American Thresherman show Pinckneyville, IL 2023

[wh500special 2,184]

This is always a big show that’s famous for its longevity and collection of steam engines.  It's been going since 1959. 
 

I didn’t count, but I think there may have been over 1000 antique farm tractors there today. In one section there were 25 rows of about 35 tractors per row.  I counted 126 in another small section and didn’t even bother estimating how may Cases were there in the front many rows. 
 

I really love the cross motor Case machines and there were a bunch of them represented. 

 

 We never made it over by the gas engine displays but they had a ton of them from little Maytags to a big one that took up a whole semi trailer.  The moving parts and close proximity aren’t a good match for my son who has Autism and likes to touch things.  We also steer clear of the hot steamers and the working demos with zipping flat belts and whirling PTO shafts…
 

I didn’t spy anything super rare but they had everything from Avery A’s to Minnie-Mo model Z’s. 
 

Big section of GT’s this year with an especially impressive collection of Allis and Case.  One owner had a run of AC models 910-920. The John Deere trailer in the one photo with the Case/conestoga wagon on it is the same (similar) Snowco trailer that WH sold. 

 

Lots of steam, Demos, Smoke, Dust…Basically heaven for those of us who like this sort of nonsense. 
 

But when did shows get taken over by so many people driving golf carts and side-by-sides around?   I can see if you’re old or infirm, but the traffic was heavy and quite dangerous.  It was seriously like a Walmart parking lot on a Saturday afternoon.   I would have taken more pix but there was a real risk of getting run over or contributing to a traffic jam. 
 

A few pictures.  My 19 year old son is 6’1” to give an idea for scale on some of these. 
 

Steve

 

Edited August 28, 2023 by wh500special

[oliver2-44 9,752]

Thanks for taking us along!

[dclarke 4,032]

Thanks for the pics, Steve! 

[stevasaurus 22,740]

Thanks Steve !!  It looks like a huge show.  You showed one picture of a smaller Minneapolis Moline that looked like the raffel tractor from the LaSueur Pioneer show around 2010.  I wonder if it is the same tractor??  

Edited August 20, 2023 by stevasaurus

[stevasaurus 22,740]

No, not quite, but I'll bet I made you look.  

[wh500special 2,184]

Steve, 

the tractor I showed is an MM model Z.  The raffle tractor is a model BF which was a rebadge MM used from the BF Avery line.  It was their model A. 
 

Cute little suckers.  There were a couple A’s and V’s at this show but I didn’t photo them. 
 

Steve