Posted by LA in WI on June 21, 2012 at 17:24:04 from (50.50.77.223):
In Reply to: Plow Day posted by CFR on June 21, 2012 at 11:03:57:
I have organized a plow day for the last 6 yrs. We have the local 4-H club serve the food and drinks and they get to keep the profit for their fine work. Their kids love the experience and we don"t have to fool with food. (They make lots of money at this...good for them).
We have 4 rules: 1. All tractors are 1959 or older. 2. No tail gating. 3. No hot rodding. 4. You must have fun.
I have a master list of names, phone numbers, and addresses of drivers. We have a small meeting in Feb to go over location and who will help with parking, etc. If you don"t volunteer, we probably will draft you to help.
We average about 150 spectators. Local newspaper guy has ag background and prints a free announcement for us...and we make the front page of our weekly paper.
We don"t worry too much about plow depth....the host farmers have big equipment and work the field when we are done and you can"t tell what we did and how good or poor we did it. We have farmers waiting to be a host.
We must be doing something right....started with 7 tractors and this year we had 55 plowing and 5 more doing tillage work.
We have a professional videographer make a video and we sell it for $10 and proceeds go to local charities.
What"s funny is seeing plowers show up with their "new" old tractors...the oldest tractor leads the pack on the first round for all the photographers.
We have a great time...so much so that we are now one of the local traditions.
We charge $5 per driver and that pays for the porta potty rentals. LA in WI
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