[SEL] Castagnos Cane Loader

[Arnie Fero]

Oh JB, that is so neat!  You've gotta be really happy and excited.  I can't wait to
see it restored and running.

See ya,  Arnie

On Sat, August 14, 2010 10:17 pm, jbcast at charter.net wrote:
>
> A friend gave me a Castagnos Cane Loader this week. It's disassembled and needs a
> lot of work, but it's almost complete. All of the framework is there, it has the
> draw works and the grab, the Fairbanks Morse engine is gone, but they are easy to
> find. My grandfather, J.B. Castagnos made the first succesful cane loader, patented
> in 1907. There are interviews with him here in the Louisian Sugar planters magazine.