Nifty gismo to display on tractors at show

Tom Fleming · Aug 23, 2011

Just picked this up off epay. Thought it was nifty and should display nice at shows. I don't know whether this was ever offered by IH dealers as an aftermarket item or not, but thought it was neat.

Link to patent:
http://ip.com/patent/US2288596

Indiana Ken · Aug 23, 2011

Nice piece, I seen one at an auction a few years (2007) back , it sold for $50 as I recall. That one was painted green as if it was sold through JD dealers. I don't recall it having the bracket on the bottom as in your picture.

Perhaps they were sold by various tractor dealers and painted in company colors...?

Just wanted pass along the info - again congrats on the purchase.

IH fan · Aug 23, 2011

Dad had one from JD that also did not have that bracket on top or the 'ribs" on the barrel, just the chains to hold the body from turning. Was the only compressor he had for years.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 23, 2011

At least most of the ones I've seen and one my father had on the farm were John Deeres. Just recently at a tractor show, one was for sale for $425.00. I don't know if it sold. Certainly not to me.

dgasper · Aug 23, 2011

My dad bought a new one just like it. First time he put it on a PTO the chains broke and it spun around. He took it off, mounted it on a sawhorse, put a home made wooden pulley on it and ran it with anything that had a drive pulley. When we got electricity he put a small electric motor on it. It was slow but much better than a hand pump. It was still being used after my dad died when I was "invited" to leave the farm many years ago.

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