WHEEL HORSE -FEATURED TRACTOR AT the South Jacksonville, Illinois -Prairieland Heritage Museum -Sept. 2013

[Martin 2,132]

the 2 'brothers'.....

these two were almost inseparable all weekend.....

 

kent (my boy) and andrew (terrys son)....

 

 

 

[Martin 2,132]

more pics......

 

 

 

 

 

 

look for a thread on the senior 'ride'.....

Edited September 29, 2013 by Martin

[Shynon 7,460]

Looks like a great weekend, thanks for sharing.

[stevasaurus 22,841]

I took a few pictures.  It was great to see everyone and meet a few new guys.  I sure would like to see more of "jwl's" collection, and ELECTRORIC had a very nice collection there...some very nice round hoods.  Great meeting and talking with you guys. WH500Special (Steve) and his dad (Tom) brought the Pond Senior and Lever Steer and a couple of others...always nice seeing them at a show.   Got to meet jbumgarner also...a pleasure sir.

 

This is my Dad's 502 that I sold to JoeBob a couple of years ago.  What a difference.  I love what he did with it.  I'll throw two before pictures in here.

 

 

 

After...

 

 

 

My 702 and 857

 

 

Martin's horses

 

 

Steve's (WH500Special)

 

 

 

jwl brought some nice walk behinds...he let me sit on his sulky.

 

 

ELECTRORIC on the left talking horses...

 

 

Dave, JoeBob, jwl (Jeff) and Lane...

 

 

 

Jason talking horses...

 

 

They staged us right across from the hit&miss engines.  They had a ton of these there...got to listen to them run all weekend.

 

Edited September 29, 2013 by stevasaurus

[jwl 75]

I didn't bring my camera, but I think that most of the cool stuff got pictured. Had a great time meeting faces to go with the names, seeing some real nice tractors, and learning about stuff. Amazing how many people know someone you know, even though you don't know them. After a bunch of guys left mid afternoon, another friend and I went over to the flea area and I found a complete briggs engine with a perfect fuel tank, so now I can replace the mashed one on my older walker. Traded the K-91 for a big 5 David Bradley complete tractor... even up, sold my cultivator, so it was pretty much a fine outing. Only got rained on for about 5 mins during the whole time, but ran though a fairly heavy rain 20 mls west of the ground and then for the next 50 or mls. Got home about 11pm and fell asleep telling my wife of the adventurous day.

[Lane Ranger 10,979]

 

 

 

My brother David and I had the best time at the Prairieland Heritage Museum Show held in Jacksonville, Illinois this weekend.  We were amazed at the number and full variety of Wheel Horse tractors, attachments and Red Square members that attended and made this a great event !  The designation of the Wheel Horse as the garden tractor of the year brought folks for hundreds of miles -especially from Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana! 

 

I have photos from three different cameras and I am posting a few for all to see.   The two highlights of the show for me were the Minnesota Red Square Members,  Joe Nelson , Jason Schahl, Terry Mooney they came a great distance and brought some great Wheel Horse tractors! 

The second thing that was great to me was meeting 90 year old Earl L. McEvers of Whitehall, Illinois who came and sat with the Wheel Horse folks for half of the day on Friday and conversed with everyone he could.  He is a Wheel Horse fan (and Cub Cadet and hit and miss engines) and he was involved with the early stages of setting up the Prairieland Heritage Museum in Jacksonville, Illinois 45 years ago.   He came to the show on Friday because Wheel Horse was designated tractor of the year.   I will have another post on Earl's hit and miss road grade with some photos of a really interesting piece of machinery he made.

 

Now for the photos:  

 

 

 

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[jbumgarner 12]

I don't have any pics to post, but I think everyone else has taken care of that.  I did have a great time and really enjoyed finally putting faces to names.  It was great to meet you all and hope we get a chance to meet up again.  Thanks for making me feel welcome.  Next year I will surely bring my tractors.

[dtallon 320]

Thanks to everyone that posted the pics.  I'd post some of mine, but I think everything has been covered pretty well already.  There were quite a few very nice tractors there.  I enjoyed getting to meet dclarke and Martin, and see a few of the other guys in person.  I would have liked to meet more of you guys, but we chickened out when it looked like the rain was rolling in and loaded up.  The family had a really good time at the show, and would have been willing to stay longer if it hadn't been for the weather.  It shouldn't be too hard of a sell to go back down next year.  

 

Dave

[wh500special 2,225]

Lane,

You mentioned Earl...and on a previous post I mentioned that I sold a tractor (1057) years ago to a guy in jacksonville who later put a hit and miss engine on it. Wanna make a guess who that guy was?

