Then things got into high gear!!!
It was cold and clear at this point about 30 degrees. A perfect day for plowing at this point. In this day of clipart and picture editing it was cool to see that the plow used in the flyer was the genuine article.
This plow had been used by Corey on his 782 on Friday night before we got there. Him and Rick couldn't wait until Saturday and just had to go out and turn at least a little dirt, hence the missing letters! Good thing Mike, Caleb, and I didn't arrive earlier, who knows how much plowing we would have done on Friday night
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Yes, you heard that right, Corey has his own Red Power GT. He has owned it for several years and it is a nice looking machine. I encouraged him to join the forum. He checks it on a regular basis, so why not make it official!!!
He made multiple rounds throughout the course of the day in between taking care of those of us who needed help or something specific.
By about 8:30, the guys there were getting antsy to get plowing and so Rick fired up the old 108 and struck out the field so we could get started. The soil was beautiful black dirt but was pretty tough after a couple of years of no till. It had enough misc stuble over the soil to cause most of the guys to remove their coulters after the first pass or two.
Speaking of Rick, he had brought several tractors from his collection.
By now the guys were rolling in steadily and I was very impressed at the wide variety of tractors there at the first day.
I don't know who the idiot photographer was that cast his shadow on the picture
(sorry Kraig!) There were several really nice green machines there including this really strong running 318.
There were several old Bolens in the action including the 1961 model on top!
As has already been noted from Jeff Bakers pix, this 782 "Demonstrator" was a really sharp tractor and was a well executed resto mod!
The owner had it weighted well, running good and it plowed like it too. It was nominated for best looking tractor at the show too.
Can we say CASEIH?!?! My Casey with Rick's 108.
to be continued...