• Steve Koser explains the barrel role rules to a young participant on an Allis Chalmers WC
• A young man on a John Deere 110 gets underway with the barrel
• Jeremy Labs gets the barrel through the "goalposts" on his grandfather
  Harvey Bashore's 1938 John Deere Model B
• Ron Winship, who came to the Reunion from Portland, ME,
  heads out on his 1936 MM Model JT
• Ron's cousin form Portland, Nathan Clark, tries his hand at the barrel with his 1948 MM Model R
• This young man did well in all of the games with his Ferguson Model 30
• The egg race gets underway - nobody has dropped their egg yet...
• Patience was really a virtue when it comes to moving around with an egg on a spoon
• Here's a mixed bag of tractors setting off on a slow race
• Another group, including Gary Ravert on his 1967 IH Model 105 Combine,
  gets underway as slowly as possible
• The two finalists in the slow race prove that without Steve McCoy
  in the race, the small garden tractors have the edge
• Harvey Bashore demonstrates the process of completing the task
  of "getting the chain in the box".
• Harvey's about done putting the chain in the box.
• Harry Wilson on his Oliver OC-6 tries his hand at putting the chain in the box
• Tim Koser does a nice job in the game with the Koser's John Deere Model B

• Carl Plaisted gets his 1937 McCormick Deering Model W-30 weighed in for the tractor pull
• Harold Stauffer adjusts the weight on the rear of his 1958 Deutz Model D65
• As Irvin Martin rolls the track, the crowd assembles for the Thursday's tractor pull
• Ron Winship, from Portland, ME gets underway with the sled on his Minneapolis Moline
• Nathan Clark pulls with his MM Model Z from Maine
• Jim Waibel's 1949 Farmall C heads out on a good pull
• A one-eyed John Deere MT digs in for more distance
• Ellison Eckman's 1945 Allis Chalmers Model WC making good progress
• Tim Koser starts his pull on the John Deere Model B
• Harold Stauffer's 1955 Deutz Model D15 heads into the setting sun with the sled
• Calvin Lilley III gets underway on his 1941 Allis Chalmers Model WC
• Irvin Martin, with the help of a local fire company, wets down the track
  before the bigger tractor classes begin
• This Farmall M had a good pull, proving you don't need new paint to get the job done
• The MM Model 445 Universal heads down the track
• It's "wheels up" for this International Model 340

• The Shay Railroad Station is almost empty as the shadows get long Wednesday afternoon
• The Shay tops up its water tank during this stop at the station
• Oil (?) is poured in to a reservoir on the other side of the Shay
• The Shay heads out on another run
• The Shay finds itself in a race with a lawn-mower during this trip
• The Shay passes through the small engine exhibit area
• Nearing the end of a trip, the Shay heads back uphill to its station
• Cynthia ("Cyd") Stayrook has a young audience as she checks the fire in Little Toot
• Little Toot heads up the back stretch with a load of kids of all ages
• Cyd and Little Toot take another group for a ride.
  Cyd also sings the national anthem at the official opening of many reunion days.

• Wednesday's crowd gets ready to see the series of threshing demonstrations
  that start with the most primitive hand tool methods and end with
  threshing machines powered by antique tractors
• A simulation of cutting grain with a scythe starts the demonstrations
• Bundles of cut grain are tied with grain stalks
• The grain is "beaten" with a hinged wood mallet to detach the grain from the stallk
• With a slight breeze, it is possible to separate the grain from the stalks by
  tossing them up in the air, with the grain itself landing a bit "down wind" of the stalks
• A hand-cranked separator is demonstrated with a close-up view by some youngsters
• A one-horse treadmill is used to power ...
• ... this larger separator
• A more powerful two-mule treadmill powers an even larger separator, outputing....
• .... clean grain into a bin
• The Lapp family has been bringing horses to R&T for over 40 years.
  Here Elvin Lapp harnesses one of their Belgians to be used for the four-horse sweep.
• Other members of the Lapp family hook up the horses to the four-horse sweep
• The sweep in operation. Through a series of shafts, gears and pulleys, the sweep turns a belt that...
• ... powers this larger threshing machine
• Glenn Stauffer stacks the straw stalks from the thresher into a cart
• The cart is pulled to the stationary Dederick sweep-powered jump press (baler)
  where the straw is forked up to the high platform
• The straw is then forked into the press, where two or three young boys
  jump up and down on it to compress it into the rectangular compartment
• The sides and top of the press are then closed off
• The Lapp's 4 year old Belgian "Bonnie" then powers the sweep that drives the bottom of the straw "box" up into the box, compressing the straw inside the press.
• With the side door again open, operators push wires through and
  tie them around the new bale of straw
• The bale is then pulled from the press and tossed down to the ground,
  where it is weighed on a vintage farm scale
• The demonstrations then move to the west end of the grounds where
  two or more large tractor-powered threshing machines are demonstrated
• In this instance, a Peerless steam traction engine is powering one of the threshers
• Threshing machines use a complex array of belts and pulleys to
  power the many moving parts
• The straw output from the thresher is automatically fed into an attached baler,
  that is powered from a pulley on the thresher
• The bales are hand-tied with wire before they exit the baler
• The bales are loaded on a wagon
• The grain comes out the side shute into bags, without spilling a drop
• Carl Plaisted uses his 1937 McCormack Deering Model W-30 to power the thresher also
• It takes two men to keep a thresher adequately fed with grain. (See more on the Maxwell family in the photo's caption.)
• Straw that falls to the ground is tossed back into the baler's input
• This original Meadows Mill Co. machine is being powered by a Rumely
• Grain falls from the hopper down into the slanted metal chute...
• ... and comes out the other end as ground meal...
• ... and then down another chute into a pail

