 Jan, 2020 00:58

  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
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