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wager will be one of many showing Farmalls at this year's Threshing Bee
Chase Wagner, rural Mankato, will
be one 6~ many to have an antique
Farmall I~actor on display this year at
the Jewell:County Threshing Bee and
Antique i~dln Machinery Show, eom-
:ing up this weekend in Mankato. Chase
will be bringing "his baby," as he calls
it, a 1942 Farmall H.
"This one~ is the fn'st one Dad and I
rebuilt. We restored it in 2008. I call it
my baby tiecause it is all finished and
shiny," said Chase. Once the 1942
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Farmall H was finished, Chase's dad,
Leon Wagner, told him if he ever
decided to get rid of it, he wanted it. It
has a permanent home with the
Wagners.
Marvin Wagner, Chase's grandfa-
ther, purchased the tractor at the farm
sale of Aaron Murray' s back in the mid
1980s. He replaced a wheel bearing
and used it once and then it sat until
Marvin gave it to Chase when he was
seven years old. At the age of 12,
There are so
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Chase started rebuilding the tractor, takes every bolt out that is on the trac-
You could say Chase has a self torandthentakestheenginetoPeroutek
taught knowledge of the workings of a Machine in Smith Center, and he does
tractor. Everything he knows he read the machine work.
in a booL looked up on the interact, "On this tractor, every bearing is
learned from watching his Dad and new. I shouldn't wear it out. I have
Granddad, or from hands on. used it in four or five tractor pulls, a
"The old tractors are fun to work coupleofplowdaysandtherestofthe
on. I' ve always wanted to know how it time it gets its workout around here
worked, why it worked, and then I pulling wagons," said Chase.
wanted to tear it apart and make it run Recently Chase changed the mani-
again," said Chase. fold and carburator to free up some
About eight years ago, about the horsepower. It is now like a Super H
time Chase started tearing into the old but it is still stock.
tractors, anything older than a 1960, 'q'his tractor can go from 24 horse-
hisdadwouldpointtothings andChase power to 70 horsepower with modifi-
knew what they were and how they cations. Now with my modifications I
worked, recently completed, June 29 to be ex-
"My favorite thing is to adjust or ' act, I'm hoping it should be 30 to 35
work on the tractors. My most favorite horsepower. We'll fred out in Septem-
thing to do is rewire them," sald Chase. Imr at the Smith Center Tractor Pull
For the 1942 Farmall H, Chase when I put it on the dynometer," said
thinks his he and his dad gave it a Chase.
fourth overhaul, basing that knowl- Chase doesn't just work on and
edge on the amount the crank has been own Farmalls. At the time of this inter-
ground. Chase tears the engines down, view Chase owned nine tractors, John
• Deere, Ford, Case, Allis Chalmers
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Saturday and Sunday, July 16 and 17
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Chase Wagner is pictured with his restored 1942 Farmall H.
Minneapolis Moiine as well astractordriveinElwoodanditranreally
Farmalls. He wants to sell four of the good," said Chase.
Farrnalls, two need repair and one needs Between going to college and being
minor repair, a member of the shooting team and E-
In September 2015 Chase bought a sports, which is a rocket leaguetourna-
Farmall 40H from a gentleman in ment, Chase works for his dad on the
Luray, along with three others. He sold farm on the weekends, holiday time
one of them and has two in need of and summers, and also finds time to
work -- a Farmall H and a Farmall work on tractors for friends. Now he is
• Super C. working on a 8N Ford that is going to
"The Farmalls are the cheaper trac-
tors to work on. The parts are cheaper Ellsworth when he gets it done, where
and more available. I decided to work he traded for a WD 45 Allis.
on the Farmall 40H because it was in "What I really want is to someday
the best shape and easiest to get run- have one of every tractorthat my great-
Insurance, Nick Mizner ning. I did an in-frame overhaul, con- granddad, Wayne Havis, owned. I
nected to a12 volt system and put new ended up having his birth mark on the
Esbon, Karl.
785-282-0799 , seals in the transmission. I took it to a back of my foot. There isn't any way of
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tracing where the ongmal tractors he
had went, but the next best thing would
be to have the same ones he owned.
That would be great. He was a John
Deere man and had a 1951 John Deere
A, I have one. I bought it from Jr.
VanderGiesen when I was a junior in
high school and I still need to finish the
work on it. I rebuilt most of it as a shop
project in high school," said Chase.
He also had a early style John Deere
B, a John Deere 60, John Deere 730
Diesel and a John Deere 630 which
Chase's dad has.
Chase is a 2014 graduate of Rock
Hills High School and this fall will be
a second semester junior in ag business
at FHSU. He has been on the dean's
honor roll throughout college.
"I almost went to K-State to take
engineering, possibly mechanical or
field engineering, but I don't want to
work in an office. I like to build and
fabricate stuff. Ag business is more my
line. My goal is to come back and farm
with Dad and my Granddad Marvin,
and in my spare time continue to work
on the old antique tractors," said Chase.
Third annual 'Plow
, Day' scheduled for
tomorrow (Friday)
According to Calvin Bohnert, the
third annual Jewell County Plow Day
is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday).
The plowing will take place on some of
the Joe Eilert land, located four miles
west, two miles south, and a half-mile
east, from Jewell. Once again, Calvin
will have his giant American flag fly-
ing So the field will not be hard to find.,
An opemtors~ meeting will:be'held ~ ~
at 9:30 aJn. with plowing to begin at 10
a.m. A loader will be available. All day
plowing is anticipated. A lunch will be
provided.
There are some guidelines to par-
ticipate in the plow day. Equipment
1970 or older is preferred. Scoured
plow shares are requested. Appropri-
ate flags are welcome. Plows can be
available upon request. If a plow is
needed, contact Calvin Bohnert, Jewell.
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