North Central WH Show (LeSueur, MN) Latest Topics

2022 Pioneer Power show

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:56:43 +0000

Few pictures of the feature this year.

2018 Le Sueur Pioneer Power

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:52:48 +0000

Had another good year at Pioneer Power... we hit a max of 50 display tractors, not counting at least another half-dozen that were seen at various times driving around the show that weren't displayed. This year's feature was the Historical Construction Equipment Association, so there were some great examples of some of the old heavy equipment. Enjoy the pics... I am not posting everything I took, as others will have some to share too.

PIoneer Power Show grounds

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 01:22:46 +0000

Thought I would share this aerial view of the pioneer power show grounds, this was from the last day of the 41st annual swap meet held this weekend. April 27-29

Pioneer Power Video

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 12:55:44 +0000

Thought I would

share a video from local TV station about Pioneer Power. If you have ever thought about coming this may help. @Achto @PeacemakerJack @Rp.whEnjoy

2017 Pioneer Power Le Sueur, MN

Mon, 28 Aug 2017 01:04:03 +0000

Another good year at Pioneer Power, the weather wasnt so great but i beleive Jason counted 50 this year! Im not the best at remebering to take pics but here are a few i took

2016 LeSueur Pioneer Power Show

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 22:57:59 +0000

Looking good Steve!

And @squonk he really likes it!!!!

2015 LeSueur Pioneer Power Show

Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:43:26 +0000

I just got back from Le Sueur, we had a good turnout of horses and members. I got a few pics of the horses and some pics of some of the other cool stuff that was at the show. I'm hoping some of the other guys will post some "people" pics. This is a huge show with lots to see, an auction that lasted most of the day on Friday and the parade on Saturday lasted well over an hour. And lots of good food!

Here's a few pics for the "Connecticut" guys.

2014 LeSueur Pioneer Power Show

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:07:54 +0000

Great year again at Pioneer Power... The big show's double features were "Classic Tractors" meaning anything made before 1970, and "Vintage Snowmobiles". I thought the turnout for regular tractors/gas engines was a little weak, perhaps due to no specific brand feature. The snowmobiles however filled the feature building and they had to find space for the overflow in adjacent buildings. I think I heard they were expecting 125, and by Friday morning there were already 160 with more showing up all day.

The Wheel Horse turnout was pretty good. I never took an actual count, and we were definitely down a few from other years, but we still had a strong showing.

It's been interesting to watch how our presence at the show these last 7 years has begun to really draw out other Garden Tractor exhibitors.

There were a few Wheel Horse items on the auction... none of which came home with club members. Not that prices were unreasonable... just no one felt the need to own them. Reportedly the D-250 brough $650. Supposedly ran and drove in (don't they all, right?), didn't start at auction.

Lawn Ranger brought short money, but no one was particularly interested in it.

Likewise with the little dump cart.

A few faces....

Joebob

ol550

TerryM (and son Andrew)

prondzy (and wife/daughter) and shynon

Rest of show pics... good turnout of horses and attachments. A few others mixed in here.

2013 Le Sueur Pioneer Power Show

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:23:15 +0000

It was a good time seeing you guys at the show again this year. I wish that I could have stayed longer, but after the State Fair on Thursday and two days at the show I was wiped. It was nice to meet you Martin, Jennine (not sure of the spelling), Kirk, Tom, and Mike and I hope to see you guys again next year.

Now for a prairie dog moment. I'm disappointed that I can't make it to golf this year, but with the weather report it is probably okay. The Beat Master won't have to come up with reasons that he lost this year. Ha Ha. Count me in for next year though.

Dennis

2012 LeSueur Pioneer Power

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:31:36 +0000

Had a nice time at the power pioneer days. People always friendly and willing to talk at this show. Only took a few pics and here they are.

2011 LeSueur Pioneer Power

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:30:00 +0000

Once again we had a great weekend for the annual show over in LeSueur, MN. The feature tractor of our host (the LeSueur County Pioneer Power Association) was the Minneapolis Moline family of tractors... to include Minneapolis Moline, The Great Minneapolis Line, Twin City Tractors, Trucks, Threshers and the Moline Plow Co. There was quite a turnout of feature tractors, including a nice collection of the Jacobsen made Minneapolis Moline Garden Tractors.

Familiar faces attending this year are Steve (stevasaurus) from IL, Mike (ol550) from MO, Dennis (mnwhfan) from MN, Ryan (rydogg) from MN, Joe (joebob) from MN and myself. There were also a couple people who I don't think are on this forum.

