Some pictures from the Vermeer Museum

J.Wondergem

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Location
Rockford, Mi.
Jake Vermeer, Gary's Dad, was my dad' first cousin. So my Grandson and I went through their museum when we were out to the Knoxville National races this year.

The first pic is his first wagon he made into a dump for ear corn. He found it later and bought it back.

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I don't remember if this one was a corn sheller or grinder.

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Next is the first round baler he built. It was too big. I think it made a 3000 lb bale.

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This is the first trencher he built
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and the first stump grinder

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A round here-NY, Vermeer was much better known for stump grinder and comercial trenchers than balers. Worked many construction jobs where their trenchers dug in gas and sewer lines.
Loren, the Acg.
 
I should add that we also severed some gas lines that were incorrectly marked also. Usually small plastic residential lines with a walk-behind or ride on trencher. Fun-Fun!!
Loren
 
About 30 years ago Vermeer made pull type corn pickers that were 4 row 38" and 6 row 30". I have an article in my file of those. Two wagons were pulled along, the elevator could be swung from one to the other. Wonder how well those worked and how many were sold. Should have one in their museum.
 
My 1st round baler was a 706A Vermeer. It put up a 6'wide x 7' tall bale, and it weighed at least 3000#. I weighed a bale of rice straw that weighed 2600#. It was a good baler but required a little technique to get it started. I've had 2 Vermeer balers since and both were very good.
 
Great pictures. The trench looks so underbuilt/lightweight compared to how beefy the modern ones are.
Im sure it still beat a tile shovel any day.

Rick
 


I still have a vermeer hay conditioner , vermeer called it

a crusher/crimper as it had one smooth roll and one fluted

roll. pulled it with a 300 case with a hyd drive side mount

mower and the crimper on the back. It was new about 1959 ,

ran them when new.

george
 
Nephew used his first Vermeer baler for 23 years, then bought a new Vermeer a couple years ago.
 
The Vermeers used to notch the road for new streetlight installations. Just wide enough to fit the 3 inch rigid pipe. State inspector watching every move. Never hit gas lines but did not like to hit old railway tracks buried in the street. Then the torches came out.
 
Great pictures! Was one of those large mounted corn pickers there? Would love to see one in person.
 
Gehl, Haybuster and Vermeer are three different companies and are not connected. Gehl discontinued its red equipment line(grinders, choppers, etc) probably close to ten years ago and sold out to Manitou a few years ago. They still offer the small Gehl construction line and most is still built in the USA. Haybuster is still in business too.
 
(quoted from post at 19:21:12 10/02/15) nice ,,. curious .did Vermeer and gehl and haybuster merge into one company at some point ?

Vermeer designed the very first large round baler. They applied for and recieved a patent. Gehl and others manufactured large round balers under license from Vermeer. I do not know if Vermeer still holds that patent, or if they allowed it to expire.
 

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