Interesting things you have, or had in the past on your place

[37chief]

My dad had a WW1 V8 aircraft engine with a wood propeller It was a Hispano Suiza. It had a radiator on each side. It was fairly large, probably over 500 lbs. It was used in a avocado orchard, in Southern California to circulate air during frost. Sold it for 200.00. Dad also had a WW2 Burma Jeep. It was about twice as large the army jeeps. He cut it up when I was in the Navy. To make it tractor related I still have Dad's Farmall F 12 still sitting for the past 60 years where Dad last parked it, with the mow still attached, after cutting his last oat hay crop. I am sure there are still a few of F12's still around. Stan

 

[jdeere562]

Tombstones used for blocking under an old corn crib.

 

[RedMF40]

Skeletal remains of a ford 1 ton farm truck with a Chevy engine. Down in the woods but I can see it from the house.

Edit: long in the past but still here.

 

[joeysmith]

Had a Llama for awhile
He became somewhat of a celebrity after a couple floods.

Stupid thing liked to hang out on a little island in the pasture during high water
Or what would seem high to people driving by.

First time I got numerous calls from pasers by an the sheriff.

The water around him was only about ankle deep but everyone was sure convinced he was going to drown

 

[Wdj]

A large fire tube boiler from a mint still. Don't really know why it wound up in my pasture. Came here before my time.

 

[Steve in VA]

Had a Llama for awhile
He became somewhat of a celebrity after a couple floods.

Stupid thing liked to hang out on a little island in the pasture during high water
Or what would seem high to people driving by.

First time I got numerous calls from pasers by an the sheriff.

The water around him was only about ankle deep but everyone was sure convinced he was going to drown

African spurred tortoise i found strolling down the road. He lived in the basement for 2 years before I found a him a home. Fortunately the local grocery have me throw-out vegetables.

 

[Keith True]

I had a landing craft here for a while.Not mine,somebody rented a spot to park it.I do NOT rent space to park boats,campers,or motorhomes.The landing craft though was another story.I kind of hoped he wouldn't pay his rent.He paid up though,and it was gone before his pre-paid six months were up.It was 10 feet wide,and he said it had a Studebaker engine in it.He did marine scrappage,and I have no idea if he ever used it or not.I still have the remains of a Nagel steam boiler here tone of my great uncles bought it new from the boilerworks in Nashua NH to power a sawmill,and went to a fueled engine.Never bought one part needed to build it except for the boiler itself.He did set it in a brick foundation,and about 35 years ago I dragged it home.The round tank is completely gone,and the only thing left is the remains of the firebox with the double doors.

 

[Richard G.]

My dad had a WW1 V8 aircraft engine with a wood propeller It was a Hispano Suiza. It had a radiator on each side. It was fairly large, probably over 500 lbs. It was used in a avocado orchard, in Southern California to circulate air during frost. Sold it for 200.00. Dad also had a WW2 Burma Jeep. It was about twice as large the army jeeps. He cut it up when I was in the Navy. To make it tractor related I still have Dad's Farmall F 12 still sitting for the past 60 years where Dad last parked it, with the mow still attached, after cutting his last oat hay crop. I am sure there are still a few of F12's still around. Stan

Had a 1905 REO when I was a kid.
1917 Ford Roadster when I was 16.
Cast 4WD 4WS tractor when I was 18.
Have had many antique tractors over the years.
Of course I have my 1917 Ford truck now.
And have my wonderful wife who has put up with me over 52 years.

 

[Fawteen]

Had a Llama for awhile
He became somewhat of a celebrity after a couple floods.

Stupid thing liked to hang out on a little island in the pasture during high water
Or what would seem high to people driving by.

First time I got numerous calls from pasers by an the sheriff.

The water around him was only about ankle deep but everyone was sure convinced he was going to drown

Fernando Llama. Quite the attraction when I got him.

Quite the babysitter.

 

[Tony in SD]

One of a kind sign. As many of you know we fully restored it back to 1960s neon glory.

By the way, our annual Craven Corner party is July 18. Everyone is invited, except for the one grumpy guy.

 

[Keith True]

While it's nowhere near the rarity and coolness of your sign,this one is my outside light.An LED spotlight on either side reflects off the sign lighting up the whole front yard.There is an 1898 fire hydrant buried under the snow next to that phone booth.

 

[urbancase]

Nothing like you guys have, I have an open station case1570 from the factory was told but don’t know for sure less then 500 made like that. The other is a first year production Winchester 94.

 

[Tony in SD]

Nothing like you guys have, I have an open station case1570 from the factory was told but don’t know for sure less then 500 made like that. The other is a first year production Winchester 94.

Had not thought of guns as interesting things on my place. I have a Winchester Model 36, 9mm rimfire shotgun. Only about 20,000 made and most of them were exported. They are very hard to find and the ammo is even harder to find. I also have a pair of Winchester Model 2. One with a finger trigger the other with a thumb trigger. The latter usually gets a double take.

 

[Keith True]

I had an oddball shotgun that my friends stepdad brought back from either the Phillipines,or from Korea.In his later years confusion he could never remember.Very crudely built,with the minimal machining needed to make it fire.You slid the barrel ahead,slid a shell into it,and to fire you slammed the barrel back towards you.All of us idiots around here were too smart to try it.I lost it when my house burned.

 

[MeanGene1]

I used to have a 1928 Indian Model 401, the first four-cylinder Indian. Indian bought out Ace when they went broke, so there was actually a 1927 model, but it was just an Ace Four with an extra Indian decal on the tank- it had both Indian and Ace decals. The 401 had an actual Indian frame, similar to the 101 Scout but bigger. The problem was they used a single downtube in the front, and they vibrated real bad, so it was changed to double tubes and became the Model 402. Best I have found out is only about 225 made before the switch, and mine was an "export" bike and had stands on both ends to help with tire repair. It used to hang from the ceiling of a bar in Venezuela. A guy from Washington found out about it and asked if he could come down and maybe buy it? He showed up with a stack of those $10K banded bundles of $100 bills (I saved the bands) and kept tossing more and more out until I said OK, take it. Here it is up on top of the pallet racks

 

[Wibblewobble]

Dont know if this counts but for a few minuets one winter my grandfather landed a Boeing CH-47 chinook in field behind our barn funny thing was no one was home but our neighbors.

 

[rrlund]

I don't even know. Dad was a school bus mechanic and anything the school threw out tended to end up here. An Army truck they bought at Army Surplus, a school bus chasis, some outfit that sat on the floor and had pedals, that they used for drivers education, rolling fold up coat racks...... Then there was the stuff he'd trade for. An old bread truck, doodle bugs, who knows what all.

 

[Dingo3]

My property in WV that I recently sold bordered an old railroad line. About a hundred yards down there was an old switching shack for a siding. It had to be old because there was the remnants of a water tower. This was on the second RR bed that they moved up the mountain because the first line that went along the river was prone to flooding. This line used bridges to periodically cross the river.
They eventually abandoned this line too and cut tunnels through the mountains to avoid flooding. It was originally owned by B&O.

 

[SkipperII]

Wasn't on my property, but at the shop I worked in. A rotary aircraft engine, that every other cylinder was used as an air compresor, for running air drive pruning saws.

 

[MeanGene1]

Wasn't on my property, but at the shop I worked in. A rotary aircraft engine, that every other cylinder was used as an air compresor, for running air drive pruning saws.

A commercial painting friend had a similar one, a flathead Ford V8 with every other cylinder pumping