[AT] Club tractor drives

[Best, George]

150-200 tractors!!!

And I was thinking maybe a dozen at the most ;-)

Tell us more about how you organize such a large group.

Do you inform local law enforcement of your tractor drive?  I've been told by the CA people you're better off not telling them ahead of time.  But then even the CA groups are much smaller than the size you listed.

Do you stay on the backroads and try to avoid roads with much traffic?

Do you have your members keep a certain spacing between tractors so vehicles can pass easier?

I've been told on the longer CA tours they even have a tractor pulling a porta potty on a trailer.

Do you have a minimum speed requirement for tractors?



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Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Club tractor drives

We have a couple of drives each year. They usually are around 45-50 miles 
long.
Start at 8 in morning and have a stop every 1-1/12 hour. We go through every 
town we can and stop for some type of break.
The morning break is just cookies and drinks done by a local club or 
organization.
Lunch is usually 1 hour long and done by the FFA. Usually a sack lunch and 
time to just talk and look at the tractors.
A afternoon break is usually home made ice cream and cookies.
Then back home for a dinner and prizes. Usually between 5 -5:30. We donate 
money to several different kid organizations.
Really is a lot of fun and get 150 - 200 tractors to go. All have to be at 
least 30 years old
Can be pulled off but need to keep everyone on schedule.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Best, George" <George_Best at adp.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:39 AM
Subject: [AT] Club tractor drives


> Just curious of any of you belong to clubs that do tractor drives.
>
> I know some of the California clubs do drives including multiple day 100+ 
> mile trips.
>
> I'd kind of like to try doing one for the club I belong to.  I live out in 
> the country and have laid out a 15 mile loop that is pretty much back 
> roads through farmland and with a county park 9 miles into the trip.  Idea 
> is we'd stop at the park and have lunch and of course people at the park 
> would probably stop by to look at the tractors and talk.
>
> Just curious if you've done one of these trips and what suggestions you 
> may have on what we should do and what not to do.
>
> George
>
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