A tractor show for the bucket list.

Tom OConnor · Dec 3, 2014

Every year Tulare, California has two shows that are very
impressive. One for new equipment and the other for antique. I will
post some pictures from the antique show from a couple of years
ago. They always have a lot of high crops, crawlers, trucks and hit
and miss engines on display. All different for us midwesterners.
This is just a sampling but I thought some on this site might enjoy.

deerechaser · Dec 3, 2014

very nice looking show

gtractorfan · Dec 3, 2014

Thanks, those are an impressive group of pictures.

Mike (WA) · Dec 3, 2014

Nice show. Loved the line-up of Cletracs.

What was the Olive Drab truck with the chrome grill?

Tech 7 · Dec 3, 2014

I need a bigger bucket....thats impressive!

Tom OConnor · Dec 3, 2014

Mike, I can't tell you what make truck that was. I took a lot of pictures and didn't write down many statistics on them. Many were so old that they had roller chain drives on the rear axles. I was also impressed with the gentleman that had the full line of beautifully restored International Harvester crawlers from the TD6, TD9, TD14, TD18 and the 24. Great display. It was about 100 degrees each day that I was there and can't remember ice cream ever tasting so good. The second picture down many might not know what was mounted on the John Deere unless they are from where they raise edible beans but it is a bean puller. Edible beans were raised in thirty inch rows and the last cultivation you would hill them up as much as possible. Come harvest time those long knives would slide under the bean plant and windrow the plants behind where they could be raked into larger windrows and run through the combine equipped with a pick-up attachment.

Dalex · Dec 3, 2014

The truck under the yellow Fageol is a Sterling , I always wanted one , but a '47 Autocar C70 came along , and I settled for that ...

SweetFeet · Dec 3, 2014

Looks like a great show!

You sure take good quality photos.

smallercrawler · Dec 3, 2014

Tom, thank you for taking the time to share these great pictures.

Tom OConnor · Dec 3, 2014

Sweetfeet,

I think that you and others like you are giving me way too much credit. These newer digital cameras and now some of the newer cell phones make a good photographer out of anybody. My wife and I feel that we have been so Blessed to see so many different places and things that we love to share it with others.

Richard G. · Dec 3, 2014

All I can say is WOW.
Richard in NW SC

Jason1Pa · Dec 3, 2014

This looks like the show that I have on DVD from the Machines of Iron Collection.. Thanks for sharing. A lot of Not so common stuff.

SweetFeet · Dec 3, 2014

I think it still takes a little skill. You have a good eye for framing your subject and obviously you hold the camera still for good focusing, etc.

Glad you share photos of you and your wife's travels... I get to see places/things that I likely never would, otherwise. Thank you.

Bill in Colo · Dec 3, 2014

I've been 10 or more times to the new equipment show but always been to busy calving in the spring to make it to the April show. Now that the cows are gone. I will be there in 2016.
Thanks for posting pictures.

Brown Dirt Cowboy · Dec 3, 2014

I wouldn't mind having an Autocar C70 that could ride on my trailer behind my 1964 Emeryville cabover.

Pajamafied John · Dec 4, 2014

Thanks, Beautiful!!

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