Re: Re: Re: Re: Should Golf Carts/Four Wheelers be allowed at tractor shows

Posted by Bryan in MI on August 26, 2002 at 05:31:42 from (216.93.124.242):

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Should Golf Carts/Four Wheelers be allowed at tractor shows posted by Duane on August 25, 2002 at 20:46:34:

I think there are many good reasons for having a golf cart at the show with you, and so we take one every time. Wouldn't even bother to go if we weren't allowed.

We exhibit at about a half dozen local shows each year, and we would be lost without the golf cart. We spend thousands of dollars each year to take our large tractors to these shows (two Rumely Oilpulls, and several others) and I think we make the show much better than it would be otherwise, and I don't care to hear any complaints about our golf cart.

We use it for elderly relatives who want to spend a day at the show. And, while my wife is only in her mid-20's, she suffered broken hip as a teen and now has a total hip replacement. She has trouble standing or walking long distances, but loves to come to the shows with us. It's nobody's business if she finds it easier to use the cart, as far as I'm concerned. We've carried our handicap permit with us many times, and have even been accused of using someone else's permit just to ride the cart. What a joke. Unless you're a police officer or an othopaedic surgeon, you'll be told to mind your own business when questioning her use of a cart.

We also use it as a mobile tool chest. Most times we'll take three or four large tractors if the show is fairly close by, and with plowing, threshing, sawmilling, and whatever else we might want to do, we go through a lot of grease, oil and gas. Not to mention carrying a small drive belt in case there's trouble starting, maybe a chain, and a tool box, too. And, I don't care to lug that stuff from some parking area a half mile away because people don't like to see someone my age using a cart (I'm 30). If you want show visitors to see our exhibit, the golf cart, and our camper, is the price you'll have to pay. It's costing us a lot of money to do this, so a little consideration from the show organizers is not too much to ask, in my opinion.

The rules should allow this stuff (including home made butt buggies) as long as it's being used safely. That's the only rule you need. And that rule should go for everything at the show, from the biggest Case steamer to the smallest Wheel Horse lawn tractor.

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