by Paul Behrends | Dec 26, 2021 | Windmill Service
Last summer we installed this D702 pumping Aermotor with this 2500gal. water tower. It provides water for Long-horn cattle. The 2500gal poly tank is wrapped with a wooden (cedar) sleeve for ascetics only. The 3″ closed top cylinder is at 63′. The tower...
by Paul Behrends | Feb 8, 2021 | Windmill Service
I recently repaired this 8×60 3-post pumping Aermotor. Windmill pumps for household use. Feb 3, 2021.
by Paul Behrends | Feb 8, 2021 | Windmill Service
I recently rebuilt this 1930’s 8′ “New Elgin” model R near Union, IL. The pump used was Hitzer 50ASP with 2-1/2″ cylinder. It will be used for watering cattle in the near future. Had to use my Gin pole to raise the mill due to...
by Paul Behrends | Feb 8, 2021 | Windmill Service
Storm ravaged B702 replaced with newly rebuilt B702 in coastal south GA. The 10′ mill shown here with 7′ stub (top section of 60′ twr.). Even the good old galvanized Aermotor bolts were seized tight due to the salt air. December 3, 2020.
by Paul Behrends | Feb 8, 2021 | Windmill Service
December 1, 2020 I travelled to Monroe GA to install this pumping A702 x 33 Aermotor. Water is for a matched pulling mule team.
by Paul Behrends | Feb 7, 2021 | Windmill Service
This Koenders Aeration windmill pumps air into drilled well which produces pumped water into nearby pond. The windmill needed repairs as it was not producing air. I originally installed this new Koenders Aeration windmill in June 2018. The owner custom made the...
by Paul Behrends | Feb 7, 2021 | Windmill Service
I recently replaced a model A602 Aermotor that was in very rough shape with a newly rebuilt A702 near Burnettsville, IN. Old windmill mast pipe had not been installed properly by others which caused the old mill to destroy itself prematurely. Note the old style...
by Paul Behrends | Feb 7, 2021 | Windmill Service
I rebuilt this windmill over 20 years ago and it has been run hard ever since! Today, with new farm owners, I rebuilt and re-installed it at Cayuga, IN. The next week I installed an Aerator so it could aerate a algae covered pond. Sept. 2020.
by Paul Behrends | Nov 22, 2020 | Windmill Service
This rebuilt, vintage 12 ft’r was put right to work filling a pond for irrigation use. Sandy soil out there not unlike our soil here near the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. Got to have good tires in the windmill business these days. This job was 930 miles from...
by Paul Behrends | Nov 22, 2020 | Windmill Service
This is a 10′ Woodmanse model G on 55′ Ideal tower near Leroy, IL. The old motor was beyond shot as well as the pullout mechanism. The wheel was missing as well. I converted it over to an 8′ Aermotor with 4′ stub tower. The tower was 3″...
