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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Wired the headlights. Just need to install the switch. A few years ago, one of our highly talented volunteers replicated the original style switch. Unfortunately, the hole for it in the dash panel has seen better days so we will need to get a bit creative. Other big task was swapping the...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Thursday’s project was swap out the skis for wheels on the Model TT snowmobile. this makes it much easier to move around during the non-winter months. Please excuse the mess. This is the infamous “Gray” building. It was originally built as a temporary work space when they started the...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    A few updates. The herd has been slumbering for almost two months but work has been moving forward. The steamer is prepped for its annual state boiler inspection. This includes opening all the cleanouts, cleaning the tubes and having the steam dome lid ready to lift off. Once the inspection is...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    This is first time we have had it out on the skis since 2015. We have wheels we can swap for the skis so we can demonstrate during the summer months - usually during three of our major summer events. We also have wheels for the 1934 Tractor-Truck and will swap that back over this spring. The...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    If I remember correctly that was about $50,000.00. The museum spent 30 years getting this machine running. New cylinder castings, new compensating gear, drive chains, new pistons and rods, etc. it had been last used in 1925. Steam isn’t cheap!
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Yes! It has to undergo an annual State boiler inspection. The original boiler was a lap seam design which cannot be operated in public in Maine. It was also well past its prime. We had a new ASME code boiler manufactured and installed in 2014.
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    We had a great event at the Maine Forest & Logging Museum. We had four Lombard’s out and about including our 1907 steamer, the 1919 and 1934 Lombard Tractor-Trucks and the 1928 Lombard Model T dump truck. We also had the debut of our (new to us) 1927 Ford Model TT with the Virgil White...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    King of Obsolete has two Linn tractors. They are quite similar. H.H. Linn worked for Lombard for a period of time before patenting his own design and going into production in 1916. Linn placed a heavy emphasis on the construction and municipal market. Many were used by local and state highway...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Of the estimated 300 plus tractors made, between 1914 and 1936, there are 12 survivors in museums and private collections. Of these, 6 are in running condition. Out in the wild there are some scattered parts and pieces. Most sites are rather remote. These are the remains of an early (1915)...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    You are correct! The border is less than two miles due east of me.
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Mostly parts and pieces scattered around old logging sites. The World War 2 scrap drives were not friendly to these machines.
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Electric start.
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Thanks! We are fortunate to have a dedicated, skilled and experienced crew of volunteers to keep everything in tip top shape. We also run and operate them as often as possible. As a living history museum, not much is static display. No heater. Just what radiates through the holes in the dash...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Monday morning, having finished the work we needed to do on the 1919 Lombard Tractor-Truck, we decided to take advantage of the fresh snow by taking the 1934 out for some exercise. Through the pine grove… Down the hill and off the museum campus. It’s not really noticeable in the photo but...
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    Working on the Lombard Tractor-Trucks

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Per our yearly tradition, and to get out of mashing mountains of potatoes and squash, we deserted the pre-feast activities and headed over to the museum. It was just too tempting to make a bit of noise with the Lombards. As usual, the 1928, fired up almost...
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