Advance Rumely Universal

It will be clear to see that there are many engine numbers omitted.

Advance rumely universal. It is coal fired tracor pulling an eight bottom plow. This story is about a 1919 advance rumely universal 16 hp steam traction engine that i became involved with in the mid 1970s. Plowing demo at will county threshermen show. Advance rumely was purchased by allis chalmers manufacturing company in 1931 and the companys main works would become what was later known as the la porte plant.

1919 advance rumely 20 hp universal engine this steam engine tractor a variation on advance rumelys line which they called a universal engine was made in la porte indiana. These engines were built with a given horsepower with different cylinder sizes as this list will show. The advance rumely company of la porte indiana was organized in 1915 as a producer of many types of agricultural machinery most notably threshing machines and large tractors. The advance rumely company of la porte indiana usa was organized in 1915 as a producer of many types of agricultural machinery most notably threshing machines and large tractors.

Mar 16 2020 1 i have drug my feet all winter and not worked on this engine at all. I ran it on the sawmill for him. Finally got motivated and tore into it and am now ready to pour babbitt on saturday. The following is a complete list of advance rumely universal steam engines built giving engine number cylinder size horsepower rating and year manufactured.

Tractor is a 1920 advance rumely universal 25 90. The advance rumely company of la porte indiana was an american pioneering producer of many types of agricultural machinery most notably threshing machines and large tractorsadvance rumely was purchased by allis chalmers manufacturing company in 1931 and the companys main works would become what was later known as the la porte plant. Thanks to various mergers and acquisitions the. It was pulling an eight bottom plow when one of the blades hit a rock and.

Start date mar 16 2020. I had the pleasure of helping run an advance rumely 20 or 25 horse not sure of the cylinder size and stroke engine on the sawmill at old threshers in mt. It all started when lehart fredrich took his 50 hp case steam engine to the rice lake wis antique show. Advance rumely was purchased by allis chalmers manufacturing company in 1931 and the companys main works would become what was later known as the la porte plant.

Advance rumely universal crankshaft. As with the other steam engine tractors in stuhr museums exhibit this advance rumely was probably used to power a threshing machine and may also have been used to pull gang plows. I ran the injector and steam pump while thomas the engines owner shoveled coal.