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Robert W Greif
Posted 1/27/2011 08:08 (#1575556)
Subject: Today's Factory - Kinze



Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463		Today's factory on the Bobby Tour is one that probably been seen by more mid westerners' than any other, at least noticed
Kinze Manufactering near Williamsburg, Iowa. About everyone who drives by exit 216 of I-80 sees the grain cart up on the sign. And in the last few years the big planter up in the air, also the stack of grain carts.

In the first picture the blue arrow points to the Kinze factory along I-80, exit 216. The red arrow to the right is at the outlet mall the next exit east, exit 220.

The second picture is a closeup. The blue arrow is the new entrance and office building.
The smaller green arrow is the big planter up in the air.
And the red arrow is the stack of grain carts. Well you can't see much of the grain carts, but you can see their shadow.

The southwest corner [lower left for you non map reading folks] of the factory is the first part of the Kinze factory at this along I-80 site. It later was the main entrance and office area. Also in the oldest factory area was a display on the Kinze company. How it was started, things they build, how products are built, etc:
Several very nice models of planters and grain carts in there. And it was open to the public, I have been there several times.
With the move to the new office building, this old display area is now closed, at least to non-groups.
I hope this area will reopen to the public someday.
It was a good way to spend a hour or two.

Pictures 3 & 4 are non Google, but one I took. A closeup of the cart on the sign. The cart is not put up there with a crane, but the mounting is lowered down the side of the sign. The cart is mounted to the steel beam and run back up.
Someplace at the Kinze website it says that there has been at least eleven different carts up there.

Next to last picture: Jon Kinzenbaw started at a welding shop in Ladora Iowa, a few miles northwest of the present location.
Last summer after leaving my dentist in Newton, I would drive two-lane to Amama and have a nice dinner. And I drove thru Ladora.
So one time I decided to find out just where is old welding shop is. Figuring somebody there would know, I stopped at the elevator in Ladora. Nobody knew for sure, the first person I asked didn't even know who Jon Kinzenbaw was. But some of the people there seemed to think it was the building on the other side of the road.
It does look like a building a young man would use to start a welding business back about 1965.

Added later: Some of you folks may not know about the planter in the air or the grain cart stack. So here is a picture taken from the parking lot up by the grain cart on the sign.

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kinzeman
Posted 1/27/2011 08:23 (#1575575 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: RE: Today's Factory - Kinze



West Union IA

     We went on the tour about 6or 7years it wae awesome. They were working on putting two 2388 combines together. Does anyone know what happened to the project?         

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w'burg
Posted 1/27/2011 09:28 (#1575669 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: Re: Today's Factory - Kinze


Marengo, Ia.		Hey, I see my house!
That is John's first shop in Ladora. His brother farms 4mi. south of Ladora.
I farm 4mi. east of Ladora(1.5mi W. of Marengo) on hwy. 6
You can see John"s house and shed just north of the Tanger Mall (just above the red arrow on the first pic.)
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Sledge
Posted 1/27/2011 09:40 (#1575691 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: All of these pictures make me wanna go somewhere.


Extreme SW Minnesota Iowa border		I actually get a kick out of your tours Bobby. Makes me wanna get in the truck and go see something.
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koskid
Posted 1/27/2011 09:54 (#1575715 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: RE: Jon's frist shop.


Marengo, Iowa		Jon's frist shop was a wood shed behind the white building you have pictured. He then built the tan yellow steel building, you see to the left of the white building,, before moving the operation to the present location. The year, 1968, I returned from the Army, to farm with my father, and Jon had just started a repair business. We had a rear axle bearing go out on our MD out in a field, and Jon came out to the field, pulled the PTO out and fixed it in the field. I think, that was about the time he started to put the Detroits in the JD. The steel building, was build about the time he designed the hydrawide [DMI] plow and the rearfold planter.
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tless68
Posted 1/27/2011 09:59 (#1575728 - in reply to #1575575)
Subject: RE: Today's Factory - Kinze


the running joke is, Jon plans to finish the combine project by the Fall...he just hasn't decided which Fall that is...
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tless68
Posted 1/27/2011 10:02 (#1575732 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: Museum and store


there's a sign up you see if you go on a tour there. They're expanding the product center building and they will be moving the store and museum down to that area later this year, at which time it will re-open to the public.
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Robert W Greif
Posted 1/27/2011 10:03 (#1575735 - in reply to #1575715)
Subject: RE: Jon's first shop.



Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463		Thanks to w'burg and koskid for answering my question about the first shop.

Is the tan building you talked about the one with the Allis-Chalmers tractors around?

Did there used to be a Allis-Chalmers dealer in Ladora?

Another pic of the first shop.