I wonder if he still has it. I saw his grader years ago and still remember it distinctly. Neat guy and I'm pleased to know he's still doing well.

Steve

[Lane Ranger 10,979]

Earl:  Has about 8 or 9 complete Wheel Horses and parts galore for others.   He has modified several .   Motors , attachments and made two with large rear ag tires and wheels from the older International Harvester Cubs installed on Wheel Horse frames and using WH transmissions.  These were neat to see.   He had a mid 1970's tiller and a C model snowblower attachment  -both complete and in good condition that he wanted to sell also. 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 30, 2013 by Lane Ranger

[jwl 75]

what was the name of the guy there with the twin engine horse? he told me, but I forgot by the time I got back home. Have to start writing more thing down.

[Martin 2,132]

Ron, not sure of the last name, Gittle? i think.

one of the mn. guys will know for sure....

[jwl 75]

ya i'll have to wait until they see this. I thought  he said he was from Buffalo, Mn and told me his name, but there were just too many people to remember them all.

[rhembro 6]

This is Richard. I was in charge of the gas engine and garden tractor area.  I just want to say from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU so much for you guys coming to the show.  You guys should be proud of yourself and i tip my hat to you all.  This was the first year that we featured a garden tractor and you guys out did yourself.  It was nice to meet you all and i hope you guys enjoyed yourself at the show. I hope to see you all in the future.

 

Thanks again 

Richard Hembrough

[Lane Ranger 10,979]

This twin engine tractor Jeff?   I think it was Ron Griffits from Buffalo, MN.

 

[SousaKerry 501]

I wasn't there but apparently my old 54 walker and sulky made it there...  Glad to see it went to a better home with someone who has the time for it.

 

 

 

 

Jeez now Stevasaurus has got to do something I never got a chance to do actually sit on my old sulky frame..

Edited October 1, 2013 by SousaKerry

[joebob 45]

The name of the guy is Ron Gittins , I have his number if you need it Jeff Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Edited October 1, 2013 by joebob

[jwl 75]

This is Richard. I was in charge of the gas engine and garden tractor area.  I just want to say from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU so much for you guys coming to the show.  You guys should be proud of yourself and i tip my hat to you all.  This was the first year that we featured a garden tractor and you guys out did yourself.  It was nice to meet you all and i hope you guys enjoyed yourself at the show. I hope to see you all in the future.

 

Thanks again 

Richard Hembrough

Well Richard,

                                if  you guys hadn't of had a feature garden tractor, had a good show to do it at, and  been so nice, it wouldn't have been anything to remember.  Our hats should be off to your club for hosting a place to play for the weekend.

The name of the guy is Ron Gittins , I have his number if you need it Jeff Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2

Yes that's the tractor. I might get the number later, if I need it.

[jwl 75]

I wasn't there but apparently my old 54 walker and sulky made it there...  Glad to see it went to a better home with someone who has the time for it.

 

 

 

 

Jeez now Stevasaurus has got to do something I never got a chance to do actually sit on my old sulky frame..

 

 

 

Yes Kerry,    its been re-engined, retired, the plow redone, and the sulky reconstructed, as close as I could get with having another one to work with. Both machines have now been to a show in august, and one in sept, so I can get them dirty and put them back to work. not sure when I'll take them out to another showing, as now I'm questing for ones with 16" wheels. I'll be needing a pair as I still have a cultivator and a blade with nothing to do.

Ps, did you ever find the manual?

[SousaKerry 501]

No I haven't found it yet but I haven't given up on it either.

[Terry M-(Moderator) 2,176]

Andrew and I had a good time at this show too!  It was nice to have my tent set-up next to the big Name Tractor guys like Lane Ralph, Denny Clarke , Joebob,Martin and others

Here are a few pics of Andrew checking out the AIR EVAC bird.

[zanepetty 117]

Love the tractors! Very nice 502. I love it. :)

[jackhammer 546]

     I'm reading this and kicking myself for not going down to meet a lot of the members ,  This year maybe possible, and from the pics and threads sure sounded like Jacksonville and RS were a good mix

 

 

This is Richard. I was in charge of the gas engine and garden tractor area.  I just want to say from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU so much for you guys coming to the show.  You guys should be proud of yourself and i tip my hat to you all.  This was the first year that we featured a garden tractor and you guys out did yourself.  It was nice to meet you all and i hope you guys enjoyed yourself at the show. I hope to see you all in the future.

 

Thanks again 

Richard Hembrough

 

Looking foward to 2014 Richard

 

Rick