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manufactured by the minneapolis steel and machinery company in 1917. it was purchased for $4700.00 new and donated to the western development museum in Saskatchewan. it weighs 28,000 lbs, makes 60 to 90 horespower at 500 rpm, and burns gasoline. during it's first season in 1917 it pulled a 12 bottom plow continuously for 28 days and nights. it is Canada's largest antique gasoline tractor.
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I have wanted to see this monster ever since George Shepherd, curator of the Western Development Museum sent me a photo in the 1960s! Thanks for posting the vid! John Fearnley.
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For the time, that is a massive plow! Quite impressive!
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@daw162 yes that would have been a very impressive machine in its day. it still is. they start it every year and plow with it also. i will try to get a video of it plowing next year.
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I should make clear before someone says "people were more productive then than they are now", that I mean that the amount of goods the economy made per working individual, and not how lazy people are now vs. then or then vs. now, etc.
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4700 would've been like 80K in today's purchasing power. Back then, though inflation is that amount, free cash and productivity was lower. That would've been a mint of money for someone to come up with. I can see why they would've kept it running continuously.