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Judging tractors at Hertiage Day

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Alan Wichmann

09-21-2007 10:18:33

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I was recently asked to "judge" classic tractors and antique farm equipment at a "Heritage Day" in a neighboring community. The categories they gave us are "most unique tractor", "crowd favorite", and "most unique non-tractor".

All three of us judging are pretty comfortable around old equipment, but we want to make this fair.

I know the categories are pretty vague, but is there any help out there for us. Thanks in advance.

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Dan in Ore

09-22-2007 06:37:46

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to Alan Wichmann, 09-21-2007 10:18:33

I agree, judging just causes hard feelings.

Take the guy that just spent $10,000 to have someone else restore and put an automotive paint job on his tractor. Is he any more deserving than the guy that put a couple of hundred hours of sweat into his tractor that maybe doesn't look quite as good.

I will try to steer clear of shows where there is judging.

Just my $ .02 worth.

Dan

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John M

09-21-2007 15:32:22

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to Alan Wichmann, 09-21-2007 10:18:33

Resign your post and let the spectaters do the judging. Judging just gets the rich pi$$ed when their tractor doesnt win!My .02 for what its worth.

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730virgil

09-21-2007 13:04:32

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to Alan Wichmann, 09-21-2007 10:18:33

we used to judge tractors for our fall festival parade. it got to be a peaing and moaning thing then we couldn't get judges as someone was gripping about something so i said that's it no more judging tractors (i'm co-chairman.) everyone seems to be happier about the whole thing. this year we had a friend of mine bring a silver king with a very old paint job. i wonder if it is original paint? if it had been judged he wouldn't have got a second look.

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Gary from Muleshoe

09-21-2007 19:34:39

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to 730virgil, 09-21-2007 13:04:32

730virgil I agree with you 100%. Judging just causes hard feelings. It also causes people to stop coming to shows because they begin to think their tractor is not good enough. In our parts they always have judges choice at the parades. I always tell them not to judge my JD B in my home town. I figure the guys who drove some distance to be a part of a show or parade deserve to get the awards, not the local guys.

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Walt Davies

09-21-2007 11:26:50

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to Alan Wichmann, 09-21-2007 10:18:33

Unique is another word for RARE so if its very rare tractor then thats the one. Say a 56 Cochshutt 35 Blackhawk (250 made) or something along these lines. Just because its the only one at the show but is one of many doesn't make it unique.

Crowd pleaser look at where the crowd stops to take extra time to look this is hard to unless you have a place for people to leave a note as what they liked best. or you sit all day and watch. I would put up a bottle with little pad of paper and then let the public tell you what they think.
Walt

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Nebraska Cowman

09-21-2007 10:56:57

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to Alan Wichmann, 09-21-2007 10:18:33

Fair? that's what the judges are for. I'd say the most fair way would be to have different judges every year. You know what they say, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" You'll do fine.

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Gene Dotson

09-21-2007 18:59:24

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Re: Judging tractors at Hertiage Day in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 09-21-2007 10:56:57

I thought beauty was in the eye of the beer holder... gene

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