30th Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Show this weekend
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oliver2-44, in General Shows and events
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By sjoemie himself
Hi all, as mentioned in another topic I visited the local harvest-show in Onstwedde again. I brought my mini International 1468 with me and got set up at around 9 in the morning. Gates opened at 10.
It was a bit overcast and wet at the beginning but it turned out to be a nice and sunny day for the most part.
@Pullstart requested some show pictures so here ya' go
All set up, waiting for the folks to come in and say Hi.
This 1/3rd scale stationary thresher is built by my dads grandpa (who has passed away) and is now owned by my dad's uncle.
He tours the country with it and displays it on several shows. It actually works and my dad's grandpa used it to harvest beans.
The steam tractor that powers it is not my dad's uncle's but happened to be there aswell so they thought let's see if the tractor can power the thresher. Worked flawlessly.
Besides the small tresher there's always a real one setup aswell. They thresh grain and bale the straw with the attached baler.
Powered by a flat belt off a vintage Hanomag tractor.
Threshing machine, Dutch built out of the province of Groningen.
Straw baler. The bales are manually tied and knotten.
This apparatus was placed before the thresher. Not 100 percent sure what it does but it seemed it gets rid of excess chaff and other unwanted debris.
Who can guess what these are and/or what they're used for?
Vintage DAF truck. Dutch truck brand. This one was very nicely restored.
And another one, this one obviously for military use. Note the second axle which is free rolling. This helped it conquer dunes and tranches in rough conditions. My granddad used to operate one of these.
Also no big center differential on the back axles but driveshafts coming directly from the main gearbox. The shock is the rear of the vehicle. I guess they went this route for maximum ground clearance and articulation.
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By sjoemie himself
So today I visited the 'Neuhreder Oldtimer Kollegen und Umgebung' "Oldtimer treffen" or Oldtimer meeting. Besides tractors there are cars, motorcycles, trucks, fleamarket and live music performances. Also the event has what is called a 'quellacker' what translates to something like 'torture field'. People can take whatever vehicle they have and play around there. Plowing, tug-of-war, pulling trees or just riding around, everything goes
Anyway, some pictures say more than 1000 words.
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By Blackhood Bill
Northern Indiana Power From The Past in Winamac, Indiana July 18-19-20-21, 2019 Just wondering who has heard of the show and is anybody going?
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By oliver2-44
This Saturday Oct 21st
This is a small but growing tractor, old equipment and antique auto show associated with the Czech Fest in La Grange Texas There's a lot going on including enjoying a little cold "pivo" to wash away that old dry farm dust. Antique saw mill and other permanent displays and old farmstead permanent displays and a Czech Tarok card tournament (a very challenging card game)
http://www.czechtexas.org/heritage-fest-muziky/ I hope to make it but not sure yet
PS "pivo" is Czech for beer,
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