Technical Interesting Oversized oil bath air cleaner, what did I find?

When off doing many of my field and farm searches I came across a late 20s early 30s REO truck with this m***ive (what appears to be) oil bath air cleaner setup. Sadly these are the only angle/photos that I got and I am unable to read any sort of name from it. It’s about 3hours away otherwise I would go back. I’m guessing that these are after market??? And used in very dusty field environments... any thoughts on brand, make or year? Looks like it says “*****MAX (or) MAY MFG. CORP.” ?




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Now THAT'S an air cleaner!

 

Looks like it should say Hoover on the side.

 

I'd say you hit it real close as an aftermarket unit designed to be used in the fields. I've got a big dry filter box with hose and top that fits a 4 barrel that was used on trucks out in the fields under similar conditions out in the shed. I always figure it may have been used up in the Basin after Mt St Helens blew. I picked it up at an auction around 1990. It's huge or it would be great on an off road 4x4.

 

If I can figure out the vintage I think it would look mean as hell on a prewar **. Dirt track** racer or Indy build [emoji41][emoji482].


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