Friday, August 24, 2018
Gas, Engine and Tractor Association, Inc.
We drove to Portland, Indiana to walk through the
53rd Annual Tri-State Gas, Engine and Tractor show.
Upon arrival, we were asked to angle park along the entrance road.
There had been seven inches of rain the previous week. There was mud!
The golf carts drivers were having a bit of fun in the mud.
As carefully as we walked, we got our share of mud on our shoes.
The featured tractor was the Allis-Chalmers-Rumley.
There were fields of Allis-Chalmers.
Interesting sights included this vehicle built on a Minneapolis-Moline tractor.
The pony that got away.
A series of John Deere tractors: 80, 70, 60, 40.
More mud.
Steam was running the saw mill.
On the first cut in the saw mill, the blade cut through several nails.
Rather than switching out the log, the men put way too much energy into extracting the nails.
And the blade needed to be changed.
Assorted ice cream machines.
A unique use of a DressMaster sewing machine.
Many vendors did not set up because their assigned area was too wet.
Big Blue: built by a farmer who has w-a-y too much time on his hands.
Or maybe not built by a farmer at all!
The King Midget built by Midget Motors Corporation.
Built in Athens, Ohio.
Who'da guessed?
There was a turquoise Midget Motor in front of the white one.
We saw this truck as we walked to our car.
We were told that an 8600 four-wheel drive John Deere
was pulling four wheel drive trucks out of the mud!
My shoes.
Folks who had been there Wednesday were wearing knee-high boots
Thursday when we were there.
And windmills.
We saw fields of windmills in Indiana.
One of the power stations is in the lower left corner.
We saw a field of solar panels also in Indiana.
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A good trip, pleasant weather, lots of new/different things to see.
We were tired when we got home.
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# posted by Martha @ 8:20 PM 
