[AT] in cab refrigerators?

[cchopper]

Was 1976 the year of the great rain at Farmfest?

Ernie
IN GOD WE TRUST
 

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    I 1976, I attended Farmfest '76 in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. This was 
during the sesquicentennial for the nation and this was the major show for 
agriculture. On didplay there were two custom built tractors, shop built for

a large farm somewhere in the northern plains. One tractor was powered by a 
Cummins engine and the othe was Detroit powered. Both of these tractors had 
very large cabs and included a refrigerator, stove and a bunkbed. The owner 
said the tractor was sent out on Monday morning with two drivers and 
provisions for the whole week. The crew worked straight through till Friday 
night and only stopped for fuel and more provisions. One slept in the 
tractor while the other drive was on duty. Imagine the ares they would cover

in this time.

    Also on display was the Bug Bud tractors and a double articulated 
Steiger with two engines and 6 wheel drive. This was a prototype and didn't 
demonstrate it, for fear it would break down in front of all the spectators.

Nothing came of this project. Wonder if it still exists? Maybe needed a 
multi-engine rating to operate it?

                    Gene