[AJD] Our 115 mile Tractor Ride is done!

[greg at theoldtractorcompany.com]

Quite a trip, glad it went okay
Greg


Greg Stephen
The Old Tractor Company
Stephen Equipment Company
PO Box 709
Franktown, CO 80116
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On Sun Apr 24 21:00 , John Boehm <rustyacres at yahoo.com> sent:

>Our local club completed a 115 mile, two day tractor
>ride on Thursday and Friday. We dubbed it the "Red
>Bluff Endurance Run" as the route was from the towns
>of Yolo to Red Bluff in the northern Sacramento
>Valley. We've done one day, 20 mile tractor rides in
>the past, but lots of people around here thought we
>were crazy to attempt 60 miles per day, back to back.
>We weren't so sure ourselves but decided to give it a
>try, even if only this one time. 79 year old Floyd
>Percival had the idea, pushed us to make it a reality,
>and he drove every mile of it.
>
>Well, we made history, as this was the first multi-day
>long distance ride attempted in California. Five
>tractors started, and all of them completed the run
>with only minor mechanical problems. Six other
>tractors joined us along the route, with five of them
>finishing with the initial five. We had a great
>support crew who went along and made it all possible. 
>
>We even had a newspaper reporter and photographer
>accompany us the first morning. They printed a feature
>story on our run on Friday. I've copied their story to
>a link  on my web site, as their web site has an
>onerous signup screen. You can see us in our glory at
>http://vintagetractors.com/RBER.htm
>
>John Boehm
>Woodland, CA
>Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com
>
>
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