Advance-Rumely Thresher II- Olsen Pioneer Park, Kalispell, MT
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N 48° 18.641 W 114° 14.060
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This Advance-Rumely Thresher is one of many pieces of old agricultural equipment on display at this park. Each fall they hold a party for old farmers and old farm equipment enthusiasts.
Waymark Code: WMKZRV
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2014
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Get to Olsen Pioneer Park by heading east from Highway 2 on Pioneer Road at the north end of the Kalispell Airport for about a mile, then south on Helena Flats Road, at which time you'll see the park on your right.
This is one of two Advance-Rumelys at the park and one of three threshing machines. I don't think this would be one of the threshers used in the threshing bee each fall as one of the elevators is missing all of its wood casing. Any thresher with the Advance-Rumely Company name would have been manufactured after 1915, as that was the year the name came into being, though both the Rumely Company and Advance Thresher had been extant for many decades prior. This particular model is a big one, with at least a 36" cylinder and threshing body.
Each year in early September the Northwest Montana Antique Power Association holds an Annual Threshing Bee.
This event features steam threshing, steam plowing, antique tractors and engines, daily Parade of Power, shingle making, miniature steam train rides, running sawmill, music and entertainment. Lunch available and handicap transportation on grounds. Pets allowed in camping area only.
From Visit Montana
