1939 Deere H Powered By Hit & Miss Engine
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Nick Shemko and his son Dennis have a museum on their farm where they exhibit a lot of old tractors of different makes and models, as well as a half dozen old "hit and miss" stationary engines. Last winter they decided to make, something different for their collection by mounting a 1920 Deere E 3 hp stationary engine on a 1939 Deere H 2-cyl. tractor.
"It works real good," says Nick. "We took it to a parade last summer, and the older people really got a kick out of it."
The Shemkos removed the original engine and shortened the tractor frame by 15 in. They bolted the stationary engine to an 8-in. wide length of channel iron and bolted it to the frame. The stationary engine belt drives the tractor's original flywheel. How
ever, the engine runs at only 650 rpm's and its small 6-in. pulley would have caused the tractor to go too slow so they replaced it with a big 23-in. pulley off a Deere selfpropelled combine. A 2 1/2-gal. water tank mounts on top of the engine, with the gas tank underneath.
"It's fun to drive," says Nick. "A lot of people come to our museum just to see this tractor. Sometimes I crank it up for them and take it out for a spin. They think it's really something.
"The `hit and miss' engine has plenty of power. The tractor is now so short that when I turn sharp the inside rear wheel backs up. It still has the original crankshaft and I can still use the pto and all three forward gears. Top speed is about 4 mph. However, it goes
too fast in third gear for parades so I have to use second gear, and even then I sometimes have to slip the clutch. The engine needed a 3-in. wide belt, but l was only.able to find a 4-in. wide belt. The engine's' mounting plate has fourslots.B.y loosening four bolts I can move the engine. forward or backward to tighten or loosen the belt.
"I keep the water tank about 2/3 full to allow for expansion. A 1/4-in. dia. steel pipe on top of the tank allows water vapor to escape. At the parade last summer I ran the tractor for quite a while and the engine got a little hot so some steam came out of the pipe"
The Shemko's keep 66 old tractors in Their museum,; with 27 in operating condition. They have six stationary engines that range from 1/2 hp to 7 hp. All of them run.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nick Shemko, 1010 102nd St Tisdale, Sask., Canada S0E 1T0 (ph 306 873-4072).
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1939 Deere H Powered By Hit & Miss Engine AG WORLD Ag World 19-1-19 Nick Shemko and his son Dennis have a museum on their farm where they exhibit a lot of old tractors of different makes and models, as well as a half dozen old "hit and miss" stationary engines. Last winter they decided to make, something different for their collection by mounting a 1920 Deere E 3 hp stationary engine on a 1939 Deere H 2-cyl. tractor.
"It works real good," says Nick. "We took it to a parade last summer, and the older people really got a kick out of it."
The Shemkos removed the original engine and shortened the tractor frame by 15 in. They bolted the stationary engine to an 8-in. wide length of channel iron and bolted it to the frame. The stationary engine belt drives the tractor's original flywheel. How
ever, the engine runs at only 650 rpm's and its small 6-in. pulley would have caused the tractor to go too slow so they replaced it with a big 23-in. pulley off a Deere selfpropelled combine. A 2 1/2-gal. water tank mounts on top of the engine, with the gas tank underneath.
"It's fun to drive," says Nick. "A lot of people come to our museum just to see this tractor. Sometimes I crank it up for them and take it out for a spin. They think it's really something.
"The `hit and miss' engine has plenty of power. The tractor is now so short that when I turn sharp the inside rear wheel backs up. It still has the original crankshaft and I can still use the pto and all three forward gears. Top speed is about 4 mph. However, it goes
too fast in third gear for parades so I have to use second gear, and even then I sometimes have to slip the clutch. The engine needed a 3-in. wide belt, but l was only.able to find a 4-in. wide belt. The engine's' mounting plate has fourslots.B.y loosening four bolts I can move the engine. forward or backward to tighten or loosen the belt.
"I keep the water tank about 2/3 full to allow for expansion. A 1/4-in. dia. steel pipe on top of the tank allows water vapor to escape. At the parade last summer I ran the tractor for quite a while and the engine got a little hot so some steam came out of the pipe"
The Shemko's keep 66 old tractors in Their museum,; with 27 in operating condition. They have six stationary engines that range from 1/2 hp to 7 hp. All of them run.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Nick Shemko, 1010 102nd St Tisdale, Sask., Canada SOE 1TO (ph 306 873-4072).
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