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Large Prairie Tractors at Albany Pioneer Days 2022 – Avery 40-80 Tractor Walkaround & Drive!
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I love the old stories of these Prairie Giants. I think it was some big farm in Canada that had 8 or more big Aultman Taylor 30-60 tractors to open the prairies. In some instances essentially 2 people operated all of them. 0ne would be on each end of a field. These fields would be miles long by the way. But every 10-15 minutes they would start one tractor down the field plowing. Drop the guide into the furrow and jump off letting the tractor do its thing. Then they would go get the next tractor ready and get it started down the furrow doing it's thing chasing the previous tractor. Once they got all 4 or 6 (whatever number really) goingto the other end they would head over to the other side of the field. As one tractor came in they would "catch" it and raise the plows at the end and drive the tractor over to the other side of the field. Once it was headed back to the far end of the field they were ready to catch another coming in. Repeating this over and over until that section of Prairie was plowed under. I would just love to see that.
That ceiling looks like tounge and groove beaded porch ceiling, a pretty common product back then. I would guess that a company that built wooden railroad cars probably made those enclosures. Just guessing?
Awsome!
At least you could see more with the hood off..
All those prairie tractors are worth an absolute fortune. Unreal what they have been bringing at auction recently
Awesome vidio, thank you
"great video" back when that machine was built. if it got stuck in a muddy field, it would be very interesting to see, how they would pull it out!
Look at Squatch go on that big prairie tractor! You look right at home on one of those. Are you going to get your own prairie tractor to use around your homestead? 🇺🇲🚜👍
I've been hooked on old large tractors ever since I went to the Steam & Gas show in Cumming GA and seen 110 Case steam traction engine. Now almost every year I make the drive to the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion from Athens GA. Hope.to.have a steam tractor one day to run my Frick sawmill with. Will be great with my other old iron like my D8G 15A dozer and International 175C track loader
Most of the guys who drove those probably grew up walking behind a team of oxen or horses, so that spring loaded platform probably seemed like the lap of luxury. I would not be surprised at all if they were sourcing those cabs from a common supplier, or from several similar suppliers. That was kinda what happened to the carriage/wagon industry when cars and tractors became a thing. Companies like Brewster and Demarest starting producing luxury car bodies. Some early cars were shipped as a running gear and engine, and you took it to your local buggy shop to have a body built. I wouldn't be surprised if wagon builders started building tractor cabs.
Never been to that show but it looks amazing. If they feature allis chalmers and I might have to go
That’s a joy to behold. The spinning globe device (throttle governor?) are glorious. The always make me see the birth of Frankenstein’s monster.
Much like steam trains, you don't see how big the wheels etc actually are on a video or photo, even with people standing next to it, unless you are standing next to it yourself! You're more than six foot tall, so these must be at least eight feet in diameter, and I guess the wheels on that 150 case that Kenny Kizzle featured must be 10 foot or more in diameter – and it pulled 50 bottoms! That is Mega! Great to see these old beasts still living and breathing, thank you for sharing.
When Avery went broke, Caterpillar moved into some of its vacated buildings in Peoria, IL/
That is one sweet running old engine 💪 would be interesting to see that hooked up to one of the big trailing ploughs great video 👍
Hi, just stumbled on your post. My Grandpa broke ground in northeastern Montana near the Missouri river at Three Buttes Ranch. He pulled a 12 bottom plow behind his 40-80. His was a little earlier as it had the earlier style radiator. Also he employed a steering device. I've only been able to get a clear picture of that, but once you had a furrow it followed it automatically. I have an early picture of him sitting on the cab running the belt for the thrashing machine. I wish I could post that photo, it's pretty good! Let me know how and I will
Didn't leave as big a foot-print/tread mark as I thought it might. Couldn't see it very well though.
These replaced horses?
Good seeing you and Sr out picking Cats parts at Pioneer days swap meet. Keep the content rolling. 1st time commenting, long time viewer.
Nice looked like fun! Bet it was as a work out! But back in its day was even harder to do it all day long! But thing is they did not know ! They thought they were really in the tall cotton on get work done!
If you are arond when the Avery gets wheel spin, run for your life!
What a great sounding engine!
I assume that these machines were mainly used statically to drive other machines, such as a threshing mill. I can't imagine plowing a field with that.
I was driving a B Farmall in the parade and saw the belt start. Good to talk to you and Senior on Friday.
My favorite part of Albany is watching them fire up the equipment. Thank you Squatch.
Since Peoria, Illinois was "The Whiskey Capital of the World" at the time of those tractors production. It is very possible the barrel cooperages also made other products.
Hiram Walker had the worlds largest distillery in Peoria on the Illinois River, distillery still there, now producing ethanol.
Squatch you need to come visit Peoria, and tour Caterpillar track type tractor too. I'll buy dinner.
That Avery must have been nice back in the day.
The regular tractors looked like toys 😀
So, if you stand next to a tall wheel, we can call you 'Shorty'?
It’s interesting to see just how much technology in these tractors is carried over from steam tractors. Like the fly ball governor, the chain steering, and straight cut gear drive system.
I mean, it's immediately obvious that that there tractor is a development from the Avery Steam Traction Engines of the early 1900s.
My Great Granddad purchased a 12-25 Avery in 1915. The 40-80 is essentially a much larger version of the 12-25, 2 cylinder opposed engine, sliding frame transmission, chain steering, etc. the radiator was the old style exhaust venturi (locomotive style). Cool 😎 monster tractor. 👍
Very cool that you had the opportunity to drive it! You won't be breaking any land speed records! Thanks for sharing!
this video had my attention entirely, such an amazing machine to watch from the drivers cab and how everyone at work to operate it was constantly moving and making sure things where right. Simply Amazing
Do u know we’re u can still buy them flat belts for running hammer mills and stuff like that
My Great Grandfather had an Avery. I have a picture of him and his sisters and in the background you can see a very faint image of the Avery. Somewhere I have a news clipping telling of him buying the tractor.
Wow! I could listen to that all day. Love the two gears, forwards and backwards. Was it a 'general' tractor or was it designed for a specific job?