Portage Wi. Garden Tractor Daze July 12,13,14,15

[wheelhorseman 3,211]

I feel your pain!

[WHX?? 49,146]

You know if you really work hard time really flies ... just sayin....

[Shynon 7,460]

On ‎7‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 2:29 PM, Coulter Caleb said:

Wow @Shynon, at first I thought it was @WHX20‘s line up but you don’t have 20 tractors (or is it 21) in that lineup 

 

 

 

@Coulter Caleb thought I'd show you some old school math, looks like your off by a few. 

 

[WHX?? 49,146]

Getting set up..don't look like much now ... @Lane Ranger is here with a full crew and I forget his handle but he is from MI and has got a really wild 701 ...you guys ain't gonna believe his paint job! Your have never seen a horse lIke this not to mention the rest of his herd!...pics coming. Met David from Arkansas @new2horses ....he was riding another brand . Told me he had an RJ35 and a C with a Haban in the auction so can't be all that bad!  I asked him why he was selling such nice tractors.... said he had too many. What a problem to have! Be back in the AM for round two. 

 

Dale stole the Rat Rod for a quick ride.

 

Saddle up! We errantly started setting up in the flea market area and had to move!

 

Hotter that haites  tho... we sweated our gonads off just getting unloaded and some of us couldn't cool down with an adull beverage due to pending windshield time...Rest of the weekend looking the same but thankfully cools down at night.

Edited July 12, 2018 by WHX20

[Rp.wh 1,103]

 we where late to the show tonight to set up but here is what i brought with

[Shynon 7,460]

5 hours ago, Rp.wh said:

we where late to the show tonight

HMMMM @WHX20were have I heard this before 

[wheelhorseman 3,211]

East bound and down! I’ll see you guys by noon!

 

Edited July 12, 2018 by wheelhorseman

[rjg854 11,474]

He's gonna do what they say can't be done 

[Lane Ranger 10,992]

Just one great garden tractor show folks! This show had 929 garden tractors over four days of the show.  Untold number of attachments of ever variety!  Wheel Horse has been chosen by Garden Daze Show sponsors to be tractor of the year for 2019 so get your plans together to be here in 2019 with your Wheel Horses!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2018 by Lane Ranger
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[rjg854 11,474]

Thanks so much for bring me along on this one, looks like a show that shouldn't be missed.

[Rp.wh 1,103]

This weekend was a good time at the portage tractor daze. Got to put some names with faces finally @CasualObserver @Lane Ranger i know i am forgetting some that i talked to. Always good to talk with @Shynon ,@prondzy, @wheelhorseman .Was a good time and awesome food from @Achto and @WHX20 the show was big like normal just gets bigger every year.  Next year like said in previous posts next year is wheel horse featured start making plans guys just acouple pictures of the lanes pictures just dont cut it

Edited July 15, 2018 by Rp.wh

[c-series don 8,811]

Question: Was that the real truck from the movie? Because I have often wondered what happened to it? 

[WHX?? 49,146]

That is probably one that Lowell grabbed off the 'net but the movie one has gotta be around yet Don. 

Wow talk about pic heavy @Lane Ranger....thanks 

Friday nite storm aside sure was a great show and will get some of my own pics up. High lite had to be the fish fry and the Swisher score!

[Rp.wh 1,103]

10 minutes ago, WHX20 said:

.thanks High lite had to be the fish fry and the Swisher score!

I would agree with this fish was great! And the swisher was fun to play on for sure!!

[wheelhorseman 3,211]

12 minutes ago, Rp.wh said:

I would agree with this fish was great! And the swisher was fun to play on for sure!!

And the garden tractor mafia didn’t disappoint!!! @Achto is driving and @WHX20 looks like he’s checking the activity on Redsquare  

Edited July 16, 2018 by wheelhorseman

[AMC RULES 37,134]

  Looks like somebunny was giving that tool tray a workout too.  

[PeacemakerJack 10,738]

This show is really cool and rapidly becoming one of the largest GT only shows around.  The flea market alone is worth going to it but then there are the hundreds of tractors of all different brands.  Lots of unique and rare stuff that has you saying, “Is that fabbed or factory?” I only got to go for a few hours this year because of several other commitments but I still had a great time.  I was fortunate to be able to take all my kids and we had a great day together.  Even my daughter told me on the way home that she was glad that she had gone!

Needless to say...it was hot and sticky! Fluids were important and Cindy made a spot for my crew next to her in the shade—they were quite thankful.

While I was there, this was a common scene, Dan answering questions about the McLean that he fully restored a couple of years ago. Here @CasualObserver takes a look at the “build book”.

Claudia and Cindy got to visit a little while...

Lowell and Steve solving “the world’s problems” (Judge doesn’t look too sure)

Lane did a great job getting pics of many of the tractors and so I figured that I fill you in on our experience.  It was great seeing my local circle buddies again although I missed Ryan by a few hours (next time Bro!). It was great to visit with two of my favorite out of state plow dogs—Tom and Mike.  I hope @Shynon chimes in and posts a pic or two of his cool find.  I enjoyed getting to meet Jason for the first time and visiting for a little while as well as hooking up with old friends.  The only expensive item that I purchased was for my sweet daughter.  She is an avid reader and there was an antique book seller on site. He had an 1899 printing of Kipling’s Indian Tales.  Claudia has been a great help to me and her mother this summer and the book man was willing to give her a great deal on it if she promised to read it. So...Claud came home with a 120 year old excellent condition piece of literary history by one of the greats!  

