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Post by parson on Jan 30, 2018 13:07:52 GMT -5
The wife sells crafts at various venues around the state. We were in Lynn this past weekend and there was a farm toy show in the same building. I've never heard of these before, and was surprised at the crowds, and the prices.
Anyone here into this?
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Post by HighCotton on Jan 31, 2018 8:25:40 GMT -5
I can't say I'm much into farm toys. This is the only one that I own. I won this at a tractor skills contest some 25+ years ago. Kind of crazy how it played out. Most participants were in bib overalls. I was wearing a tie, which was required by the company for all salesmen at the time! The part that threw most contestants was backing a gravity wagon around "S" cones. The thing with me was that I spent most of my time backing wagons and trailers on the farm and at grain elevators. Most of this with our 1954 Super MTA! When the contest was over, I gathered a few old timers in the crowd because it was a bit crazy that some young punk would win! I remember demonstrating how and when to properly use the torque amplifier and more importantly...how to adjust it. Of course the old timers knew all of this but some younger bystanders found it of curious note. The fact is, a mere 1/4" could make a huge difference in the TA performance! It just happened to be a scenario where I was comfortable with what i had grown up operating...a lot of antique and vintage tractors. My favorite was the ole John Deer Model 80! So anyway, this bit of memorabilia mostly sits and collects dust:
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Post by parson on Jan 31, 2018 10:14:24 GMT -5
I can't say I'm much into farm toys. This is the only one that I own. I won this at a tractor skills contest some 25+ years ago. Kind of crazy how it played out. Most participants were in bib overalls. I was wearing a tie, which was required by the company for all salesmen at the time! The part that threw most contestants was backing a gravity wagon around "S" cones. The thing with me was that I spent most of my time backing wagons and trailers on the farm and at grain elevators. Most of this with our 1954 Super MTA! When the contest was over, I gathered a few old timers in the crowd because it was a bit crazy that some young punk would win! I remember demonstrating how and when to properly use the torque amplifier and more importantly...how to adjust it. Of course the old timers knew all of this but some younger bystanders found it of curious note. The fact is, a mere 1/4" could make a huge difference in the TA performance! It just happened to be a scenario where I was comfortable with what i had grown up operating...a lot of antique and vintage tractors. My favorite was the ole John Deer Model 80! So anyway, this bit of memorabilia mostly sits and collects dust: From what I saw at that event, that "dust collector" is probably worth more than a few bucks. I was amazed at the number of folks paying $100 + for these items. It seems to be big business for some of the vendors.
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