• A large pile of logs await the the saw mill
• Ivan Zimmerman cuts a large log to length
• A Frick is belted-up to power the saw mill
• The large log is hauled in to the "carrier" on the saw mill
• The large blade can slice right through large logs
• The teeth on the blade get frequent hand sharpening
• A crowd gathers to watch the always popular saw mill
• This log is so large that it will require two passes for the first slice
• Another log is prepared for its next pass

• Tractors line up for the Parade of Power
• A chain-saw armed, heavily weighted John Deere 110 is in line ahead of
  Ray Bauman's John Deere Model "W" (formerly) stationary engine
• Paul Buckwalter's 1950 Minneapolis Moline Model U pulls a
  "little red wagon" with a model MM baler.
• Jerry Myer shows his Minneapolis Moline "4 Star Super"
• A great looking 1952 MM Model "U"
• Nathan Clark and son show off their 1948 MM Model R
• Sandra Evans owns this beautiful 1954 MM Model BG
• Darvin Grove is proud of his 1953 MM Model BF
• Josh Nace shows his beautifully restored 1896 twin compound engine Reeves
• This Aultman Taylor has a steam powered electric generator for its headlight
• A home-built steam powered tractor leads another Aultman Taylor down the track
• A Frick tows R&T's 1886 Schiedler for which restoration funds are still being solicited
• The huge flywheels on Clyde Brubaker's 1910 Austin (gas powered) roller are a sight to see
• Chris Stoltzful and two sons show off their 1927 Rumely 15-25 Model L
• Creedin Otto with his beautifully restored 1953 David Bradley 6 hp "Tri-Trac"
• Gary Raser's 1935 Ferguson Model 35 looks showroom new
• Keith Kuhlengel had the misfortune to stall his 1929 Rumely 20-30 Model W
  and it took several pulls on the crank to get it started again
• Keith was back in the next day's parade pulling his beautifully restored circa 1915
  Rumely Kerosene Tank Wagon, with a capacity of 12 Barrels (378 gallons)
• Looking patriotic and quite comfortable, Calvin Lilley and friend parade
  Calvin's 1941 Allis Chalmers Model WC
• Tim Koser on the family John Deere "B" leads his dad Steve on their "A"
  followed by a column of other John Deere tractors
• This Plymouth looks as though it's out for a Sunday drive
• Mike Torowus parades his 1929 Ford Model A modified dump truck
• John Gouge describes his wife Suzie's recently restored 1953 Chevy 3100 pickup
• Young Ben Goss started by driving a 1/2 scale Case several years ago
  and here he is driving a huge Peerless
• This 1933 Caterpillar Ten is pulling a New Holland hit-and-miss engine
  powered stone crusher
• Dave Unruh, Jr. walks behind his son driving their 1941 John Deere H
• Jay Hoover pulls his 1952 John Deere Model 12A combine using Harvey Bashore's 1941 John Deere H
• A well decorated 1936 Farmall F-12 parades with a civil-war era cannon
• Rough & Tumble's 1886 Schiedler (yes, it's 120+ years old) is pulled by
  Jonathan Werning on R&T's Baker
• This half scale Baker is a masterpiece of model building
• After Steam School, Dave Kroa's son James is fully qualified to drive their 1909 Frick 8x10
• Ron Donley's daughter enjoys parading on their Buffalo Springfield Roller
• Grandchildren are frequent passengers as in the case of this Rumely
• Gail Stoltzfoos and friends parade with Gail's beautifully restored 1928 Rumely 25-45 Model R
• Bob Moyer, with daughter in tow, shows his 1954 Farmall Super C
• Rumely's come in all sizes. This one is the Stoltzfoos' 1915 15-30 Model F.
• This is Chester Stoltzfoos' 1912 Rumely 25-45 Model B
• Another nice job of building a scale tractor, this is a nice looking scale John Deere Model D
• Here come two John Deere Model LAs, the first being Francis Stauffer's 1945 tractor
• This young man is all smiles driving a 1935 Allis Chalmers Model UC
• A young lady shows off the family's 1958 Farmall Model 130
• Harry Wilson with his 1947 Oliver Model 70 Row Crop
• Bill Spiller in the shade with his 1942 John Deere Model LI (Industrial)
  complete with Model 7D sickle bar mower
• Norman and Tim Stauffer own this 1918 Waterloo Boy 12-25 Model N
• A young man gets a treat when he drives his John Deere unstyled A in the parade
• A bunch of young Stauffers show the family's 1959 John Deere Model 830 Diesel
• An industrial version of the John Deere Model 830 Diesel looks like
  it could pull just about anything
• Harold Stauffer's very nice looking 1955 Deutz Model D15
• A circa 1918 Twin-City 12-20 on steel motors into the setting sun
• Gary Raser's immaculate 1955 Massey-Harris "Pacer" looks like a great ride
• Darrell Smoker shows his 1943 Case 23 hp "SI Airborne" tractor
• This home made "International" pulls some precious cargo down the track

If you use the "Next Photo" link at the top right corner of each photo, then it will pay you to continue looking at the current photo until the activity display at the bottom of your browser indicates the browser is done loading images. Then, when you click "Next Photo", it will appear almost immediately, and the browser will start loading the next sequential image. To put it simply, wait for the browser to complete loading images before clicking the "Next Photo" button.