Paul Searl
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We picked up the Hornbaker 4 hole Eureka Joliet this weekend, but its missing the alternate belt pulley arraignment. Are there any Joliets out there with both pulleys? I see one in the photo section with the right angle pulley so Pat, if you see this I'd appreciate it if you'd drop me a line, I'd love to get some photos you if we could. We have a parts book showing the right angle gear, so we might be able to improvise something that looks kinda original but probably wouldn't want to use it. but if anyone either has one off a parts machine or can give us specs or even let us make castings it would be appreciated.
It is also missing the blower tube and grain tube but those can be made altough we won't have the original mounting bracket, the only thing not readily fixable is it is missing the second belt pulley assembly to let it be belted up at a right angle. Rock Island was a major jobber for Joliet and they often sold the Joliet shellers as a package with Heiders and Rock Islands, so we wanted to make the set.
It is also missing the blower tube and grain tube but those can be made altough we won't have the original mounting bracket, the only thing not readily fixable is it is missing the second belt pulley assembly to let it be belted up at a right angle. Rock Island was a major jobber for Joliet and they often sold the Joliet shellers as a package with Heiders and Rock Islands, so we wanted to make the set.
Hey, we all have a wish list! A couple of other people seemed to want it too at the auction. We will have it out at the Geneseo Il (just outside the moline, rock island, davenport metro area) working farm show in Sept and hopefully I'll get some video of it running then if not before with our rock Islands (and maybe the Heider) like the original packages.