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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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Why do I go to tractor shows? One reason to visit friends and learn. But.....I love to see kids faces light up when you tell them they can sit on your tractors. Especially after some grouch says " DON'T TOUCH!!!!". These kids got to take a ride on the old Allis B. The older sister who was 6-7 years old got to steer it and pull the hand brakes. Don't know these folks , didn't get a name, but they will never forget the fun they had at a tractor show. I bet I hand crunk that B 10+ times. Kids and adults were amazed. Didn't take me anymore time to be nice, then it took some folks to be grumpy!
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My wife,in pink shirt, must have helped a couple dozen kids up and down off the tractors!
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Here in the south college football is huge, these kids were Auburn fans and thought I painted the tractor Auburn colors! I told em it was Allis Chalmers color. But I thought it looked like Clemson!!! Lol.
 

In today's world one has to be wary of kids getting hurt and causing a major headache for the organization. I have never been one to kowtow to lawyers so at my club's big show, even though there are signs all around saying "don't climb on tractors" I will let a kid climb on one of mine now and then with close supervision. In a large area with 10s of thousands people, you need to keep a tight rein on it or before you know it you will have kids climbing all over thirty tractors with the parents ignoring them. If I see a kid sitting on one for more than 20 seconds I will point the signs out to the parent and tell them nicely that if the owner's tractor gets scratched he may not bring it back next year. Never a problem.
 
It's a pleasure to know you and your family and the attitude you have. I enjoy sharing our good times at shows or wherever we meet and especially at your show and ride last year. We followed your example and had a wagon backing competition at our G Roundup at Noccalula Falls Campground yesterday. It was fun. Looking forward to many more years of fun and fellowship. I hope to see you at your place sometime.
Jim
 
I also love to see the young ones faces light up! And not to be the wet blanket, now days I think alot of folks is worried about being sued if someone's snowflake gets a bump or small cut on the finger being around that dangerous machinery. I think that's where some of the grumpy comes from.
 
If we dont let them touch history and enjoy how will they learn? Curious minds thirst and making k9ds smile is priceless
 
The differance between you and the so called grouch is often the 20th and 21st century.

You live in the 20th century with a mind set that people respect others stuff.
They touch; they experience; they learn; but they respect.

The grouch lives in the 21st century.
His entire vocabulary comes down to one word.
Liability.
 
I think the comments about liability are well founded (unfortunately). And remember Gramps, just because someone looks at something in a different way than you do doesn't necessarily make them a grump. Well, it does to you but that doesn't count .... LOL !!!
 
You're exactly right.At the Somerset Steam and Gas Show in Virginia we had a situation where a fellow was letting kids sit on a couple of Oxen,these Oxen were total pets and nothing they were doing.But a kid fell off with its mom standing right beside the kid on the Oxen.Kid gets hurt maybe broke their arm when they fell off the parents sued the show and the owner ended up the insurance company had to pay off the parents to settle the lawsuit.
 
Its not just kids that would like to sit on them. I'm 65 and occasionally see a model I would like to sit on but can't. Sometimes its as close as your going to get to a model you might like to own but probably never will.
 
That?s what it?s all about Kevin! Good to see you and the family Friday, kids are forever welcome on my tractors
 
I let kids sit on my Farmall, but I remove the battery disconnect key, lock brakes, shut off gas, stand right beside them, help them on and off, watch every moment. Let them steer back and forth as much as they like, BUT I have the brakes locked down with a clamp, so it is safe. I love it when their Mom tells then NO NO, but I smile and say "Oh, come on!!" Big grins.
 
The fellows talking about liability are correct to a point. The trouble it you can be sued anytime or place these days. I refuse to give up my freedom to a bunch of lawyers and courts. Those that are worried about it to this degree should just leave their stuff at home in my opinion. You hear of a case or two where things happen. That is out of thousands of times that nothing does.

Also the ones that do not want the chance of a scratch on their "perfect" tractor should leave it home as well. Maybe in a climate controlled locked building.

These tractors where never made to be just museum pieces. 95% of the tractors at most shows are really not that valuable. Letter series JD or IH bring peanuts anymore. Even the more Rare JD two cylinders are not worth a whole lot anymore either. Life is too short to be this worried about these things in my opinion.

These attitudes of "look but do not touch" are one reason that just about every tractor show is getting fewer people coming. There is not very many of the "next generation" joining the hobby.
 
I think what you do is great. I am 69 and I still remember my first time on a tractor. I think I told everyone that I could. It was an old IH. I was 9 and very proud.

Sadly the lawyers have killed all the fun.
 
People tend to scuff at the liability aspect of things and I'll say its a real shame,but that said I guarantee those that scuff at worrying about liability don't scuff once they are served a warrant that says they are being sued for thousand$ of Dollar$ and no matter how stupid or silly the lawsuit is it'll cost thousand$ to defend and most times they'll end up paying something.I have a lawyer friend that can show you plenty of cases where people got sued over things they never thought they would be sued over.And all that goes double if minors are involved.Its 2019 not 1919.
 
Great pics, kids are surely drawn to tractors, my two granddaughters are always wanting to sit on a tractor and get their picture made. I agree with another YTer comment that if you?re scared someone may scratch your tractor then you should have left it at home.
 
I let kids with parents in tow sit on mine and take pictures. And yes, I carry a large umbrella insurance policy. Scratches are minor things.
 
I was 7 when I first drove a tractor but it was not because it was cool or I wanted to. It was because we had hay to make. If my parents went by todays rules they would have been in jail for child abuse. They raised 10 kid. Working hard did not hurt me but thought me to work for what I got and not expect to get it from the government. I was at a show and kids were driving tractors and playing tractors games. If you don't let them do some thing then this tractor collecting hobby will die out.
 
TF I know your correct in what you post. I just refuse to bow down an give up my freedom so easily. If you get too worried about being sued you may as well quit living. Everything you do can cause some fool to sue you.

Your a supporter of the organic products. I feel that having the organic consumer directly involve with the producer is the only ay for the small growers to be successful in the long run. Thus being the consumer coming to the farm to either pick it them selves or at least see who is growing it. This opens up the producer to a greatly increased liability. So they will have to just plan to protect themselves. Holding the organic buys at arms length will doom the smaller farms in the long run. BIG organic is gearing up. It will price the small guys out unless they offset the price differential.

So there is liability in everything these days.

P.S. I have been sued, I have had to pay to make it go away.
 
Gramps what you and Grandma did was great. My tractors still wear their work clothes so I don t worry about a scratch. I get alot of good comments on my tractors in their work clothes. Hate to see these shows getting smaller. RB
 
Had a great time at Field Days of the Past, in Virginia. Kids and parents were welcome and pictures were taken on my 511-B CM
 
It makes a big difference if you are around to watch over your tractor and explain things so nobody gets hurt. Problem is climing over a tractor that no one is around to keep things safe. Haven't been to a show that featured trailer queens for over 30 years, most from use. No bouncing around is a good rull if there is somebody around to take control or not. At most tractor shows the exibitor has other things to do other than just set at the tractor. One thing is to se what the other exibitors have brought, to buy things in flee market part or work at putting show on. A tractor shoe is not like a car show where the owner parks his car and parks himself for the duration of the show and never seeing what others bring. They would be the ones to worry about scratches, not the tractor owner. But in deither case does the owner want somebody crauling all over what he brought with no supervision by anybody watching out for the item.
 
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