Guinness World Record - RFD-TV - Max Armstrong

RFD-TV is thrilled to be the Opening Weekend Sponsor at the Nebraska State Fair and what better way to open the fair, than to break a World Record!

On Saturday, August 25th at 1:00 central time at Fonner Park in Grand Island, NE. RFD-TV will attempt to break the Guinness World Record of the "Largest Parade of Classic Tractors".

The current record is 745, set in Germany in 2008 and according to the Guinness guidelines, Classic Tractors MUST be 30yrs or older to participate.

Max Armstrong, Farm Broadcaster from This Week In AgriBusiness will MC the parade, introducing each tractor on-site & on-air, as RFD-TV broadcasts live.

To join in and be part of history-in the-making, fill out the registration form on our website at http://www.rfdtv.com/nebraskastatefair/index.php/tractor-parade or download the PDF version and mail it in.

Family and friends will be able to watch the parade from a reserved section in the grandstand and afterwards take a closer look, as all the tractors will be on display around the Fonner Park track. Family and friends will also have VIP reserved seating for the Marty Stuart Show, later that evening. Just be sure to fill in the number of seats you need reserved, for both the parade and the concert.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at [email protected]


Now, a little bit about the Armstrong Family 560 in the picture along with Max. Max tells us it"s a "62 vintage. This tractor belonged to his dad and they farmed in Southern Indiana. The tractor was sold to a neighbor and was returned to Max a few years back. A lot of work went into restoring this old machine by the Prairie Central High School FFA Chapter in Fairbury, IL. It turned out really well and as you can tell, Max was very pleased. Considering the tractor had been turned over on it"s top!

Tractor Parade Registration Form

Max Arstrong's before and after photos of his 1962 IH 560.

You can learn more from the video on You tube.
Type in: Prairie Central FFA -- 2010 Delo TRC Entrant

GOOD LUCK!!!

Mine should be done.. but we are having our 1st child is due 1st week in Sept, so we'll be home in IL.

http://colby560.shutterfly.com/

Why would you set the front wheels way out and the rears way in?

Maybe the picture angle when looking. Looks like the front is set all in and the rears set out on the axles a good bit even though dished in. I would guess the front and rear outside to outside measurement is close.

I have my registration forms ready to mail in today. Looking forward to it!

(quoted from post at 20:04:30 06/28/12) Why would you set the front wheels way out and the rears way in?

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The fronts are set in as far as they will go, not "way out."

It appears that the rears are set narrower than the fronts. Perhaps it's so the tractor can be backed on to a low-profile trailer, between the fenders.

That tractor only gets driven in parades, I'm sure.

What is the deal with Max Armstrong anyway? He's on TV for like 5 minutes a week, and you all swoon over him like a bunch of teenage girls over that kid from the Twilight movies...

Max is ok, he is on several ag programs on RFD TV. Remember he is a newscaster, part of his job is not to be a grouch. I didn't know people swooned over him. I would rather see him than all the horse stuff that RFD has.