Parade Ready

[KC9KAS 4,744]

A neighboring community is having their annual fest this weekend. We were there last night to eat, and will be back on Sunday for the parade.
My Mom & Dad, brother and his son and my step daughter & husband as well as my wife and I spent most of the day today pressure washing, cleaning, fueling, tire airing, oil checking and loading 11 tractors!
Boy am I tired! 10 tractors are mine and 1 belongs to @hollandvfd6
I know, I know...cut the BS and get with the photos!










 

Edited September 26, 2015 by KC9KAS

[Wishin4a416 2,191]

Wow! Some very nice machines there. You might need some more drivers.

[JPWH 6,358]

Looks like you're taking the parade. A very good looking one too!

[DennisThornton 4,771]

Only 11?  Did I count right?  You couldn't find just one more?

[AMC RULES 37,196]

So...what happened, where's that orange ?   

[Molon_Labe 731]

Now that's what a herd should look like! Very nice collection.

[Ed Kennell 41,974]

WOW.....and that's all I have to say about that.

[JC 1965 1,532]

Great lookin herd.     Thanks for sharing.

[Tankman 3,523]

Great parade I'll bet!

Red is floor the blood we shed! 

[KC9KAS 4,744]

Wow! Some very nice machines there. You might need some more drivers.

Drivers...Dad, me, my brother, my nephew, my sister, her husband, my wife, her daughter & son-in-law, and her mother, and my daughter. Drivers ages 15 to 82. Tractor ages 21 to 51.
The 4th generation kids were to ride in the wagon, but something else took priority (according to the SIL's ex-wife).

[Pullstart 66,747]

How do you decide which of your 10 to parade?  flip a coin umpteen times for bracket tractors?

[KC9KAS 4,744]

How do you decide which of your 10 to parade?  flip a coin umpteen times for bracket tractors?

I have 10 tractors, my step-daughter has 1 (for now).
All 11 went to the parade, and fortunately all 11 made it to the end....all on their own power!

[AMC RULES 37,196]

So, did the orange one ever...
get that  red paint job?  

[Wishin4a416 2,191]

That's what we like to hear.  Good Day indeed.

[Pullstart 66,747]

how do you decide which to drive in the parade?  sorry I wasn't clear on what I meant once I re-read my post...

[KC9KAS 4,744]

So, did the orange one ever...
get that  red paint job?

 

Yes, the hood was painted RED. I think she is going to work on painting the entire tractor this winter.

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Right now this is the only photo I have of the parade. We are staged in the line-up.
11 drivers and 1 rider.

[AMC RULES 37,196]

                                   Parade?  
 Looks like a  party.  . 

[JimD 3,347]

Gotta love a parade. That's a nice, well kept herd you have there. Well done Sir!

[KC9KAS 4,744]

how do you decide which to drive in the parade?  sorry I wasn't clear on what I meant once I re-read my post...

Are you asking what tractor I decide that I will drive?
I usually say any of them because they are all mine, but now that @hollandvfd6 owns 1, I can't say that!

I usually drive the D-200, as it won't stay in neutral and likes to creep forward (or backwards) and the steering is a little (ok a lot) loose! I can deal with all this and still wave and throw candy in a parade. 
I have to go over each tractor with each driver, as we all know each tractor has a different personality and starts and operates a little differently.
I let family members that have driven a certain GT operate the same one so they don't have to "re-learn" what to do.
My 78 year-old mother-in-law got the B-100 automatic as she felt this was the one for her. She used to drive a log truck, a school bus, tractors on the farm and anything else that got in the way, so a little 10 HP automatic GT wasn't a challenge! She said she had a blast.

 

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