[AJD] Our 115 mile Tractor Ride is done!

[John Boehm]

A John Deere of course--my 420W. The seat was comfy
and it has a backrest, too. And since it is a tractor
that I use regularly as a work tractor in the orchard,
I figured it would run for two days with no problems.
However, it did run roughly intermittently on the
first day. Friday morning, I went in to the local auto
supply store, bought a set of points and condenser,
and it ran fine the rest of the ride.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com


--- Karl Olmstead <olmstead at ridgenet.net> wrote:
> What tractor did you drive, John?  Hopefully
> something with a comfortable 
> seat!
> 
> -Karl
> ------------------
> 
> > 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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