[AT] Our 115 mile Tractor Ride is done!

[H. L. Staples]

Neat story John---Thanks for sharing it with us. 

H. L. 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: John Boehm
Date: 04/24/05 21:36:42
To: Antique John Deere; Antique Tractors
Subject: [AT] Our 115 mile Tractor Ride is done!
 
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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