Re: Where are all the collectors going???

Posted by samn40 on August 10, 2013 at 23:23:43 from (31.51.72.35):

In Reply to: Where are all the collectors going??? posted by JD Seller on August 10, 2013 at 21:50:24:

Very true words JD.....But, I have made a bit of an observation when attending your shows in America..... Nothing happens! Too many chairs and older people sitting about and the tractors are too large for a young person to handle.
In the British Isles we have a big percentage of young people at our shows. many of them on their wee Fergusons.These are a great entry level tractor for a young person....they are cheap to buy , light to handle, light to work on and real basic mechanical parts. Unfortunately your country is not flooded out with them like over here, so they tend to be quite expensive....but they do bring in the youth. I think it is because they can have fun on them. We have many kids over here with a small paddock, maybe only 1/2 acre and they just love to play with their Fergies. Also we have working days and plough days to let them rip on their wee tractors. Once they get to about 18 they progress to something larger or maybe even a girl-friend!.... but many come back sometimes with a wife and a baby buggy ....and a tractor!. That was the first impression I had of American tractor shows at Mt Pleasant Iowa about 8 years ago. I mentioned it to the FENA people and we got talking....I introduced the Ferguson tractor building the following year in Lanesville....We had a 13 year old boy who came up to us and asked if he could build....immediately there was a rush to say no! But I said "Yes of course you can build" I think he took them all by surprise! That lad went home with a head the size of a base-ball....I bet he is still doing tractor stuff.
I would love to see this type of thing expanded....Jeffoh who owns the tractor has taken it to a correctional centre for young city kids...they loved it...he told me one young girl has since started training to be a mechanic . so at least one life has been improved! We all need to encourage our kids and grand children to attend plough days and tractor parades and... let them drive.
As I said earlier I would like to expand the tractor building thing, but I cannot do it in your country as I don't live there! What I would like to see is it introduced into 4H games...have teams of 4H members competing against each other to see who can build the fastest....introduce it to County shows, schools etc
And maybe even try doing it with other brands of tractor?????
But some of your clubs will have to take the initiative and the responsibility to lend a tractor and look sponsorship to haul it around the various places?
It doesn't have to be tractor building....We also do a see-saw. The tractor driver has to drive up onto a plate which has a pivot of about 4 inches under the centre, someone times them once they hit balance....all a bit of fun and friendly compitition the young ones love it!.... Even tractor reversing around a course against the stop-watch....Our young Farmers/4H clubs even take this to National level with fierce compitition (and loads of young girls there to cheer them on!)
All something to think about??
Sam

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