Tim PloughNman Daley RIP
Well-known Member
Today's featured spotlight article on the home page is about displaying your tractor at shows and whether to allow people to touch them and such. When I take my early '48 8N to shows, she is all gussied up in her original and/or repopped original clothes to look as authentic as possible for the period she grew up in. Yes, I spent beau coup bucks getting her that way, but my opinion is to let folks, and especially kids, look, touch, even sit on the tractor as long as they don't misuse or break anything. Most times families with kids ask if it is OK to let their kids actually sit up in the seat and I let them by all means. Sometimes even the wives and a few husbands want to as well. You see tractor folks are different than car folks. At a car show you get scolded for getting too close to a precious antique model, and even reprimanded if you or one of your kids even touches it. I was at a car show with my kids once, and my daughter touched a nice antique car. the lady scoffed, chastised her, then handed her a rag and demanded she wipe it down. I grabbed the rag and did a quick brush down myself and scoffed back at the lady saying if you don't want anyone getting close or touching it, then rope it off. Tractor folks want families and kids to see, touch, and enjoy how things were done in the past. That's why I always bring an implement attached to my 8N as well like a plow, disc, or cultivator. Everyone knows what a tractor looks like, but to see the plow attached and visually conceive how it was used, and for kids today that is important as once we are gone, who's going to carry on this proud American tradition? That is what it's all about. So, moms, dads, kids, you are welcome to sit on my tractor anytime, just don't abuse, steal, or break anything. Respect...and that begins at home.
Tractor Shows Displaying Your Machine
