The inventor of the pictured digger was Lloyd Grosshart who farmed and resided along the Marais des Cygnes River a few miles north of Pleasanton, Ks. It was manufactured by J.R. Prewitt and Son's foundry, (later bought out by Belsaw), in Pleasant Hill, MO, my home town.
"J. R. Prewitt in Pleasant Hill, Missouri founded J. R. Prewitt and Son Machine shop in the mid 1920s. They went on to develop the Belsaw planer in 1929, the first of a product line that they would expand and continue to this day as the Hawk Wood Working Tool line. J. R. Prewitt and his wife had 14 children, seven boys and seven girls, all of whom were active in the company. After J. R. Prewitt’s death in 1951, control of the company passed to his youngest son, Ralph, who managed the company for the next 20 years until its sale to Verle L. Rice in 1972."
I was well acquainted with Lloyd's son Frank Grosshart who operated the family farm until his death in 2016. For years Frank would make the trip to Pleasant Hill to stock up on parts for the digger. He sold them from his farm. I'd be surprised if his widow, Mary, didn't have some in a barn somewhere. gm
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