I was just 10 years old when I first met George W. Hedtke of Davis Junction, IL. He arrived at our place in Andover, SD driving an old flat deck truck carrying the remains of the largest steam traction engine boiler I had ever seen. He was staying with us for a couple days before […]
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150 Case Part 2: Building a Giant
We have achieved some major milestones in the first four months of 2018 to keep on track for our debut deadline on September 7, 2018. We have cast a great majority of the parts at the foundry and I’ve been making runs every few weeks to Gary Bradley’s in Sheridan, WY to keep up with […]
150 Case Part 5: The 150 Case Must Perform
Tuesday 4 September – 3:00 pm After previous issues with the intermediate gear seizing onto the steel hub and a failed plowing attempt with the 12 bottom plow only 3 days remained until show time. I knew we were out of time to find a solution in the field that would allow us to pull […]