Booster Pipe For Gravity Wagons
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To provide extra leverage for opening the gates on my gravity wagons, I made my own ębooster pipe' by welding a pair of L-shaped metal hooks onto a 4-ft. length of 1 1/2-in. dia. pipe. The hooks latch onto a metal bar inside the wheel that's used to raise and lower the wagon's slide gate. If the wheel still turns hard, an 18-in. long extender pipe can be added.
"Just for fun I mounted an old ętriple pipe' steamboat whistle on the hood of my Oliver 60 tractor. The whistle came off an old Model T gravel truck. To mount it I removed the tractor's muffler and slipped the whistle over the exhaust pipe. A metal rod runs from a valve on the whistle back to the steering wheel. Pulling on the rod forces the exhaust air through the triple pipe to make it whistle. It makes a pretty shrill sound that you can't miss. People really get a kick out of it. (Carroll Meimann, 66717 160th St., McCallsburg, Iowa 50154 ph 515 434-2583)
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Booster Pipe For Gravity Wagons WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 31-2-41 To provide extra leverage for opening the gates on my gravity wagons, I made my own ębooster pipe' by welding a pair of L-shaped metal hooks onto a 4-ft. length of 1 1/2-in. dia. pipe. The hooks latch onto a metal bar inside the wheel that's used to raise and lower the wagon's slide gate. If the wheel still turns hard, an 18-in. long extender pipe can be added.
"Just for fun I mounted an old ętriple pipe' steamboat whistle on the hood of my Oliver 60 tractor. The whistle came off an old Model T gravel truck. To mount it I removed the tractor's muffler and slipped the whistle over the exhaust pipe. A metal rod runs from a valve on the whistle back to the steering wheel. Pulling on the rod forces the exhaust air through the triple pipe to make it whistle. It makes a pretty shrill sound that you can't miss. People really get a kick out of it. (Carroll Meimann, 66717 160th St., McCallsburg, Iowa 50154 ph 515 434-2583)
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