🎥 Step back in time with our expert tour guide, Jason Miller, at the American Windmill Museum as he demonstrates the fascinating AERMOTOR Tilting Tower — often called the “woman’s windmill”! 💨👩‍🌾 AERMOTOR TILTING TOWER AERMOTOR COMPANY Chicago, Illinois Manufactured from 1892 to 1899 The TILTING TOWER AERMOTOR was built so that oiling and service work could be done at ground level. There was no need or provision to climb the tower. Trade literature boasted that it was "so easy to use that a

Shutting the brake on a 60’ Aermotor Windmill. #greatplains #windmillsofinstagram #Aermotor #windmill #windmills #ranchlife #horses #horsesofinstagram #cattleranch #hobbyfarm #windmillfarm #greatplainswindmills | Great Plains Windmill Service

This is how we tamp and level the anchor holes. Matt is a pro! # #greatplains #windmillsofinstagram #Aermotor #windmill #windmills #ranchlife #horses #horsesofinstagram #cattleranch #hobbyfarm #windmillfarm #greatplainswindmills #waterpump | Great Plains Windmill Service

Years ago, the Aermotor Windmill Company manufactured both 3- and 4-post towers. While 3-post towers are no longer produced, we still occasionally encounter them out in the field. This morning we were called out for an emergency repair at a farm near Joplin after a truck backed into the tower and bent one of the legs. Thankfully, this was a 4-post tower—the added structural stability likely prevented a complete tower failure. Had this been a 3-post design, the impact could have easily put the en

Nothing like a classic Aermotor Windmill in action! # #greatplains #windmillsofinstagram #Aermotor #windmill #windmills #ranchlife #horses #horsesofinstagram #cattleranch #hobbyfarm #windmillfarm #greatplainswindmills #waterpump | Great Plains Windmill Service