Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #1 Posted June 11, 2019 So in my Yahoo inbox today was an email from Photobucket.....I was never a big Photobucket user and haven’t accessed my account in probably 10 years. Established a new password and went scrolling. Mostly pics that I could care less about but this one caught my eye. I can’t tell you what year this was, maybe @nylyon can recall. Long story short Karl myself and Chris went on a road trip to Pennsylvania to pick up a “surprise tractor”. The young man on the right is Chris Sweetland, he actually started RedSquare as a high school project. That’s right! Hopefully his teacher gave him an A+ . Fun fact: Chris is member #1, he called me and asked me to join his tractor website so that he would have at least one member and that’s how I became member #2. Next to Chris is me, hands on my hips like I have attitude . Next guy is Dustin Messinger or DMESS he used to be a member here. I still talk with Dustin thru Facebook and Im picking up a parts tractor from him at the big show in a couple weeks. And last but not least, the character on the far right is our own Karl or Nylon. This was a great trip, my trailer, Karls Durango towing it, Chris sleeping for HOURS in the back seat and the C-160 surprise tractor! (Disclaimer; tractor in the pic is not the surprise tractor.) 8 9 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,478 #2 Posted June 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, Sparky said: So in my Yahoo inbox today was an email from Photobucket.....I was never a big Photobucket user and haven’t accessed my account in probably 10 years. Established a new password and went scrolling. Mostly pics that I could care less about but this one caught my eye. I thought they were watermarking their photos ? Maybe that's just for new uploads . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,130 #3 Posted June 11, 2019 Great how it all started story,if I remember correctly DMESS had a really nice collection of maroon stripe WH's.Has he liquidated his tractors or is he still an enthusiast. I always wondered who held the # 1 spot. Thanks for the info! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #4 Posted June 11, 2019 53 minutes ago, Digger 66 said: I thought they were watermarking their photos ? Maybe that's just for new uploads . So when I opened up a pic on my I-pad there was a download option. Once it was downloaded I could save it to my I-pad with no watermarks. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #5 Posted June 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, JCM said: ,if I remember correctly DMESS had a really nice collection of maroon stripe WH's.Has he liquidated his tractors or is he still an enthusiast? He still has tractors of all years and especially the maroon stripes. I see him on the Wheel Horse groups on Facebook still. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,075 #6 Posted June 11, 2019 Great history lesson. I would love to know what type of critique Chris's teacher gave him on the project. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #7 Posted June 12, 2019 Tractor in the pic looks like Eldon's... 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,023 #8 Posted June 12, 2019 Nice "history lesson"! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,300 #9 Posted June 12, 2019 5 hours ago, roadapples said: Tractor in the pic looks like Eldon's... And it is! Good eye Jay. I think I have a similar pic with Eldon in it but haven’t found it yet. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
857 horse 2,581 #10 Posted June 12, 2019 MIKE,,,,,,THANK YOU FOR THE BACK STORY..................AND JUST BEFORE THE BIG SHOW,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,TIMELESS..!!!!!! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,777 #11 Posted June 12, 2019 Yes thank you for the blast from the past Sparkeye... looks like you were balding abit back then already! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #13 Posted June 12, 2019 Thanks for taking us back Mike. Eldon was one of the first members I got to know and it was because of that tractor. He does great work. Anyone who hasn't seen it, check it out. He's always in one of the livestock buildings.... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
