We had our 6th annual plow day 3 weeks ago in central Wisconsin. About 55 old tractors were plowing and another 5 were pulling disks, cultipackers, etc. Large crowd came to watch, local 4-H served the food and drinks and cleared nearly $600! The kids were thrilled and did a good job.
We have a rule stating only 1959 and older tractors allowed to plow....first round was led by a 1927 IH "10-30" on steel. Newer tractors operate the loaders (help unload plows off trailers)and pull people movers. Many of our participants try to show up with the oldest tractor they own or buy for this great day.
We had 44 tractors last year and we were surprised at the numbers who showed up this year....we had 45 acres of wheat stubble to plow and it was all black in 1 hr and 45 minutes; done by noon. Everyone enjoyed a good lunch and lots of visiting...no one complained that there wasn"t anymore land to plow after lunch. But next year I have 70 acres of wheat stubble lined up so maybe we can plow after lunch....unless a bigger group shows up!
The participants love every minute of it, if someone doesn"t plow as deep or whatever the land owner doesn"t care much because today"s big machinery smooths it all out in one pass anyway.
We charge tractor drivers $5 to pay for porta potties, signage, etc. We have a man who does professional level work with videos and he ends up with 35+ minutes of excellent viewing; we sell the videos for $10(he gets $5 of that and donates it all to local food banks), our $5 will be donated to something ag related for youth plus some also goes to food banks. So far have sold over 70 videos in 3 weeks (you want one?.
We started 6 years ago with 7 old tractors and have grown every year. No passengers on tractors, no tailgating while plowing, nobody gets silly and shows off. Last rule of the day is YOU MUST ENJOY YOURSELF.
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A plow contest will get you enemies very fast if not operated correctly. Go see how the Canadians do it...they have contests and do it by international contest rules. I intend to watch one in Ontario, northeast of DeTroit, in September.
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