by Paul Behrends | Sep 25, 2013 | Windmill Service
December 2012, We rebuilt this 14′ E702 Aermotor atop this neat 75′ tank tower. This Spring 2013, we tackled rebuilding the tank. The barrell was still in amazingly good shape, but everything else was very bad shape. We tore off old rotten roof top,...
by Paul Behrends | Sep 25, 2013 | Windmill Service
The old head was a 1916 Aermotor early model A602. When I arrived it was hanging upside down only by the extremely worn pump rod. The mast pipe had snapped so it was literally hanging by a thread. Replacement mill is a beautiful Aermotor A702. Looks great on this...
by Paul Behrends | Jun 3, 2013 | Windmill Service
Hey paul, just a quick note to say I was out at the ranch this past weekend and finally had a chance to pop the windmill’s brake for the first time—and it was just amazing watching the whole thing swing into gear—seamless and smooth and totally hypnotic. I kept...
by Paul Behrends | May 28, 2013 | Windmill Service
Last weekend’s work found us in beautiful JoDavies County, IL where we installed four rebuilt windmills in Mt Carroll, Galena, Apple River, and Elizabeth,IL. Here are a couple pics of the job at Elizabeth…an 8′ Woodmanse “Oil Bath”...
by Paul Behrends | May 15, 2013 | Windmill Service
Tail vane logos; Lots of people like their Aermotor windmill to carry the original factory logo as it looked in the 1920’s or 30’s. Others want their family or farm name on the tail. I can create and apply any custom design. Instead of paint, I use an...
by Paul Behrends | May 14, 2013 | Windmill Service
Is that a windmill in a house!?
