[AT] CUBFEST 2004

Mark Greer greerfam at raex.com
Wed Jun 16 22:01:11 PDT 2004


Is this CUBFEST a yearly event and is it always in the same place? I'd like
to come next year if time permits.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:42 PM
Subject: [AT] CUBFEST 2004


> Below is a copy of the last posting I made to the board at:
> www.farmallcub.com
> ##############################
>
> Wow, CUB FEST 2004 is day after tomorrow... I'm sure I will
> be ready by a week from Tuesday...
> Glub, glub, glub... It just won't quit raining. Its not
> helping me get ready at all. Not too big a problem otherwise
> as we sit on high ground and even with all of the rain the
> ground is still firm enough to drive on most any place. Also
> they are promising no rain locally at all Friday (fingers
> crossed) and only a "chance" of late evening pop up rains
> "late" Saturday. Sunday is also a "Chance". Note that in
> June in Indiana they always forecast a "chance" just to
> cover their rears.
> Most of the little patch of ground I sat aside to putter
> with is also on high ground and with luck we will still be
> able to putter fine on Saturday, maybe even Friday evening.
> Again bring lawn chairs if you can, George is bringing some
> chairs with him if you can't. If you have a folding table of
> some kind that might help with the eating. Don't forget to
> bring CUB stuff to share and implements if you like. Note:
> V-8 CUBs weighing over 10,000 pounds will not be allowed in
> the CUB pull.
> If anyone has a belt pulley on their CUB I have a buzz saw
> sitting here and we may need to cut a little more fire wood
> (not responsible for lost fingers, hands, arms, toes etc.)
> If anyone has a canopy, flea market type tent etc. feel free
> to bring it along and set it up.
> Remember, I am just hosting this but it is your CUB FEST and
> will be what we all make it.
> *
> *
> I received the following question from someone and below it
> is my answer to him. I just thought I would post it here as
> general information.
> *
>
>
>  > We are planning to come to your Cubfest, but don't know
> what to expect. Could you please let us know a little more ,
> as to the number of people you expect and so on. Thanks,
> *
>
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> Sorry to be so slow to respond but I've been very busy.
> The scary part is that I don't really know what to expect...
> This only the second CUB FEST that we as a group have had
> and I can't get a handle on how many are coming. I keep
> saying somewhere between 15 and 5,000. I think of this as
> more of a gathering of friends than a tractor show as such.
> What I mean is we are getting together with a bunch of CUBs
> and hope to do some playing with them and some learning
> about them but I have not made it a point to invite the
> local general public. I have approached it maybe a little
> more like a large family reunion than a carnival along the
> highway. I hope this is making sense. The more CUB lovers
> the better (with or without tractors). I just don't feel
> that trying to attract throngs of locals with no real
> interest but just looking for a diversion would add to this
> particular event.
> At the first one (held in Ohio) they held some unscheduled
> workshops in the shop and a few minor repairs were made.
> Some members brought some great literature to look through.
> I have sat aside about an acre of ground where the guys can
> maybe drop a plow in the ground. Some may bring disk or
> grader blades. We are going to set up and have a "just for
> fun" CUB pull. I have a sort of a sled and a bunch of
> weights. I have a 2 mile walking trail about the farm and
> for this week-end it will also be a CUB route. I have an
> area picked out for CUB items anyone might bring along to
> sell and some guys do a bit of swapping that they have
> arranged ahead of time. Guest are encouraged to bring along
> anything they might have to share with others like
> literature, pictures (CUB's or grandchildren) or maybe some
> unusual attachment they may have found or built.
> At least one meal or maybe more will be a pitch-in dinner.
> Last year things were just sort of decided as we went.
> Sitting around the evening bonfire telling lies is also a
> big part of the fun.
> This is a 100 acre working farm that my parents bought most
> of back in 1951. My 82 year old mother still lives here on
> the farm just a few hundred feet north of my house. There is
> absolutely nothing fancy about the farm. It is a very close
> to town farm with a bunch of tired old buildings all
> operated by one very tired old farmer (me) using mostly
> tired old equipment. Warning! I tend to collect a lot of
> what most normal people call junk. As if I don't drag home
> enough stuff we are badly infested with "pack elves" who
> carry "stuff" in at night. The warning is about the
> abundance of rust present. My shop is in an old barn and
> reflects my cluttering habits. I have work benches that I
> have not seen the tops of in years. The shop does have new
> white aluminum siding. Unfortunately it is still all stacked
> in the old loft and not fastened on the sides of the barn yet.
> We no longer have any livestock on the farm but chickens and
> a few horses belonging to our 31 year old son's girl friend.
> Our son, Scott, does farm with me some but works full time
> away from the farm. He and his 8 year old son live at one
> end of the farm in a smallish white house. My wife, Diana,
> is very tolerant of my hobbies and really enjoys this kind
> of get togethers with my old iron friends. Many wives do
> come to these.
> We are in the early stages of setting up a horse boarding
> operation. Very early. We do hope to have part of it going
> by this fall.
> When you arrive (I think I sent you directions) you will
> find signs telling you which way to enter etc.
> Looking forward to meeting you.
> -- 
>
>
>
> "farmer"
>
> My latest list "No Nonsense Horse" (includes donkeys & mules).
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>
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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