[AT] Portland

Sun Sep 6 19:13:35 PDT 2015

Herb ,   You got me beat on mileage by a couple hundred miles . Its 730 
round trip from here to the campground and back .   I'm only 61 ,but 
thats  a long drive for me . Charlene wont help with the driving because 
I tow a trailer for our cart .  I gotta admire you for driving that far 
. I know you go your sons place first and he brought you from there  the 
last two trips .
   Corn and soybeans are big here , the bio fuel places take a lot of it 
. Although I do know of a couple potato farmers around . Ivan

On 9/5/2015 3:58 AM, Herb Metz wrote:
> Yes, Ivan, Thanks for posting.
> Sure would like to have been there.; but 1,062 miles round trip plus motel
> plus cart rental or bring my own (on tandem axle car hauler trailer) is more
> than I can justify. The Good Lord willing, will be there in 2018 when Allis
> Chalmers is featured again, and bring our recently purchased, nice AC720
> large lawn tractor.  Not looking for any more AC tractors; would like to
> find a 3pt PTO powered potato digger for digging sweet potatoes; but more
> important for digging baseball size ROCKS.  Currently I am afraid to use a
> PTO powered tiller (will tear up the tiller, or PTO, or tractor). I take the
> Mini G to most alll area si
> Yes, we all are getting older. I would be in great condition were it not for
> scoliosis and spinal degradation. Scoliosis is normally a teen ager
> happening; it hit me at age 75. No complaints though, I visit Atlanta V.A.
> once or twice a year, front of building has a large overhang and a dozen or
> more people out front most all of the time.  Soon learned not to look at
> those in wheelchairs, usually missing one or both legs.
> Hope to finally install a frontend loader on our D-14 this winter.  In the
> process, or soon after, hope to redesign the bolt-up mounting to a drive-in
> linkage. We can always dream.  Has anyone ever done similar? Would
> appreciate any ideas, sketches.  The only fairily large tractor dealers
> within 50 miles are one Kubota dealer, five miles. and one Mahindra dealer,
> 20 miles.
> Herb(GA)
>
> --Original Message-----
> From: Indiana Robinson
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 8:14 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Portland
>
> Thanks Ivan
> On Sep 4, 2015 8:09 PM, "Ivan" <ivancou at windstream.net> wrote:
>
>> Farmer ,  Gene Dotson was wagonmaster as usual but he is also the
>> camping director now .  Most of the usual 's were there . Gary  Doston ,
>> Steve Sewell,Tim Brown,Brice,Jeff, Steve Buntram, Leroy , Roger,Tim.
>> The engine gang but they do their own thing in the show  . Reggie was
>> there But I never saw him .  Mising most noteably,  Spencer  , Herb
>> ,Dewey,chainsaw Ed ,Vern, Big Dog,as well as a couple others that I cant
>> remember names . Its sad but were all ageing  and the younger people
>> dont seem to have the interest .  I think Larry Goss drifted thru and
>> there was one new face, Chuck .
>>    We did the usual Wensday night mexican dinner on golf carts . Miss the
>> old days of everyone piling onto a equipment trailer being towed by a
>> tractor  .  Thursday evening some go over to the show grounds where the
>> engine guys hang  , they make homemade ice cream . Friday most go to
>> the fish fry at the catholic church.
>>    We all gather round the fire to discuss things ,isnt that rule carved
>> in stone ? .  The show itself didnt do anything spectacular as far as
>> being the 50 th that I noticed. They did do special tee shirts and such
>> that the club sells and the tractors were arrainged to spell 50 . A
>> couple radio and newspaper interviews . The tag sale was up and running
>> as usual .The flea market uptown was smaller but the one out across from
>> Walmart got much bigger .   No group pictures , no rebuilding someones
>> cub at the campground or anything . Didnt have friday breakfast either .
>> Somehave found it entertaining to see me pack all my purchases up to go
>> home but this year was a off year ,I actually came home with money in my
>> wallet .  This year the weather was nice ,not really hot or pouring down
>> rain . Ivan
>>
>>
>>      Since I was unable to get to Portland I was hoping to read a number
>> of reports from those who were there. Was anybody besides Dean there?
>> :-) I did see a lot of pictures on the Tri-County Facebook page but it
>> is always a lot better reading about friends enjoying themselves instead
>> of just strangers pictures posted without comment. On a side note, if I
>> am feeling better in a week or so are there any shows coming up in east
>> central Indiana or west central Ohio in September or October?
>>
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