What a great story! I love your windmill, your family work ethic, and your location. I'm restoring an old windmill myself and am finding it challenging to find some parts, but I shall persevere! It's a Fairbanks & Morse circa 1948, and was in very bad shape when I found it abandoned and non functioning out in the woods. But, I'm retired and have nothing better to do than to fiddle with an old windmill, a relic of the past that I hope to make function again some day. Thanks for posting this video. I really enjoyed it.

@vnthomas16

5 жыл бұрын

Glenn Bowman Thanks! I can’t help you with your windmill, but I remember an ice breaking tugboat I was stationed on had Fairbanks-Morse main propulsion engines. Sixteen cylinder behemoths. Past crew members had named one “Zeus” and the other “Thor”...

Great video! Just installed a Baker monitor handpump on our property in Oregon. Now you got me thinking of a windmill!

@vnthomas16

4 жыл бұрын

WD GlockandRoll we love our windmill! When we installed our Baker-Monitor hand pump, we did it with a windmill in mind. Thanks for watching!

@wdglockandroll

4 жыл бұрын

@@vnthomas16 They are a great addition to the farm.or homestead. We've wanted one for awhile just in case, I figured with the pandemic the 'just in case' was now.

Awesome video. I own my Great Grandfather old Aeromotor that was blown down by a Hurricane but was salvaged. The blades were saved but bent, the tower was a complete loss, but the wind mill is rebuildable. I have a Red Jacket pump for underneath.

@vnthomas16

4 жыл бұрын

The Cajun Homesteader glad to hear the mill itself is repairable! Our windmill shows it ages, bullet holes, etc. Aermotor is still in business so you can get parts from them and even a whole new tower... But it might be fun to find another old windmill you can salvage for parts. Best of luck and thanks for watching!

Interesting and worth watching

Nice. Working on my Dempster. Hope to raise it 4th of July.

@vnthomas16

4 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! We love our windmill! Will you use yours to pump water too? Thanks for watching!

@vipleather

4 жыл бұрын

Blue Creek Dairy Farm WA yes down the road. This will be as a back up only. The sucker pipe and pump is pricy though.

Que bueno esta ei aerobomba

@vnthomas16

2 жыл бұрын

excelente

How is everything holding up? Do you still use it? Would you do it again? Hope all is well with you. Don

how did they raise up the windmill before those hydraulic lifts?

@vnthomas16

9 ай бұрын

You can hinge two of the legs and put it together horizontally on the ground, and then stand it up.

@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885

9 ай бұрын

@@vnthomas16 thanks - I had never heard of using hinged legs before! Fascinating.

WHAT IS THE MATERIAL YOU USED IN PROFELER

@vnthomas16

4 жыл бұрын

Most of the windmill is galvanized steel. We bought it used. Thanks!

How tall is your tower?

@vnthomas16

5 жыл бұрын

Corey Acre, well, when you’re standing at the bottom looking up, it doesn’t look seem so tall. When you’re at the top, looking down it seem like it is awfully tall! But I think it’s something like 26’

@coreyacre6070

5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering because the ones in my area are around 40'. How big is the wheel.

@vnthomas16

5 жыл бұрын

Corey Acre It’s an 8 foot sail.

I can tell it's kinda old because it say Chicago

@vnthomas16

5 жыл бұрын

Tractor Boy3000 Indeed! I believe they’re made in Texas now. Thanks for watching!

@LSUfan-mn3oc

5 жыл бұрын

They are made in texas

@LSUfan-mn3oc

5 жыл бұрын

San.angelo