One of the Original Machines in operation today.

Don Barger, Centralia, IL ran the Illinois Machine for many years before his untimely death. He was running the dynamometer at a horsepulling contest in Arcadia, WI in 1973 when he passed.

In 1974, Steve Lance, Watertown, WI, purchased the old Illinois Machine from Don's daughter, Maxine Kline and ran this dynamometer for over 30 years, putting on pulls from Kentucky to North Dakota.

Now named the Lance Machine, it is one of the original machines built from the University in Iowa, that was rebuilt on a 1952 flat head FORD when Barger had it.

It was sold to Steve Johnson, Cambridge, WI after Lance's passing in 2005. And in 2009, Johnson sold the machine to Scott Skinkis, Brillion, WI.

Current Lance Machine

(Currently IS in operation)