[AT] in cab refrigerators?

[Gene Dotson]

    John;

    I have lost track of all my earlier pictures. If they are still around, 
my son in Michigan will have them. He got all the family photos when their 
mother died. I will look through the few I have and see if I have any, but 
not likely.

    As for the custom built tractors, one had a 325 HP Cummins and the other 
had a 350 HP Detroit engine. Used transmissions from semi trucks and used 
Rockwell 5 ton military axles. Don't recall if it was articulated or had 
front and rear crab steering like 4wd Case tractors. Recognized the axles as 
I had assembled a lot of them working at rockwell. Wish I could remember 
where they were used, it was either Montana or North Dakota.

    The double articulated Steiger was an interesting tractor. I was able to 
visit with the factory man for a while and sat in the cab and actually 
started the engines. Wouldn't let me drive it though.

    Many big tractors there from the big valley farming operations in 
California, including early creations from Holt and Best. Very impressive 
tracked vehicles. Also very large wheeled tractors up to over 100 HP from 
the teen years.

    A few other exhibits was a 40 horse hitch, Borax 20 mule team and 
Budweiser Clydesdales. Also field demos of corn shelling and picking, 
soybean combining and sugar beet lifting. Also all means of soil tillage.

    Sure would be nice to go back to this show now. My purpose on this trip 
was as a chaperone for my son's FFA bus tour.

    Tried a Google search for Farmfest 76, but only got hits for Schells 
Farmfest 76 beer.

                    Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john hall" <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] in cab refrigerators?


> Gene, if you don't mind, I would like to pass this on to the folks at
> Heritage Iron magazine. For those not familiar with it, that magazine 
> deals
> with 100+hp tractors. They've had a few articles on the various Big Buds. 
> I
> think they also had an article on the real big Versatile that never went
> into production as well as a tractor Kinze made. You don't have any 
> pictures
> of these do you?
>
> John Hall
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] in cab refrigerators?
>
>
>>    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
>>
>>
>>
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