Anyone else go? Was there yesterday; beautiful day, had rained at night so very muddy. Number of display tractors was down probably due to gas prices, but still a great display. Used to be able to get lots of nice tractor stuff; T shirts, hats,...and lots of used parts. Stiil 1 or 2 hat/shirt places, and a couple of used parts guys, but mostly all flea market stuff; bottles, cans, hand tools, and lotsa just plain junk for sale. The pull was again ridicuous: They ran 4 divisions, "stock" to extremely modified, with lotsa guys pulling in most divisions with the same tractor ( I don't mean stock tractors moving up a division, I mean tractors that if they had the guts to go to a NATPA pull would be in division 3, pulling against the guys with truly stock tractors.) Not fun to watch, and certainly justifies our decision not to trailer the 130 miles to the show. Good time with Dad though, and I did get a new blow gun for my compressor, and Dad got a neat vintage Jeep sign for Mom.
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Bob M
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I spent the day there Friday. Had a good time despite having to wait out several cloudbursts with torrential rain, high wind, etc.
I too noticed somewhat fewer exhibitors, no doubt a result of fuel costs (my tractors stayed home this year on account of $5 diesel...). But it still took most of the day for me to see it all.
The antique stock tractor pull Friday night was fun. Particularly enjoyed the early classes (2,800 and 3,500 lb ?). It featured several pre-teen girls and boys competing and doing well.
A link to a short photo album of my images from the Pageant to be posted shortly.
I too noticed somewhat fewer exhibitors, no doubt a result of fuel costs (my tractors stayed home this year on account of $5 diesel...). But it still took most of the day for me to see it all.
The antique stock tractor pull Friday night was fun. Particularly enjoyed the early classes (2,800 and 3,500 lb ?). It featured several pre-teen girls and boys competing and doing well.
A link to a short photo album of my images from the Pageant to be posted shortly.
Man that is COOL!!! I have always been amazed by those machines. I wonder how much work goes into getting them up to going to a show. Did they start as 'original' or are some basically shells then brought back to life? Sure wish I could see something like that! Where tractors like that used on farms or more for non farm things? I seem to recall that they were used to haul canal boats once.
I was there Thurs pm and Fri. till about 4 pm. Went to Empire Farm days Wed. and then to Steam show. Got alot looked over Thurs. and watched some pulls. As Bob M stated, Fri was kind of rainy but we made the best of it and spent from 7am to 4 pm on the grounds except for a break during a good rain shower to get dry shirts on and get our rain gear. The rain Fri did put off alot of the usual threshing , plowing etc for the day , but still plenty to do/see. Although I agree there werent the used parts in the flea mkt as much as past years the flea market itself is bigger than it used to be a few years ago. I'm sure fuel costs are keeping some of the used iron vendors home .
Anonymous-0
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There has been a fair bit of restoration work done on the steamers. They have to pass a boiler inspection in NY anyway. There is a display showing the original boiler from one of them that had to be replaced and it was signifigantly thinned due to many decades of corrosion.
Here in the east they were used mainly for threshing. An operator had a steamer and threshing machine and went around to farms to thresh grains. In the bigger wide open spaces of the west they did tillage work. They are rather ungainly and work best in big fields.
Here in the east they were used mainly for threshing. An operator had a steamer and threshing machine and went around to farms to thresh grains. In the bigger wide open spaces of the west they did tillage work. They are rather ungainly and work best in big fields.
Bob M
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Here's a link to a few images I shot while at the Pageant on Friday. As you can see the weather was somewhat variable(!)
Pageant of Steam
Pageant of Steam
Sure glad I was there Thursday! Have posted some drier pictures over on "Tales". Many thanks to the people that put this on every year. Excellent glimpse into the past of the way things usta be done. Imagine the expense of transporting these big machines to the show and keeping them maintained, certified, and shined up for all to see.
Mathias NY
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I was there Friday afternoon. I think it rained 4 of the 6 hours I spend there. Fuel prices may have reduced the number of tractors, but weather help back a few more. I saw several people loading tractors in the rain on Friday afternoon. Apparently they were giving up and heading home.
I didn"t see much of the pulls, only caught the 2800 lb class on Friday night. In looking at Bob M"s picture, I was only sitting about 15ft away from him on the bleachers.
It"s important to understand that even though these are "stock" antique tractors, they are not really stock. The ones that win the events have been tweaked within an inch of the rules, and are generally the same tractors that perform well every year at multiple shows. It"s still fun to watch though. If circumstances allow, I"ll be competing with one or 2 of my tractors next year.
I didn"t see much of the pulls, only caught the 2800 lb class on Friday night. In looking at Bob M"s picture, I was only sitting about 15ft away from him on the bleachers.
It"s important to understand that even though these are "stock" antique tractors, they are not really stock. The ones that win the events have been tweaked within an inch of the rules, and are generally the same tractors that perform well every year at multiple shows. It"s still fun to watch though. If circumstances allow, I"ll be competing with one or 2 of my tractors next year.
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