• A view of the newly fenced R&T grounds, west of the main
  exhibit area, that included a scraped "playground" for anyone
  who wanted to "work" his CAT or tractor
• Dave Adams on one of the few "resident" Caterpillar products,
  his Caterpillar 112 grader
• A very original but still functional CAT breaks subsoil with a ripper
• The Adams' 1895 8x10 Frick pulls a terracer operated by Norman Gay
• Steve McCoy made many trips out to the demonstration area delivering
  water with his 1965 2,500 gallon tanker/pumper.
• Steve McCoy connnects a hose to the pumper and...
• ... tops up the Adams' 1895 Frick and...
• ... tops up Ray Fleetwood's 1922 Erie Shovel Model B and...
• ... tops up Greg Bechtold Jr...
• Dave Adams is back grading the playground
  with his Caterpillar 112
• A terracer is also grading the grounds behind a CAT 35(?)
• Dave Adams has a lucky passenger as he plays
  in the dirt with his CAT 112
• Scott and Dale Young's 1943 Clark model CA1 made it out to push some dirt
• The US Army D4 has some fun in the playground
• This massive CAT could really move some dirt
• Bill Glenn, who provided many photos for this event,
  has some fun with his CAT D2, which he brings to
  most R&T events
• Norman Gay heads to the playground behind Paul Stoltzfoos'
  Advance-Rumely steam traction engine with Megan Glenn
  steering and Jeff Doucette at the throttle
• Norman Gay adjusts the terracer as it digs into the soil
• Willard Adams has some fun with Bill Glenn's CAT D2
• Several small CATs move some dirt around with
  trailing scraper and earth movers
• The CAT with the ripper returns, this time with a young passenger
• This small CAT is hauling dirt with its loader
• Dave Adams returns some topsoil to the playground
• Allen Samuelsen tries his hand pulling the terracer with his Aultman Taylor
• A CAT 933 backs up after moving a scoop load of soil

• Ray Fleetwood's 1922 Erie Shovel Model B has become a
  crowd favorite at R&T (See a photo essay on this shovel
  in our 2001 Fall Harvest album.)
• The ash tray on Ray's Erie Shovel is easy to get to
• The Erie Shovel has several wood components and many
  separate steam engines fed from the boiler
• A small crowd watches Steve McCoy's fire truck
  top up the Erie Shovel's water tank
• A few young boys come up for a closer look
• Visitors can get up close and personal to watch Ray
  operate the shovel's many controls
• The 1922 Erie Sovel has a recently installed new wood
  support for the main boom
• Several visitors get a close-up view both inside and outside Ray's Erie Shovel
• A more modern shovel, this one a Koehring Model 305
  drag shovel, was also playing in the dirt at this year's Reunion
• A "scoop" view of the Koehring
• The diesel powered all-steel Koehring Model 305 is a far cry
  from Ray Fleetwood's '22 Erie Steam Shovel
• A conveyor/loader gets some exercise moving a pile of dirt
• Norman Gay has a go with Ray's '22 Erie Steam Shovel
• This vertical steam boiler 1914 Keystone Driller Co.
  Model 3 Excavator was built in Beaver Falls, PA
• The "business end" of the Keystone Driller Excavator.

• Participants gather to discuss the "rules", such as they are,
  for the tractor games
• Drivers take off for a heat in the race to start your tractor
  and get to the finish line first
• Harry Wilson on the Oliver OC-6 won this heat in the "slow race", but...
• ...lost to Steve McCoy's incredibly slow International 756 hi crop in the finals
• This young man did a perfect job of quickly parking
  the barrel in the barrel race on his Farmall H
• Walter Wilson again showed his superiority in the barrel race
  on his Oliver Super 88
• Harvey Bashore waits to start the barrel race on his 1937 John Deere BN
• This young man is concentrating hard to keep the barrel
  going straight with his John Deere B
• Another John Deere B heads for the finish line