 

 

I took the Super C.  The more I drive that tractor, the more that I enjoy it for cruising around. Can’t wait to restore it one of these days!

 

All in all, a fun run!  

Edited July 16, 2018 by PeacemakerJack

[Achto 27,747]

11 hours ago, WHX20 said:

the Swisher score!

 

This was a great score!! While I was off getting ribs ready for supper, Jim stayed at the auction and was able to win the Swisher for me. Scored it for $55 . Awesome job, Thanks again Jim!! Some one had to inform my wife about the new purchase before I had a chance to. All a sudden I get a text "I thought that we agreed on no more tractors? " to which I answered " It's a lawn mower, not a tractor ". It's all good though .

 

It was bought as a non-runner but after a little prestart checking over it fired up on the first pull. After a little more tinkering we had high & low speeds working, as well as the deck. Then a bunch of us had fun driving it around & burning doughnuts with it. It was such a hoot to drive around, I was like a kid that just got a new bicycle  . When the community test cruises were over I found a spot on the grounds to try out the deck, I was fairly impressed with cut. Should do even better after I get the blades tuned up.

 

On ‎7‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 3:48 AM, Lane Ranger said:

 

As mentioned Wheel Horse will be the feature at this show next year (2019). Take note of the looooong roof in the back ground of the above picture, this will be the barn for the feature tractors in 2019. It sure would be great to be able to fill it with 's.

 

I'll be adding more show pic's as soon as I can.

Edited July 16, 2018 by Achto

[WHX?? 49,146]

You guys are stealing all my thunder with your . I got some video from my sulky rides will try and get that up. Didn't count but sure was a lot of RS regulars there and hopefully get more of the Midwest bunch next year when  is the feature and we get our own digs in the horse barn!

Pics

 

Horses as faar as the eye could see.

Coulter giving a 857 a workout and a ride for me

Mike and Tom holding down the canopy during the storm... or are they pretending to be standups on the subway?!?!?

The way things should be .. a horse pulling a Deere!!!!

Dino wetting his whistle.... did I mention how hot and humid it was???  

Mike wondering when is the chain piling gonna start!!

Cindy and Dan frying fish!

[WHX?? 49,146]

Forrest Gump on a Swisher?!? 

[CasualObserver 3,408]

What a fantastic weekend. I've been attending this show since 2014 (3rd annual) and it seems to draw a bigger crowd every year. So nice to be able to see some friends from around the region and meet a few more new ones every year. Seems like it goes by so quickly, I realized when I got home that I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do. Luckily Lane appears to have that one covered! But I did spend more time walking around, looking and talking to people than usual too.

 

One of the fantastic things that Bret Esse does in running this show is to change the feature brand every year. This brings in a large variety of heavy collections that are different every year, so you really end up with some variety of tractors and attachments. 

 

In my opinion, attachments are something that are really starting to make the shows great. Everyone has seen most of the tractors for the most part. Yes there are the occasional rarities or oddballs that someone hasn't seen before... but the attachments... to me that makes a show.  Show me what these tractors did for people. They were built and marketed as such universal tools, and there were an innumerable number of aftermarket vendors for so many brands.

 

Anyway... I did take a few pics of some of the things I found interesting that I'll share.  Looking forward to next year already!!

 

The forklift attachment for these AC/Simplicity tractors was fantastic. There were four there (3 originals and 1 replica) Got to see one of the originals demonstrated.

 

The Danuser post hole digger

 

A full service trenching tool.... Tractor with loader and belly blade... and rear mounted Hawk-Bilt Groundsaw.

 

Just an example of a new show trend of loading up multiple attachments.... A Level-Lift mower, Blitz-Fog insect fogger kit, Side-Mounted sickle bar mower and rear mounted Mighty-Mac Chipper/Shredder.  Many tractors this weekend carried a compliment of several attachments like this.

 

Simplicity Legacy Anniversary Edition... just a sharp looking tractor.

 

An original Struck Mini-Beep... you don't see these very often.  This is one that's on my bucket list. I've seen two different ones at this show over the past couple years.

 

Nice little Brillion snuck in the middle of a bunch of Sears and Jacobsen built Town and Country tractors. Looked like a nice little survivor and one  you definitely don't see very often.

 

And the last of my pics are a couple of this great REO display.... this is the REO product line before they were bought out by Wheel Horse.  Just a great collection to look through and a nice display.

 

 

Thanks to all the  members that could make it and looking forward to seeing you and more back next year!!

 

 

[Achto 27,747]

Another cool toy from the show was this rocket powered Snapper. Unfortunately they were unable to get it to fire properly. Instead it only made a lot of noise and flames. In the pic they have a leaf blower on each tube trying to get it to fire. The owner was getting frustrated, as you know nothing seems to work well when there is a crowd.

 

[Stormin 9,981]

Great photo's lads.   Lots of interesting stuff there. Just wish we something similar over here.

[Achto 27,747]

More pics from the show.

 

This bike for two was a very neat piece. Steering was accomplished by one person peddling fast than the other.

 

[AMC RULES 37,134]

 Some neat stuff there...

you've gotta good eye Dan.