[AT] Florida Flywheelers

[Phil Auten]

I forgot to mention that that double 450 all wheel drive operates like a 
skid steer. I wonder what one could do
with a skid steer with over 100 horsepower.......

Phil

At 04:45 PM 03/01/2004, you wrote:
>Cecil,
>We did get a few pictures although I don't know how to put them on the 
>list. There was one guy that joined early Farmalls
>to togather in side by side fashion. He had 3 F-20's (I believe they were 
>F-20's) together and a couple of  pair of F-14 or F-20
>They had only one front end though. He also had a pair of  450's (I think) 
>paired up with about 30 inch wide turf tires all around. There were 
>several permanent bathrooms with shower stalls. The early campers had 
>hook-ups, but we didn't even have electricity. I am sure that an earlier 
>attendance would have helped as most people seem to have electric and many 
>with water. There were several vendors for food as well as the club's own 
>large dining hall. The lines were quite long from 11:15 to about 1:30 so I 
>am sure all the vendors did well except for the ice cream guys (it was 43 
>degree Friday morning and only got to
>about 50 degrees). We all wore jackets as the wind was blowing too. On Sat 
>it started the same way, but the clouds finally
>opened up and let  the sun through and it quickly got to 68/69 degrees and 
>was  very comfortable without the coats.
>We did not find any bargains as most of the parts seemed to be in poorer 
>condition than what we see around home. We assumed
>this was due to equipment being used year around rather than 6 or 7 months 
>for much of the equipment used around here.
>At Portland we will have to get a caravan organized for next year. It will 
>be worth the effort to make the trip.
>
>Larry Dotson