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2012 Gathering of the Green

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dan_41jdh

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What a great event!

Got home last night after three fun and interesting days of this show/conference/venders/tours/etc/etc/etc.

I understand over 2000 attendees from all over the country (as well as other countries!) were there.

The first photo is a shot from the second floor of the River Center to the Welcoming display, and the second is of the famous "Bathtub D".

As usual, hard decisions had to be made to decide which workshop to attend since 60-some workshops were crammed into 12 time periods spread over the three days.

To me, the most interesting workshop was by Ted Adams, a retired associate of Jesse Lindeman who presented fantastic pictures, 16mm film clips of Lindemen crawlers and implements in action, and first-hand knowledge of the Jesse Lindeman and Lindeman history.

Saw lots of old friends and lots of new displays and learned lots of new knowledge.


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To complete the comparison a visitor can examine the two Waterloo Boy tractors in the Museum’s collection. The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company which built the Waterloo Boy was purchased by John Deere in 1918. Waterloo Boy production continued until 1923 however by that time the design was getting rather dated. John Deere discovered after its purchase of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company, that the company was experimenting with a new tractor design that used the basic engine design used by the Waterloo boy tractors combined with a cast iron ”bathtub” enclosing the transmission with the final drive. John Deere continued development of this design which finally resulted in the Model D design. When one examines the 1925 D, one will notice that the transmission top is cast iron with the words “Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. Waterloo Iowa, U.S.A” cast in to the top.

Found this article. But is there only one bathtub d ?
 
The sign on that tractor said it was unearthed in Waterloo when John Deere was building a new factory. only one known to exist.
 
Dan, I will agree in saying that this year's GOG event was the best ever. And I will also agree that the Lindeman seminar was one of the best that has been presented. I felt fortunate to get one of the DVD's showing Lindeman's early development up until Jesse's death. Our group got to watch the DVD and was very impressed with it. To see the one and only BI Lindeman put through it's paces for the military was very impressive. It was nice to talk to many of my friends (including you) I get to talk to face to face only at things such as this. If anyone has never been to one of these Gatherings you are missing a very large part of our hobby. Mike
 
Greenmech, You are right, Don Dufner's workshop was one of the best I have ever been to. Informative and entertaining!
 
I can not be generous enough with accolades and admiration for all those who work together to put together this Gathering of the Green. I have been fortunate enough to attend all, and just when I think it could be no better, these people outdo themselves again. We in this hobby are fortunate to have such a dedicated group. I arrived home yesterday evening, and was already looking foward to the next Gathering in two years.Once again, thanks to all that made this event happen and be so successful.
 
I second the admiration and thanks John has provided. This was my first Gathering and I hope to attend many more. While I do like the visit to the T-C Expo in Waterloo annually, the GOTG has by far become my favorite event dedicated to JD enthusiasts (NY Expo guys; I will definitely try to get there in 2013, so I can't throw you into the hopper yet - glad to meet some of you at the GOTG)!

If you are interested, I've uploaded the pictures I took to photobucket. Click Here to View
 
After 3 years of research,i think (only my opion)that there may have been only one of this 1917 version-gear driven-I do think that the chain driven version had more units produced,all low my gear driven version is the only one found of any version as of now.
I would greatly appreciate any info to help in the restoration of this project. Dan Thomas
 
Dan,

There were a lot of stories going around at the GOTG on how you obtained that piece of history (from 3rd owner to $50 and two bottles of Jack Daniels). Would you care to share the actual one?

Derik
 
A man in marysville oh did aquire the maincase from the
construction worker for $50 and 1 bottle of leg med.in 1992. I
got the maincase from him.the part that is gray is what i
got,along with about 5 gal of dirt and rust. Dan
 
Dan,

Did you have the flywheel manufactured from a drawing or was it a based on the N or R design? When you bought the main case, where the gears all there?

It's a very, very neat piece of history you have and I wish you the best of luck in your research. I also would like to thank you for displaying at the GOTG. Have you had any luck with Mother Deere in obtaining information? It sounds like from my discussions with a few authors of Deere Literature in the past, that Deere has pretty much locked everyone out from researching the archives.

I'd love to have a book on all of the engineering decisions in chronological order for each model of tractor.
 
Don Dufners workshop was great. Too bad it was interrupted with cell phones going off as well as people taking the calls. Unbelievable! Please, know how to silence your phones or leave them at home.
 
I did have the flywheel modeled after the model r wlb.all
hegears but the reverse gear were in the maincase.a very
talented man in mn has done alot of the machine work so far.
You are right about Deere archives-closed to the public-. I do
have a opinion as to why that is.
It was indeed my pleasure to bring it to gotg,what a classy
group they are!! Dan thomas
 
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