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Robert W Greif
Posted 1/27/2011 10:07 (#1575747 - in reply to #1575732)
Subject: RE: Museum and store



Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463		Good!! Very good to hear!

A few pics from the old museum.

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koskid
Posted 1/27/2011 10:22 (#1575760 - in reply to #1575735)
Subject: RE: Jon's first shop.


Marengo, Iowa		Yes, the tan building has some A-C's around it. I don't ever remember a Allis dealer in Ladora. There was one in Marengo. I think there was a Case dealer [John Gurhen] for a short time in the 50's, located in Ladora.
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w'burg
Posted 1/27/2011 10:25 (#1575765 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: Re: Today's Factory - Kinze


Marengo, Ia.		I don't know if there was a A.C. dealer in Ladora, but there was one in Marengo. That's a private guy in Ladora that sells some A.C. stuff.
Thanks for the tours Mr. Greif, I'm glad I could contribute!
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supercub
Posted 1/27/2011 10:54 (#1575805 - in reply to #1575765)
Subject: Re: Today's Factory - Kinze


SC Montana where General Custer should've stopped		Thanks for the wonderful pics and post I enjoyed reading it, we have a 840 cart, good stuff.
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Robert W Greif
Posted 1/27/2011 11:09 (#1575828 - in reply to #1575765)
Subject: Planter in the Air



Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463		I was at the Kinzenbaw farm auction labor day weekend of 2008.

And with me was a fellow from south of Des Moines who has never been anyplace. East of Des Moines on I-80 was all new to him.

At least a couple years before the sale I had been out around that planter and tractor. Looked them over real good and took a bunch of pictures. pictures that are in a puter that I can't get to wake up.
Anyway I was pretty sure that planter deal was built like a battleship. = Very strong!!

Jimmy and myself were under the planter looking it over. But I could tell Jimmy was not feeling too safe.
Then the planter started to do it's 90 degree deal.

I think he was sure it would come crashing down on us.

Wish I had a closeup of that 24x30" and 47x15" Twinline to post.

But I will post the only Kinze equipment I have, a old 400 cart.
The Wetmore to the left is the one that did the number on my hand.

And I sure would like to get a 3650 16-31 bulk fill. But I only have 74 acres of beans.



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WWT1370
Posted 1/27/2011 11:16 (#1575837 - in reply to #1575828)
Subject: RE: Planter in the Air


Robert, how do you like the 400 grain cart? I have been looking around for a 4-500 bushel cart, i saw a kinze 440 in the paper, but couldnt find any online anywhere. Did they make a 440? thanks
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jpmill79
Posted 1/27/2011 11:42 (#1575863 - in reply to #1575837)
Subject: RE: Planter in the Air



Northwest Illinois		They made a 450 with a conveyor instead of an auger.
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Robert W Greif
Posted 1/27/2011 12:06 (#1575886 - in reply to #1575837)
Subject: Kinze 400 Grain Cart



Dallas Center IA 515-720-2463		My Kinze 400 cart, I am very happy with the old thing.

The Wetmore/UFT 400 cart that I have was purchased new in 1981. I think my Kinze ia about the same age.

Night and day difference between the two, in favor of the Kinze.

There is a Kinze 440 cart. Later version of the 400.
The model 450 has the hydraulic motor powered side unload.

My Kinze has 17" add on sideboards. On there when I got it in 07.
One not quite full cart load into my big wagon - To the Coop and the scale said 576 bu.



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Dan_wcIN
Posted 1/27/2011 14:13 (#1576048 - in reply to #1575828)
Subject: Re: Today's Factory - Kinze



It made a Crop		Robert, you might be able to get those pictures from that puter that will not wakeup. The harddrive might just to be put into a working puter as a slave drive and transfer them picure. I'm sorry Dallas County Iowa is so far from Boone County, Indiana. and it'd only cost a cup of coffee or two.
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Jon S
Posted 1/27/2011 14:31 (#1576067 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: RE: Today's Factory - Kinze



Are those grain bins that I see at the factory?


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w'burg
Posted 1/27/2011 15:12 (#1576113 - in reply to #1576067)
Subject: RE: Today's Factory - Kinze


Marengo, Ia.		Yes.
There is quite a grain setup there from when he used to farm all of his ground. He only farms around the factory and his house.
I actually have some corn there now. It's leased to the local elevator and whoever else John deems fit.
All Kinze made overhead loadout, can load my semi in 2 min. without moving. All hyd. gate controls. Impressive!
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dvswia
Posted 1/27/2011 16:45 (#1576228 - in reply to #1576113)
Subject: RE: Today's Factory - Kinze


sw corner ia.		make sure you dump your air bags first.. they might explode or something.
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collegeboy
Posted 1/27/2011 20:19 (#1576564 - in reply to #1575556)
Subject: more pics



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