• Some of Wednesday's visitors watch the four horse sweep
  power a threshing machine
• Glen Stauffer, with back to the camera, tamps down the straw
  coming from the sweep-powered thresher
• The single horse sweep is used to power the Jump Press to bale the straw
• Jeff Doucette operates Paul Stoltzfoos' Advance-Rumely as it
  takes its turn powering the large thresher
• The Advance Rumely steam traction engine easily
  powers the threshing machine
• The threshing machine has a baler attached,
  also powered by the steam tractor
• It generally takes two men to keep up with the task of "feeding" the thresher
• There is no shortage of belts and pulleys in this combination rig
• Later in the week, Allen Samuelsen uses his Aultman Taylor
  to power the thresher
• Threshing and baling is always one of the highlights
  of the annual Threshermen's Reunion
• These youngsters have a close-up view of the baler in action

• Walter Wilson's Oliver OC-6 lifts its front as it strains to pull the sled
• A nicely restored Farmall starts off with the sled
• The crowd enjoys seeing this Cockshutt 30 rise to the occasion
• An Allis-Chalmers WD-45 flexes its tires as it
  nears the end of its long pull
• An Oliver Super 88 takes off with the sled
• Looks can be deceiving. This Allis-Chalmers didn't need
  fresh paint to make a good pull.
• Greg Bechtold Jr starts his pull with his Farmall
• Carl Martin pulling with his 1960 John Deere 435 Diesel
• This Farmall M looks as if it came straight out of working a field
  to take a pass at pulling the sled
• Robert Landis has his 1953 Allis-Chalmers WD-45
  light in the front during this pull
• Irvin Martin pulls with his John Deere unstyled G
• One of several Deutz at the Reunion proves to be a good puller
• Glen Stauffer pulls with his late grandfather's 1939
  unstyled John Deere G
• Dale Zimmerman leans back in the hope of getting
  better traction with his Cochsutt 40
• It's getting darker as this Massey-Harris takes a turn at the sled
• Another Massey-Harris digs in with the sled
• An International 350 with a single wheel weight hopes to win its class
• Harvey Bashore gets the front end up on his John Deere
  Model 60 tries to go the distance
• This large Deutz is a puller that goes fast and far
• Walter Wilson finishes the pulling with his Oliver OC-6

