6405 US 50 West Hillsboro, Ohio 45133
Here are pictures of my very good friend Russell Workman, 2550
Ruble Cemetery Road, Lynchburg, Ohio 45142. Russell and I have been
good friends since boyhood. He and his father had a machine shop
and did many jobs for area farmers. They had a steam engine and
thresher, and did custom threshing, and farmed. They built the
tractor in 1940, using a flat head V-8 Pontiac engine and Reo truck
transmission and rear axle. The rock shaft in front was to use a
buck rake. Russell used the tractor for several years, then it sat
outside ’til he restored it this year, using a Ford V-8 engine,
the same Reo transmission and rear axle, rear tires and wheels off
a combine, new fenders, radiator and some metal work. It now runs
well.
Many years ago, they built a power unit for us on the farm from
a 1930 Cadillac car, for us to run our hammer mill and corn
sheller.
Russell built a little brass steam running engine, that can be
held in the palm of your hand, and also a model gasoline
engine.