Can you ID this farm implement?

[gwfami]

Thanks,

I haven't run across any eversman telescoping levelers, and the patent provided by mxg342 seems to be almost identical to my leveler, but the patent was assigned to Case/IH, so I have contacted the Case/IH archives to see what they can find. In one of the pictures of the side, if you squint just right, you can see something like "International".

eversman land plane images - Google Search

Maybe something similar shown here?

 

[K5lwq]

We had one very similar on the farm. We called it a land plane. Every summer, when the crops were laid by, we would take in 100 acres or so more farm ground. We would cut the timber off, use the dozer to push up stumps, then the fun begin picking up stumps and roots by hand. No grapple in those days!

Then we would use the land plane to level the field. It did a wonderful job when operated correctly.

I got one of my worst whippings from my dad running that thing one year. I made a mistake that I never made again, that is for sure! Funny thing is that is the day I learned how to weld too. It had to hold or another whipping was coming! :laughing:

Thanks for the memory. :shocked:

 

[MossRoad]

IH 30 Telescoping Landleveler

Manual for sale on e-bay right now...
1963 IH 3 TELESCOPING LANDLEVELER OPERATORS MANUAL | eBay

 

[airbiscuit]

This just posted on Minneapolis Craigslist.

 

[MossRoad]

It's an IH 30 telescoping landleveler
1963 maybe
McCormick International
Vintage Photos 1963 Press Photo McCormick International 3 Telescoping Landleveler- Field Test: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

 

[MossRoad]

There's a great picture of it and a description too on that press release.

 

[Avenger]

I remember we borrowed one once on the farm when I was a kid. To level out a small area of the field where water would run off too quickly. I remember it being very similar to this, but over the blade it had a large pendulum that would swing from side to side indicating level. But I was very small, probably 9 or 10 years old.

 

[gwfami]

That's it to a T. Thanks all for your help. Now if I just new how many were actually produced I could get an idea of it's value.

It's an IH 30 telescoping landleveler
1963 maybe
McCormick International
Vintage Photos 1963 Press Photo McCormick International 3 Telescoping Landleveler- Field Test: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah, they don't turn up in google searches very easy, so maybe weren't too common. Hard to find any info on them at all.