• R&T's saw mill always draws a crowd
• While the saw mill is generally powered by a steam traction
  engine, this CAT took a turn during the Reunion
• Butch Biesecker adjusts one of the saw mill's auxiliary steam engines
• The next board to come off this log will soon be stacked with others
• Ivan Zimmerman controls the Frick saw mill's cut
• A stack of cut lumber is available for various R&T projects
• Rough and Tumble's 2004 Board of Directors posed for
  their annual portrait by a big CAT
• The Shay RR took thousands of visitors for a ride
  around the grounds during the Reunion
• The Little Toot builds steam prior to a day of
  taking kids, young and old, for a ride
• There is often at least one string instrument at to be heard
  by the Little Toot's station
• It took more than a little rain to keep visitors off of the Little Toot
• Rick Woods gets a pedal puller off to a good start
• This young lady seems to have started off without the sled
• You can tell by the faces in the crowd that this is a very popular event
• Sometimes the pedals get slippery
• This fellow is determined to make a full pull
• The Stationary Steam Museum is a great place to look at
  huge engines up close
• Visitors especially enjoy seeing these engines operating
• This 1900 Hoisting Engine by American Hoist and Derrick is
  described in detail in our 2003 Spring Steam-Up album
• A 1952 Shaw Du-All Model R8 is ready to go to work
• A sickle bar mower is front-mounted on this garden tractor
• Many of the small gas engines at the Reunion are powering small
  garden tractors. Gravely, like the one shown here, will be a featured tractor
  at the 2005 Reunion
• Stuart Nicoll's 1916 Fuller & Johnson "Multimotor"
  hit & miss engine powers a water pump
• At any time of day, there is always a group of visitors in the
  Blacksmith Shop watching a blacksmith in action
• The Blacksmith Shop's new facilities are much better suited
  to demonstrating blacksmith techniques
• This scale model CAT 60 arrived in a pickup truck, and...
• ...went on display complete with operator
• Eli King's working model Fairbanks Morse is powered by a hit & miss engine
• Daniel Kehr's 1/2 scale CAT D2 and 1/2 scale John Deere
  plow were a big hit
• As they did in 2003, the Civil Air Patrol did a terrific job
  of directing traffic to and from several parking areas
• Gary Tetz sets up his early 1900 Good Roads Machinery Co.
  horse drawn jaw crusher and screen.
• The complete setup, ready to go and looking like new
• Gary provided this description and history of the crusher and screen
• Willard Adams, who was in charge of the tractor exhibits and coordinated
  with the ACMOC, stops on his ATV to speak with Norman Gay driving
  his Jeep and passenger Greg Bechtold Jr
• Greg Bechtold Jr gets ready to pull the 1914 Keystone Driller Co.
  Model 3 Excavator out to the demonstration area ("playground")
• R&T President Louie Frantz stops to catch up with wife Joy,
  both of whom worked tirelessly to make this a great Reunion
• Bill and Kathy Hazzard urge their 3 year old
  Newfoundland "Bear" onto an antique treadmill
• Bear seemed to enjoy powering the antique
  butter churn via the treadmill
• A "wall of tires" defines this line of closely packed tractors
• A young man tries to catch a bubble from this hit & miss
  engine powered bubble blower
• Mike Torowus brought his 1929 Ford Model A
  modified dump truck from Pitman, NJ
• The bed of Mike's Model A dump truck
• A Stanley Steamer shows off its power source
• The driver's view of the Stanley Steamer's controls
• The Waterloo Boys raffle tractor was this very popular
  John Deere Model 520
• Another raffle tractor was this Allis-Chalmers with mower deck
  from the Steam-O-Rama group
• Kids young and old love to ride on huge old tractors
• This is the shortest line seen at the Shay RR
• The music tent is a great place to relax while visiting the Reunion
• The Reunion's Flea Market is a powerful draw for many visitors
• This Flea Market vendor specialized in everything John Deere
• Pick a brand of tractor, and these folks probably have a shirt for you
• Several vendors had antique tractor parts, large and small,
  available for purchase
• Painted saw blades were popular at this year's Flea Market
• This vendor had quite an assortment of Allis-Chalmers for sale
• A view looking back towards the main grounds from the demonstration area
• I'd guess this is Grandfather and Grandson leaving the demonstration area
• R&T's Rumely Museum includes beautifully restored harvesting
  equipment in addition to Oil Pull tractors
• A bright red McCormick seems to have swollowed a John Deere
• Dressed for the occasion, Kathy and Bill Hazzard pose
  by one of their engines
• Jonathan Werning takes an unusual approach to motivate
  R&T's Baker to get moving
• Christopher Jones does not let a little rain keep him from
  photographing an intriguing hit and miss engine and pump exhibit. Dad holds the umbrella.
• Christopher Jones not only saw his first steam traction engine,
  but got a ride as well courtesy of Jeff Doucett on the Advance Rumely
• We have to admit, it did rain a bit at this year's Reunion.
  One of the food stands did quite a business on Saturday during the downpour.
• A steam traction engine powers the saw mill
• This terracer may look rusty, but it sure looks functional, too.
• While a tent was provided for visitors from the neighboring
  Amish community, some chose to park their rigs at the upper gate.
• The family dog is quite content to tour the grounds on the family Mogul.
• Do you think this little guy is happy?
• Cooking corn with steam from Butch Biesecker's Keck-Gonnerman
• Colton Myer blows the whistle on the boiler powering the sausage cooker
• Pot Pies were available at noon from this simple oven
• Jacob Merriwether gets ready to show grandson Matt Shipley around R&T.

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