44th Annual Great Oregon Steam-Up

[whulsey]

First time for this event. The Antique Powerland facility is big even without a show going on. There were 6 or 7 permanent buildings I didn't even get to; not even counting all the outside show displays that I missed or just did a quick walk-by. Sounds like a good excuse to go again.

Anyway here's a sampling. First off a Caterpillar 65 since I didn't have any photos of one when the Russian version was posted here. Was really happy to see and do a walk around since they're not real common. Since it was a steam event bunches of them there including this really nice Aultman & Taylor 20 hp unit. This one was a real wtf moment when it came around the corner: Bv 206 1975c. Really cool, even had the Ford Cologne V6 like my old Ranger pu did. Does anyone do a model of this? Lots of unusual tractors: wheeled, tracked or both like this Yuba Ball Tread that used ball bearings instead of rollers or wheels for the tracks. Always need to have a few exotics like Lamborghinis: in this case a 1972 704 diesel tractor. Bunch more photos so good, so not so. Some of the buildings were really dark and really crowded, especially the 2 Northwest Truck Museum ones.

As usual here's the link: 2014-08-2_3 44th Annual Great Oregon Steam-Up - whulsey enjoy!!

[whulsey]

Oh forgot, a couple of questions. The olive with red wheels tractor had absolutely no id on it I could find in a quick search and haven't been able to find anything in my books. So if anyone comes up with an id on it would love to know it. Second what is the official name of this truck. I've seen them called USA trucks, Liberty truck, Standard B and a couple of other variations/combinations of those names. What is the most common designation?

The other 3 are just because I had room for the photos: a Russell steam traction, Republic truck (you can see how crowded and dark that building was) and for our GB members, a Field Marshall. That thing was a trip, used a shotgun shell to light it off. Really got everyone's attention when he fired it up.

[Yale]

These are great, Whulsey. I'm descended from farm families, but never heard of these tractors. Big revelation that there were makes beyond Deere, International Harvester, and Ford.

[SCEtoAUX]

Nice tractors again.
That green one with the red wheels looks to be an IHC Mogul 8-16.


Here is a site with another pic
Steel Wheels - The Website for Veteran Tractors

[Don Boose]

Wonderful machines, Wayne!

I haven't had a chance to check the resources at the Military History Institute archives, but Albert Mroz, American Miltary Vehicles of World War I (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009) says that the official name for the standard U.S. Army truck was Liberty Class B (p. 233).

I agree with Doug's identification of the OD and red tractor. McFarland contains an image of a Twin Cities Model 40 that has roughly the same configuration, but with a frivited from wheel pillar differnt from the cast one in your image and with a fuel tank in the front that would have interfered with the steering mechanism, so I do not think it is the same vehicle. The one in DOug's image looks identical, sp until or unless something more authoritative turns up, I buy his i.d.

Twin City Model 40:
(http://fingalextravaganza.files.word...730-165756.jpg)
The machine in the web image is not identified at the web site, but is clearly the same machine as show in the McFarland book and identified as a Twin City Model 40. (Busy having fun! | The Fingal Extravaganza).

Don

[whulsey]

Doug, you got it. Went back to my main reference book and it only shows the much larger Mogul 20hp which didn't have the arched front frame. Actually now that I'm thinking about it I should have gotten a close idea just from the color since that was a fairly standard color for IH until they went to the red later.
Don, Liberty Class B sounds official enough for me. If I remember correctly several companies build them to Military Standard Class B.
Yale, there must have been a couple of thousand manufacturers world wide. Of course, some of them were never more then wild-eyed dreams or schemes and at most a prototype got build.
Thanks gentlemen for the comments and help.

[whulsey]

Got to thinking (I know that can be dangerous) and remembered I'd photographed a Mogul a couple of years ago at the Vista CA show. I hate when I just go brain dead on something like that.

[FRD]

Those are really classic, thanks' for sharing!

[SCEtoAUX]

For those not lucky enough to have an antique tractor show or a running IHC Mogul 8-16 close by here are a couple of videos.

This one has one lucky little girl and kind of shows the streering gear working:


This one shows the trator at work:


Gotta love that sound.