by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
Late Summer found me in Wildwood, MO (SW of STL), installing a A702 x 47′ tower AND rebuilding a vintage B702 x 47′ for the same customer. Look close at the blades on the 10 ft’r, those are actually new blades painted to look old. The vane is...
by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
After installing a nice 8′ Aermotor (painted white w/ black trim), owner asked me to set a barn vent onto the event barn. Nice calm day was perfect for this! 2019
by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
Working with the village of Buckley, IL, last Summer, I installed this rebuilt A702 at their city park. It mounted onto their existing Elgin 4-post tower. Pic shows windmill with 4′ stub ready to raise. Unfortunately, the old 2″ well was no longer...
by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
With the junker windmill in the tall weeds, behind the barn, and the corn planted right up to it, this windmill began it’s rebuilding journey by flying out of that tight spot! After rebuilding the A702 and adding 10′ to the tower height, it is once again...
by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
Last Summer 2019 found me at a commercial turkey farm near Albemarle, NC installing a nice, vintage 12′ Windmill. The rebuilt windmill, with 40′ Pipe Window Tower made the trip over the mountains with no problem. This was the owners home across the field...
by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
I recently had the pleasure of rebuilding all the mechanical parts of this 10′ Red Cross solid wooden wheel! I installed it onto the existing 10′ x 33′ Aermotor tower (modified). The extension ladder in the photo was only temporary…customer...
by Paul Behrends | Jan 6, 2020 | Windmill Service
The other day Larry Stephen of Martinsville, IL picked up his newly rebuilt A702 Aermotor. Check out the truck he was driving!…a very cool, rebuilt 1950 L600 Ford flatbed truck!!! He painstakingly married the old body to an ’89 school bus chassis. It...
by Paul Behrends | Dec 27, 2018 | Windmill Service
Hey if you’re ever in the Sycamore, IL area, check out Kuiper’s Family Farm (Maple Park, IL). We recently installed a BIG 14′ x 47′ Aermotor E702 Windmill there. The farm has all sorts of fun family activities …and there are three...
by Paul Behrends | Dec 25, 2018 | Windmill Service
Tom’s Market of Huntley, IL recently suffered the loss of their vintage Challenge 27 Windmill on 72′ (Monitor) tower. The destruction was due to a sudden microburst storm. Pau’s Windmill & Crane was asked to install a replacement windmill of...
by Paul Behrends | Sep 7, 2018 | Windmill Service
Long drive up to Sutton’s Bay, MI on the north shore of Lake Michigan but at least it was a beautiful drive! Old head was destroyed by bad storm (tall fir trees nearby probably contributed to the wild wind). Gin pole job. Job went smooth but little did I know...