The show was a great time, I'm sure some of the others will be along later with their own pictures. These showgrounds are very large and nice. They are a permanent location, owned by the association, with a wide assortment of pioneer, antique and vintage things to see such as stationary gas engines, saw milling, shingle cutting, paper cutting, steam shovel excavation, ditch digging, plowing, harvesting, threshing, baling, blacksmithing, draft horse work and a tractor pull. Not to mention things like the hit and miss ran ice cream stand or the polka band in the beer pavilion. Several times over the weekend and again at the end of the show on Sunday various members of the Pioneer Power board came over and made a point to thank us for coming and adding another interest to their show, as well as inviting us back for next year.

Ok, enough rambling, onto the pictures.
The sign at the main gate.

Some of the Minneapolis family feature
There were two of these monsters left and right at the entrance of the feature building.

Some other random pictures of the show grounds

On the show grounds there is also a small fire museum, some local small towns bring their antique trucks over for the show.

And finally our Wheel Horse display. Not quite as impressive as previous years, but it was a good time, and lots of people stopped to talk and ask questions.

Ryan and family enjoying the show

Steve and Joe relaxing and chatting

Something a little different... Joebob brought his ice racer this year. This machine is built for drag racing a 200 foot track on ice.... and yes... it's kind of fast.

And to round out... one of our club members brought a few of his oddballs.

Speedex (I don't remember what year)

1955 Craftsman

1955 David Bradley Tri-Trac

All in all, a great time. Anyone who is in the midwestern area is invited for next year, we'd love to have you! No official affiliation is needed, just show up with a tractor or two! Primitive camping, or hotels within 25 miles. Next years big feature for the show is Massey Tractors and Equipment. Thanks for looking.

more pictures from LaSeuer 2010

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:35:00 +0000

We had 3 great days of warm and windy weather for the show. This show is huge.
Here are the horses, and their owners.

JoeBob's and my rigs.

other tractors...Oliver was the feature tractor.

the raffel tractor...drawing is Sept. 26th

some cars

the toys

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JoeBob and I stayed an extra day and played golf on a beautiful course.

2010 LeSueur Pioneer Power

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:35:00 +0000

LeSueur Pioneer Power really puts on a fabulous show, and has a beautiful dedicated show grounds. They get a wonderful representation of a very wide variety of equipment for showing and demonstrations. They also host a large rotating gathering of main brand farm equipment. Previous years have been the "Field of M's" where they had a national gathering of Farmall, specifically model M tractors, last year it hosted the national Ferguson show, and this year it was the national Oliver show. They've graciously offered us Wheel Horse guys a nice spot, and welcomed us back this year for our third year. We appreciate the gesture, and they like that the garden tractors bring in yet more exhibitors and spectators. It's win-win.

Was a great show and another success over here in the upper mid-west. We had some new models here that haven't been seen here before. We've never had a D-series show up before and this year we had three! Again had people displaying from Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and North Dakota. Was nice to see some familiar faces and chat a bit. If you're in the drive-able area, we'd love to see you over here next year!

Now, a few pics from the show. I won't go into the details, there are several pictures from neat stuff around the show as well as some of our club display. Enjoy!

more 2009 photos some closeups

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Here's the pics I took of the Wheel Horses at the LeSeuer show, I forgot the camera the next two days so I missed some of people, as well as the rest of the show. Have to be better about that next year. Some recognizable Red Square presence at the show... joebob, mikewilliams, ole550, stevesarus's 502 (didn't get a pic of Steve) and Dale's NOS plow that's still for sale. Made a lot of contacts with local people again this year and should have an even better turn out next year.

2009 Show Photos

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Photos from the 2009 show in LeSuer, MN.

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2009 LeSueur Pioneer Power, LeSueur, MN

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:41:00 +0000

Just a few pictures from what is an excellent show and the weather was perfect.

this is packed with tractors...any spaces you see are because I shot these while the over 2 hour parade was in progress.

I'm going to guess about 25 Wheel Horses

and now some of the different things, plus thing that caught my eye.

this really turned some heads in the parade

got to show a steam tractor...what a thrill to watch run

I like the A C's

the above car/tractor was made just to do that...work in the field all day and ride to town at night. This one is serial number 001...they made 150 of these and they didn't really catch on.

some of the leaders of the North Central Wheel Horse club...anyone can join and some of the items on the table are for sale. Very nice looking magnets and decals.

I had a great time, met excellent people, picked up a few parts, learned some things and made some new friends...thanks for inviting me you guys.

2008 LeSueur Pioneer Power

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:04:00 +0000

We had a great weekend for our debut show, the weather was mostly nice. Friday could have done with a little less wind... (30+ mph) I think we had about 20 tractors all together show up for display, and some guys from Missouri came up with 12 to sell. I know Mike Williams took some more pictures, so hopefully he'll get some up here too!

Edit:... I've split the discussion for this to the General shows area. Please post comments on the pictures in this topic. Thanks!