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« on: August 30, 2009, 10:09:42 PM »
Hi All;
I spent the last 8 days at the Portland, Indiana tractor show. Camped with several of the regular ATIS members at the Tri-State club grounds.
Feature tractors were orphans and oddballs. Had a good showing of Hubers, Rumleys and Silver Kings along with several other makes, many that I was unfamiliar with. Had almost 600 non feature tractors and 156 feature tractors.
I work a lot with the Girard Family Classic threshing crew. I get to visit with the tractor exhibitors and convince them to bring their tractors to run the machines for the demonstrations.
We run a 32x56 Minneapolis and a 24 inch Belle City Threshers and run corn with a shredder, corn sheller and hammer mill. Also have a Papec stationary ensilage cutter and also a groundhog, which is hand fed and the very first mechanical device for threshing grain from the straw. Also have reapers, binders and a clover hauler on static display.
Some tractors running the machines included a Rumley 32-50, a Huber B and I believe a 28-40 and a Case 16 hp and Keck Gonnerman steamer with a Nichols and Shepherd 32-75 Sawmill Special steamer on the sawmill.. I also ran my Case LA on the threshers for 2 sessions.
Was really a great week with very nice, even a little cool, weather and enough rain on Friday night to settle the dust.
Gene