[AT] Old Tractor Drive, Champaign County Ohio?

[Tyler Juranek]

Hi Gene and all,
 I take my 88 oliver on one tractor ride each year. Its organized by a
group from Carsten's 1880 farmstead. It is a memorial deal for one of
the past board members.
 I thought it would be interesting to share what I am working on also.
For many years now, antique tractors have been a big hobby for me.
Although I can't see anything, I am very lucky that 1. I have a very
supportive family, and 2. My dad took time to build me one of the
nicest buddy seats in the country for my oliver so I can go on the
rides and someone can just ride with me and tell me which way to go.
 Anyway, for many years I have been going to the eye clinic in Iowa
City once a year to have my eyes looked at. One of the doctors that I
see there is heavily involved with the eye research going on there. So
now each time I go, I always say, "How many more years doc? How many
more years until I can achieve my goal?"
 My goal is to someday get sight, and, while my family is around at
one of our family gatherings, drive away on my Oliver, fully sighted.
 Well, you all know how the medical field works when it comes to
research. It takes time, efort, patience, and a whole lot of money. So
one day I was thinking, "ya know, why not have a tractor drive to
raise money for eye research?"
 So I talked to the president of Carsten's farm about my idea and
asked if he'd like to help me get it off the ground. To make a long
story short, I am hoping we can get it going for 2018, and if not,
2019.
 I would love to have anyone from the list on the ride as well, if you
can make it.
 Take Care,
 Tyler Juranek
 IA

On 6/26/17, Gene Dotson <gdotfly at gmail.com> wrote:
>     The one in Iowa was likely the one organized by the Central Iowa JICCA
> collectors club.
>
>                     Gene
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gunnells, Bradley R
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 10:37 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Old Tractor Drive, Champaign County Ohio?
>
> My dad was on one yesterday but I doubt the old Ferguson TO-35 would have
> made the trek from Iowa to Ohio in a single day.  :-)
>
> I’m not sure who organizes the ones he’s been on. Don’t think it’s a club
> per se but just a bunch of guys that know one another and do this every
> month or so during the summer.
>
> Hoping one day to get one of my tractors drive ready and tag along if time
> permits.
>
> Brad
>
> On 6/24/17, 3:44 PM, "at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Dean
> Vinson" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of
> dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:
>
>     I walked out to the street to pick up my mail at about 3:00 this
> afternoon,
>     just in time to catch a classic-tractor drive that happened to be
> heading
>     right past my house.   Whole bunch of beautiful old tractors from the
>     40s-60s, of lots of different makes.   Heck of a nice day for it, too.
>
>     Does anyone on the list know what group organized this drive?   I wish
> I'd
>     known about it in advance, might have joined or at least had my old
> tractors
>     set out close to the road to wave as those folks drove by!
>
>     Dean Vinson
>     Saint Paris, Ohio
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