Aultman Taylor Threshing Machine (PICS)

Beatles65 · Apr 6, 2011

Looking at purchasing an old Aultman Taylor Threshing Machine. It is an early one, all wood.
You can still see some of the original decals.
I know that it does need some work, but I am up for the challenge!

Does anyone know how many are still out there?

Let me know if you have ever seen on.

Also, does anyone have any information on them?

Thanks for any and all input!
From Denton, Nebraska.
Andrew Kean

Blackhole49 · Apr 6, 2011

I am interested in hearing a value. That appears to me to be quite a challange!

37 chief · Apr 6, 2011

I doubt there are too many of these left anymore. I am glad to see you want to restore it. It will be a challenge all right.Stan

oldironman · Apr 6, 2011

A little oiling and paint and it should be ready to go.

Phil Scarborough · Apr 6, 2011

That looks something of a challenge!! I wish you well, post some more pics when complete.

Mike M · Apr 6, 2011

I wonder if something like that made out of wood left to the eliments could still be functional or even worth much at all as not much metal for scrap value.

BCnT · Apr 6, 2011

i wonder if that chicken on the decal went thru the thresher before they drew it lol
all i can say its a good thing youre young...you got more n a lifetime worth of projects.
good luck

larry@stinescorner · Apr 6, 2011

If you really want that,Im thinking it cant be worth much for scrap,and there would be a lot of cleaning up to do, they should give it to you and shake your hand ,if they want to get rid of it

larry@stinescorner · Apr 6, 2011

andrew,you keep bringing that stuff home,and when the american pickers drive through nebraska freestyling they are going to stop at your front door! Better yet tell them to bring Daniell from the office with them ,maybe you could hookup with her! lol

fixerupper · Apr 6, 2011

Every board on it will have to be replaced to get it into dependable running shape. The wood that's not rotten will be shrunken and hard to match up to any new wood that's used to replace the bad. Not saying it can't be done, but it's quite a job. If you have a big shop with all of the right woodworking tools and the expertise to use them, then go to it. If I had about three years of spare time it's the kind of job I'd personally like to tackle, but it won't happen. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Apr 6, 2011

that might make a good chicken coop, But I think its days on the mighty sea are over until you patch it up a little.

BlaineF · Apr 6, 2011

Looks like a diamond in the rough.I don't feel so bad about the Case threshing machine I drug home now.Glad to see your going to save it.Thats a peice of history you will not get back once it's gone.Great keep us posted on progress.Thanks for the pictures.BlaineF(WA)

Anonymous-0 · Apr 6, 2011

What is an educated guess as to the model year that was produced. Does'nt that have to be a late 20's vintage or is it newer than that. Some of you older guys may know when thresher manufacturer's switched to metal sides. There can't be a handful of those left in the country.

namdc3 · Apr 6, 2011

Here's a link with A-T catalogs. You'll get quite a bit of threshing machine info from them. A-T never produced all-steel separators, so any you find will be wood. New Century is the model. A-T probably built around 20,000 of this model from the turn of the century up until they were taken over by Advance-Rumley in around 1924.

Obviously, it can be fixed up, but it will take a very large amount of time, money, and effort. There are other machines to be found that are in a lot better shape. The trade off is the up-front cost for those machines in better shape. If you're in it for the challenge and reward of knowing you brought something like that back to life, though, then it's worth it. I'll email you some additional info I have.
Literature

cshess · Apr 6, 2011

Email this person.He has a shedded one [email protected]

Vito · Apr 6, 2011

I know you are young but how many projects do you plan to do?

Vito

Goose · Apr 6, 2011

A neighbor had one when I was a little kid. Once while setting up for a threshing job, he managed to upset it into a gulley. He simply threw a match to it and went into town and bought a new all metal thresher.

Even though I'm a packrat, I sometimes think my father-in-law had the right idea. He planned his farming several years in advance, what crops where, etc. If he wasn't going to use a particular piece of machinery for a year or more, he got rid of it. Then bought another one back when he needed it.

smallercrawler · Apr 6, 2011

Not positive, I think there was one operating at the Denton Farm Park, Denton, NC "Southeast Old Threshers Reunion" show over the fourth of July in the last couple of years.
Regards on your appreciation and preservation of "old iron".

1936 · Apr 6, 2011

For 80 some years old it looks good for being out doors. Watch the paper hornets they love old stuff. Fur lumber?

Anonymous-0 · Apr 6, 2011

The Starving Rooster was so named, since A-T claimed that their threshers were so efficient, that a Rooster will starve trying to find any food in the straw pile. I have an A-T watch fob that has the same skinny rooster on it.

Nathaniel Watts · Apr 6, 2011

You have my utmost respect to takle that project. Like the others said, you may never get another chance. With enough heart, it will run again.

ihredo4 · Apr 8, 2011

A good friend of mine has one. He runs it with his 25-50 Aultman Taylor gas tractor. Should use a 30-60 on his since the thresher has the double feeders on the front and is one of the largest made by Aultman Taylor. Its a beautiful and works well for its age. You can see it in operation at Edgerton Wisconsins Rock River thresheree Memorial day weekend.

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