Gehl Film Clips From The 50's In Color! Pt. 1 of 3
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- This is a great one, with a ton of variety, eye candy, etc., & I hope everyone sticks it out to the end. These clips area an excellent glimpse at the tractors & equipment in use in that era, all nice & new. And in color, too! Some of the clips are a bit dark.... or very dark. No idea why. I didn't do this transfer. The film itself should be in the collection & will get transferred again when the projector is fixed.
I do not know anything about the locations in this film. The tractor & equipment showing may be at a farm show or state or county fair. If anyone sees something familiar, let me know in the comments section. Also, if anyone can identify the steamer, I'd appreciate it!
Enjoy!!
I wondered when I decided to watch this vid if one of the self-propelled choppers would be shown.
My grandpa had one that we used up until 1973. We also had the silage "blower"(silo filler) and 3 Gehl self unloading wagons that we used until the mid 80's.
We also used some of those "false end gate" wagons for silage and ear corn when I was growing up.
In 1974 Dad bought a Uni-System that took over for the Gehl chopper and the self -propelled Massey-Harris corn picker and "80 Special" Massey-Harris combine that grandpa and Dad got in the late 50's. I was born in 1958 and grew up with farming dairy and beef cattle.
Love these old Gehl videos! I have 2 gehl long hopper hi throw blowers that we still use.
Glad you enjoyed!
Farming has really changed and I don't think it is all for the better.
I've seen few changes that have been for the better.
That was a neat video. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed!
😮Another Great company that left the Ag scene. Too bad!
@1:40 "Hey: Pay attention, driver!"
Not much has changed in 70 years. 😂
I got a kick out of that too 😂. I noticed at near the end of the video it seemed to speed up. When they were chopping into the trucks alongside it reminded me of how they fly through the fields today with the big choppers.
@@curtisk84 The video seems to have been copied at a slower frame rate than the film was recorded at. However, you can tell they are cruising along at a good clip, even after slowing down the video a bit. They were close to plugging the self propelled at the end.
The operator could have changed the spout baffle.
Cool video! I was born too late, love the old equipment. That chrome stack on the steamer was impressive.
Glad you enjoyed!!
Thanks for this video! I would give you 2 thumbs up if I could! Vibrant color for a very old video.
So glad you enjoyed! The color is great for sure. Going to guess it was Kodachrome.
Used to see a lot of Grove equipment.
Pretty cool. At the start of the vid the gehl blower was blowing out more silage then there was going up lol, gehl said that their blowers didn’t do that.
Thought that was a bit of an odd setup myself. Glad they got smart & offset the hopper.
I wonder if that was an early PTO adaptation. That blower must have been designed originally to be run by belt off the tractor, then later stuck a 90degree gearbox on it for a PTO I would guess anyways
@@curtisk84 The early blowers had a gearbox option to run off of the PTO. There was also a gearbox option to run an unloader on the wagon.
Thanks for sharing this rare footage! I remember well pulling the forage off the wagons with those forks. What memories, the good old days!
@@raymiller9391 Glad you enjoyed!!
When l was small you use to see alot of Papec choppers around
Don't recall seeing any of those around here, but there were a few of the silo fillers. Blizzard was another one.
@@ikonseesmrno7300Papec was out of New York so they were common in the Northeast. Choppers Forage Boxes and Ensilage cutters. I enjoy your videos
I bought a LeBlond lathe in 1984 that came out of the Papec plant, still have the machine
Hey Ikon,,pretty cool old movie video.
Glad you enjoyed!!
Remote greasing changed the industry lol. Thanks for a blast from the past.. not ai generated 🙏🏼♾️
I promise to add nothing artificial.... or intelligent....
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@@ikonseesmrno7300 although I don't believe you. You're a very intelligent person. Many couldn't dream of doing what you are much less have the skills to even do it. 👨🌾🫡💯🙏🏼♾️
The greens, so green.
1:36 to 1:48 Must have been a company man driving the Farmall/chopper, not watching where his spout was on the wagon, a farmer would show more concern about getting the crop into the wagon methinks. ( I would)
There sure are a lot of company men out chopping these days.... 😉
The steam engine looks to be an A.B. Farquhar built in York, PA. We need links to the music please!!
The “She’s to fat for me!” Polka music was awesome !!!
It's a favorite, here!
Can I go BACK THERE PLEASE ??
It sure looked like a good time!
I think more small farms were better
that was back in the 1940s 1950s when U could go 2 the county or state fair and see new tractors and equipment when it was brand new 😊😊 and there isn't very many people left 👈 😮 that U could ask about it they are in there 90s now or older and I myself don't remember see nothing like that when I was a kid U didn't see 😮😮 tractor 🚜 😊 dealers w brand new tractors and equipment at the fairs it sure was be 4 my time ⌚ 😮 and back then when U got a brand new tractor 🚜 😊 the tractor 🚜 😊 dealer would bring it on a truck 🚚 😊 and U had the manuals 4 the tractor 🚜 😊 also and back then most tractor 🚜 😊 dealers and factory s had factory tours were U see where the tractors were made and U could spend a day there 😊😅 enjoying all of the new tractors and equipment also alot of plenty good food 2 eat and drink even good ice cream that was the way it use 2 be 😊😅🎉😂❤😊 OMG 4 29 2O24
what's name of song that starts at 3:00 ? it's a dandy!!
That is The Atomic Blonde Polka by the Val-Taro Musette. The music is actually Italian themed polka music from NYC & would have been popular with the families that immigrated there from the area around Borgo Val di Taro & the surrounding areas in Parma & northern Italy. They have quite a few other good toe tappers & might be worth researching.
Thank you!! I play concertina by new ulm and had never heard that one!!
That’s fantastic. What a great time it was. I wish I would’ve been around then, and a farmer.
I wouldn't have minded using the equipment before it was tired out. 😂
Well...I grew up with 60s and 70s equipment. My brother farms with late model stuff now. To play with the old is good. Using the new is better. Quiet, smooth, no dust, no noise. Less likely to get wrapped in somewhere.
@@allenhollenbach4692 That might be true, but new stuff is butt ugly.
I was a kid back than. It was hard back breaking work. Technology has sure come along way since then.
I really don't know about that whole back breaking work thing, definitely less capacity requiring more time to complete but everyone told me that scything my farm would be worse than using a string trimmer and here I am actually able to keep up with the weeds and now have non blisterd hands when I'm done edit yes my hills are too steep for anything that isn't a horse mower or hand operated