New toy

[messary]

I think this is where I should post this. Anyhow, I picked this up at an auction a few weeks ago. International LB 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hp engine. cleaned out the mixer and cleaned up the points in the mag, and it fired up. It's in pieces now getting cleaned up. I have to fix a few items and order some parts to make it run right. Then a quick coat of paint. I don't really know what I'll do with it, but I think it's pretty cool.

 

[aschumacher]

Mike and Frank from 'Pickers' bought something similar to that last week ! Lets go, I want to see it working.

 

[messary]

I have an uncle with a belt driven corn sheller I may try to con him out of. We'll see. Got to get it fixed up and running reliably first.

 

[aschumacher]

It was mentioned on the show that those motors were used just prior to the expansion of the power grid to rural areas. If you didnt see the show, they had a picture of a corn sheller hooked up. A clothes washer was also in use. Being of low horsepower I dont think it drove anything major in size. A few years back some one posted a site that showed various farm items hooked up to 'outboard' drives. If anyone remembers the posting speak up.

 

[thoffman]

This is a picture of a "Skid mounted" 1 1/2HP McCormick-Deering engine from the 1920's as seen on American Pickers. Did you notice the Cub Cadet sitting in the barn too?

 

[mfrade]

I have an IHC LA / LB also and a Fairbanks Morse Z type D 2 HP. Mine were used on the families farm to drive the water pump and washing machine mostly. Also have the grindstone wheel that they may have belted at one time.