Berlin, WI Show

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Well to say the least this isn't the mother of all shows but we still had fun. Weather was cold and crappie and wet and probably kept some exhibitors and spectators away but I still managed to buy a few new friends.  Always nice just to hang with tractor bros anyway! High light was almost watching a kid feed the ducks with shell corn from a display. Sorry no pics of that but here's a few of what I did get...

 

All of a thirty second walk from our lineup to the food but Dan @Achto wanted seat time! That Swisher sure did get alot of looks!

Edited October 8, 2018 by WHX21

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OK not working out her tonight. .. mores pics when I get to my office and real internet 

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Here we go 2nd wind.

Dan's brother picked up a silo filler so we had fun with that running  it off a steamer.

Some sawmill  action... till they hit a nail 

Edited October 8, 2018 by WHX21

[JAinVA 4,620]

Buying friends? Oh well, thanks for sharing the pictures.

[Achto 27,750]

It was fun running the Eagle silo filler that my brother Tim picked up from an auction. Him & my brother Les cut a couple loads of corn ( they cut the stalks by hand with corn knifes ). After all of the work getting the corn , luck was with us when we hooked the belt up and gave it a spin. It worked very well and was very quiet. When we ran it on Sat with a Farmall H about all you could hear while standing next to the filler was the H purring away in the back ground.

 

There was a good turn out of hit miss engines, a lot of the exhibitors also brought implements along so that the engines had some thing to run.

 

One of my favorite exhibits at the show was this JD model A. The owner removed the old 2 poppin Jonny engine and replaced it with an International V8 engine. 

 

Given the fact that this show is only 9 miles from my house, I decided to clean out my garage/yard & take every tractor/mower that I have in running condition. As long as I had every thing lined up for the first time ever I though that I better take a picture.

 

One thing that kind of surprised me a little, was the amount of interest that people had in my Swisher Ride King. I had fun showing off how maneuverable it was.  Most people were amazed to hear that I actually mow my lawn with it on a regular basis.

 

As Jim said the weather was not the best & neither was the spectator turn out, but I still had a good time talking with old friends & meeting some new ones.

Edited October 8, 2018 by Achto

[PeacemakerJack 10,738]

Dan—love the lineup picture and your description of the silo filler.  Thanks for the pics and write up to both you and Jim.  I really wanted to make it but Caleb’s Meet took precedence.  Thanks for taking us on the journey!

[rjg854 11,474]

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[953 nut 55,753]

Glad to see the Garden Tractor Mafia is doing well. I like smaller shows like that, allows you to get to talk to more people, not so overwhelmed by the need to keep walking so you don't miss something.                                 

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1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

get to talk to more people, not so overwhelmed by the need to keep walking

Very true Richard, never thought of it that way. Not only that a little more time to futz with and play with our own tractors. I got some seat time & getting to know on that new to me 953.

[oliver2-44 9,848]

Thanks for the pic's, nice lineup.  where's the 953?

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Post 3 2nd pic far end of the line up....hood sittin on a little crooked. . I got some better pics coming as I got her in the shop for a muffler. The old one was rotted off and quite obnoxious.  Will be doing a thread on her and her twin sister Ollie,

Would like a nice sunny day for some outside pics but all it wants to do around here is rain!  I am going to be owing 953 nut a carcass tractor after I am done picking his brains!  

 

I didn't get a pic of the whole line up. Dan had it in his craw to line them all up by year which was kinda cool. We had a total of ten  with two of Dan's other brands but I should have double tripped and alone  had eight of mine there. I took that pic when Dan was on his 2nd run to get more of his. Maybe @Achto got a pic of the whole line up???

Edited October 8, 2018 by WHX21

[ACman 7,618]

Thanks for the  Jim and Dan ! 

 

 

[Achto 27,750]

36 minutes ago, WHX21 said:

Maybe @Achto got a pic of the whole line up???

 

Sorry Jim, I forgot to get a pic of our whole line up also.

[953 nut 55,753]

2 hours ago, WHX21 said:

 I am going to be owing 953 nut a carcass tractor after I am done picking his brains!