Pics-Huge 60-90 Twin City,1908 IH Friction Drive Plus Mo

1206SWMO · Aug 30, 2021

I took these pictures at the Big Dig near Concordia,KS on Saturday....Only (20) Twin City 60-90 tractors were ever made from 1916-1918...They weighed 28,000 lbs and had a 6 cylinder engine with a 7.25 bore and a 9 stroke...Only two originals are in existence...Dan Crist from Kansas put together a 3rd one over a 20 year period...A few original pieces are there from a junked one in Nebraska but it was mostly made using a 40-65 Twin City chassis with tons of parts having to be made..Dan did a great job and it cant be told from an original one...He even found a NOS original exhaust manifold in Minnesota.

A 1908 IH friction drive tractor owned by Dan Crist..At the present time its the oldest known tractor in Kansas...It was purchased from the family that bought it new in Iowa....It only did belt work so the gearing, drawbar hole,etc shows no use.

This 25-50 Minneapolis spent almost all of its life on the same farm in Kansas....A few years ago it went to Nebraska.

1206SWMO · Aug 30, 2021

Curtis Rink from Kansas was doing a nice job of plowing.

A college kid from Kansas built a tractor while at KSU in 1906...He also built a car there and drove it 110 miles home from Manhattan to Glen Elder,Kansas..

Eric in IL · Aug 30, 2021

If my math is correct, the Twin City has 709 cubic inches. Do they start it by crank/bar or do they belt it up to start ?

fdt860 · Aug 30, 2021

Thanks a lot for all the pictures !

This seems like a very great show with awesome antique machinery and people!

1206SWMO · Aug 30, 2021

Its a 6 cylinder 7.25 inch bore and 9 inch stroke which my CI calculator says is 2,229 cubic inches...When Dan rebuilt the engine is was so tight that he had to belt start it for awhile..Heres a picture of him hand crank starting it and it started easy....I believe he said this was the 5th time he had hand crank started it.The hand crank is shorter than you would think...Its an awesome tractor and this was the first time that it had ever been shown.

Vito · Aug 30, 2021

Its been a really neat history lesson you gave with these pictures.

Thanks for posting

Vito

Eric in IL · Aug 30, 2021

Yep, my math was flawed. Seems unreal that hand starting is possible on that thing.

My friend had a 30-60 Aultman Taylor. He let me try to start it in Pinkneyville one year. I cranked it until my oil got too thin, then he had to take over and start it. He did let me steer it while plowing though. That was fun!

1206SWMO · Aug 30, 2021

The only big tractor I have ever started is a 30-60S Oil Pull that I owned from around 1976-1984..Thats me in 1976...I sold it to Dan Crist and he still owns it today..

Farmaller · Aug 30, 2021

Great Pictures, you do a good job and descriptions, What is the machine in this last pic in front of the dozer?

J.Wondergem · Aug 30, 2021

Thanks for the pictures. I enjoy them.

Paul from MI · Aug 30, 2021

I saw a 60-90 Twin City at Wauseon, OH a few years ago. Talk about HUGE!!.

1206SWMO · Aug 30, 2021

Its a self propelled cement mixer..

Veronabob · Aug 30, 2021

Great pictures, Is this show held every year?

cumminspuller · Aug 31, 2021

Great pictures! Thanks for posting!

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