[AT] Club tractor drives

[GWaugh]

This is a link to a very popular, very highly organized tractor drive that 
has been held annually for a number of years here in northern Illinois.

http://www.heritagetractoradventure.com/drivers.htm

Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA

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From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 6:49 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Club tractor drives

>    George;
>
>    The 2008 Portland show featured Allis Chalmers tractors. The Ohio,
> Michigan and Indiana Allis clubs all met in Michigan and drove to the
> Tri-State show. It was a trip of about 200 miles and took 3 days to
> accompish. About 175 tractors participated. People actually hauled their
> tractors from their local areas to join the drive at the beginning and 
> many
> more joined the drive as they came through their areas. They overnighted 
> in
> Bryant, Indiana and paraded in at Portland the next day. It took more than 
> 2
> hours for all of the tractors to enter the grounds. Everyone on the drive
> had a great time. The only complaint I heard from any of them was for a
> softer seat before they did it again.
>
>    3 local couples made the drive from the beginning and live only 60 
> miles
> from Portland. The men drove the tractors and the wives drove the trucks
> with the trailers and campers..
>
>    They did alert the local officials along the route before they started
> and had complete cooperation from all of them.
>
>    My memory prevents recall of the exact numbers and the total miles and
> maybe someone has the exact figures.
>
>                            Gene
>
>
> ----- 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 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Club tractor drives
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> I agree with the "just do it" approach, especially if you've got a dozen
>> or less tractors involved.  I live in a farmland area and tractors or 
>> farm
>> equipment are a common sight on the back roads.
>>
>> I do think if you've got 150-200 tractors that it is a much larger event
>> and needs more organization and coordination with the communities you 
>> will
>> be traveling through.
>>
>> John.... when I get my Empire tractor setup for tractor tours you can be
>> sure I'll haul it down to CA to go on some of your tours.  They sound 
>> like
>> a lot of fun.
>>
>> I mostly started this thread just to see if I could get some discussion
>> going and find out if many clubs do tractor tours and what their
>> experiences are.  I was surprised to hear that someone has one with up to
>> 200 tractors.
>>
>> In seeing the response that mentioned people watching the tractors go by
>> reminded me of my first engine/tractor trip to Europe to attend the HMT
>> show in Holland.  This is the biggest show over there and has many
>> hundreds if not close to a thousand tractors in attendance.  Everyone
>> stays until closing time on the last day of the show and then everyone
>> leaves the showgrounds at the same time.  A majority of the tractors
>> displayed are actually driven to the show, so when this large mass of
>> tractors leaves the showgrounds, people will line the roads for miles
>> around to watch the tractors go by.
>>
>> Friends of mine used to take a tractor to this show each year and it was 
>> a
>> two day tractor drive to get to the show.  They would pull a camper
>> trailer behind the tractor and spend the night somewhere along the road
>> each way.
>>
>> George
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John B
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:15 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Club tractor drives
>>
>> George- Just quit worrying about it and do it! You've done your homework,
>> you know what is involved, and it sounds like your first attempt will not
>> be overly ambitious. By the way, you are still welcome to join us on 
>> April
>> 25 and 26 for our two day 120 mile Colusa Endurance Run!
>>
>> John Boehm
>> Woodland, CA
>> Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com
>>
>>
>>
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