disapointing

went to tractor show in Waeseon Ohio today. paid full price but half the stuff was already gone by 11:00 in the morning. some of the fleas were already gone also. should cut the price or require them to stay until mid afternoon.

I imagine sales for the vedors were down or just the crowd in general like everything else seems to be! Just a guess!

I imagine sales for the vedors were down or just the crowd in general like everything else seems to be! Just a guess!

I have just about quit going to any Sunday shows. It seems that everyone is leaving earlier every year. They may as well make it a Fri and Sat show an not even count Sunday.

As far as attendance. All of the shows I have been to this year are very lightly attended.

Partly it is the economy and partly the antique tractor/equipment fad is cycling down right at the moment. Old cars, old tractors, tractor/truck pulling all cycle. When they start out you have a bunch of people that get into it. Everyone has about the same type of stuff. No one really spending big money to have a hobby. Then some start to spend big money to have a prettier, faster, fancier stuff. So before too long the average Joe can't afford to do it and be competitive. So he drops out. This average Joe is usually the younger fellows. They make the stuff have some energy. When they are gone you just have a bunch of old farts standing around moaning about how it "used" to be.

My sons all like to play with the old stuff we have but not one of them has any interest in taking anything to a show. They all don't want the bother of the people/idiots/insurance etc. I even have trouble getting them to go to a show with me just to spectate.

Was at the same show Saturday, arrived at 10:45 am and only had to park three rows from the gate. I didn't feel that it was to busy, stayed until 1:00pm. In my opinion there wasn't much there, especially the MF feature. A lot of steam engines though. It was a 1.5-2 hr drive, probably won't go again until they have a well represented feature tractor. The sale/ flea market area was also pretty small. I did find one 1/16th scale toy for my collection that I have been looking for though.

Imagine how I feel after flying halfway round the world to go to a Saturday-Sunday show only to find the Sunday show is useless. This has happened more than once over your side so now I tend to go Friday- Saturday. Over here they usually close the gates and you need a very special reason to leave early. Like going to a football match where half the players go home at half-time just because they live out of town!! Well you would soon stop going to see the game.
Sam

Evidently you have little experience going to tractor shows, never go on a Sunday in fact a lot of shows are ending on Saturdays for that very reason, most people leave with there stuff Sat. evening and don't stay for Sunday.

Also the Wauseon show is very oriented towards steam it is not the place to go looking for a big turnout of run of the mill tractors they just don't support them.

Boy is that a miror of my situation. My son has late fifties tractors that we rehabed. Now they set at my place and he comes up and tinker with them and we drive them around the farm, but he has no interest anymore in taking them to shows. I guess I can see why when at the end of a weekend you have spent $200 plus just to transport them a relativly short distance.

A couple of years ago when the feature was Deere and I as an officer in the 2 cylinder club that was to have a meeting had to go, had car trouble while there and you would not believe how rude the club was, would on the ones that were there and then every club member left early on the sat eve for off grounds meating, could get no help at all, finally a sherifs deputy came by and he got the car towed and a loaner for us to get home. I will never go to that show again.

My wife and I got there just before noon,the parking lot was fairly full, first thing was the noon steam engine whistle blow by maybe 50 plus engines. Lunch was next and decal purchase for an Oliver plow and another vendor made signs for my Case 730 that my wife picked up later. We each looked around on our own and then meet in the grandstands to watch kids and adults play tug of war with steam engines. Next was a wagon ride pulled by a road steam locomotive out to a field to watch horses, tractors and steam engines plowing. At 4 PM we were back to the grandstands to watch the steam engine and tractor parade. Next I looked at tractors, talk with some friends and my wife spent some time in the flea market. Also I watched the saw mill cut up 2 large logs and for fun tractor pulling was also going on. We meet up again, ate again, listened to some Blue Grass Band and headed home about 8:30.

Yes the number of Massey tractors ( featured tractor )was low, but I got to see 2 of the four wheel drive tractors Massey made in the 30's, one had been out in the field pulling a cultivator earlier. Frick steam engines ( featured )seem fairly rare, some of them at the show were made before 1900 and looked great. We be back again next year.

it"s a steam show. if you want a tractor show go to a tractor show. we went on thursday. we go because i like steam. nta has never been overly excited about gas engines and tractors. that is why the big show at portlaand indiana got started.

Hate to say it but the two things against you where: A) Two cylinder club B) an officer in that club.

I know of quite a few shows that wish they could ban any of the Two cylinder club guys from coming. The club is 90% good guys but the other 10% are the worst bunch of snobs that God ever made.

I have been to spring events at LeSeur Minnesota
and Baraboo Wisconsin, on Sundays, but never
again..everything is picked over, or sold out
and venders packing up by noon.

You can't rightfully expect people to leave all the good stuff and good deals on the table just so it'll be there for you to look at, grunt approvingly, and pass up on Sunday...

Most people have somewhere to be on Monday morning, a lot of work to pack up, a long drive ahead of them, and they have to unload when they get home. You really can't blame them for wanting to get going early on Sunday.

Charging full admission on Sunday is WRONG, though. Either 1/2 price or even free admission would be the way to go.

I would also DARE a show to lock the gates and tell me I can't leave whenever I want. They wouldn't have gates left to lock after about 30 seconds of that. It would be the LAST time I attended their show, and I would make sure that nobody I knew attended that show ever again.

They should be grateful I attended AT ALL. An hour or the entire show shouldn't matter.