Tractor poker run

[ol'George]

Today I went on an antique/vintage tractor poker run.
We had 211 tractors in attendance, it was a 30 mile ride with 4 stops, 2 of which provided a wonderful lunch and dinner. it was an 8 hour ride including stops.
Many local business made donations for prizes as well as us farm folk.
It netted $13,700 for the Disabled American Veterans.
Thank you for your service, and all who volunteered to help make it happen,
in and around Tecumseh/Britton Michigan area.
And of course the local police agencies for their traffic control.
Even the weather cooperated, till the event was over, only a a light rain fell on the drive home.
It was heart warming to see so many waving people and many holding signs saying "Thank you Farmers".

[Ozcubowner]

Where are the pictures , it did not happen if there are no pictures
Sounds like a great day
Oz

[R Bedell]

George:

Sounds a good time for all.

[Oak]

George, did you drive one of your tractors and if so, what was it?

[Hairtrigger]

That is less than an hour from me, would have been a fun Saturday

[Maxx Catt]

Sounds like a fun time. I bet the people passing by were caught by surprise.
How many tanks of dino juice did it take?

[ol'George]

We took 3 tractors,
a 1956 JD "70" Diesel, which, I drove,
1959 JD "730" Diesel and a 1964 Farmall 806 Gas.(My avatar tractor)
My Twin sons drove those tractors.
As far as fuel usage, driving in high gear at less than max rpms with no load, they just sipped fuel.
Those 2 Cyl Deere Diesels were/are the most fuel efficient tractor in the day, and still are, so the fuel gauges barely moved.
The Farmall 806 fuel usage was minor as well.
If I can find some drone pix others were taking I'll post them.

All manufactures of tractors were represented, as were a lot of us "old Farts" there, representing the generations that farmed and actually used them.
One friend of mine is 88 yrs old and had fun as well as the younger
Grand children who now farm.

The "70" I drove, I've had for 42 years, a lot of memories were brought back.
Previous to yesterday,it has just sat in the barn collecting dust near 20 years.
Even the the smell of the burnt fuel out of the stack triggered memories of cultivating corn or picking it in the fall with a "101" mounted corn picker, and my sons in the gravity wagon catching ears as they dropped out of the elevator, as young boys do.
I'm sure a large numbers of "elders" remembered the years past,
And the younger ones will remember the times spent with Gr pa and Gr ma. on the tractor poker run after we are just a memory.

Yes it was a great day, and going through town, so many people enjoyed it.
Everyone likes a "parade" and I could read their faces or head nods of the older ones as we sparked memories.

Yesterday was the 4th year of the poker run, it was a first for me.
Something like yesterday, makes one forget all the trouble in the world, if just for a day.

[cubby102]

I used to go on them when I was a kid. Kinda miss it. But they dod away with anything like that around here. Toany people with duis riding mowers after they lost their license so can't be on the road now unless your going to and from a job (deck has to be on and they will follow ya)

[ol'George]

Drone shots
For you Farmall fans, my 806 is in the 2nd photo, nearest the right front fender of the pickup truck going by on the highway.
This was the first stop for lunch.
----Who woulda thunk

[IHCubCadet147]

Cool pictures, looks like a good time!