Friday, September 28, 2018

Eat Your Heart Out, Farmall!

Nelson RainTrain Traveling Sprinkler 1865


Nelson RainTrain 1865
There's a shelf out in our garage, and on that shelf is a pile of lawn sprinklers, and in that pile is a tractor. Yes, a tractor: bright yellow, with tricycle gear, white lugged wheels and a brass hose connector where the drawbar would be if it weren't just 8" high. Oh, and it looks like it's been crossed with a helicopter: there's a "rotor" sprouting out of the body. But it's not a tractor and it's not a helicopter; it's a lawn sprinkler (I did say it's only eight inches high...).