September 3, 20169 yr Not sure this is the spot for this, but here goes....West Liberty has a Tractor Fest every labour Day weekend. Finally got a little spending money and drove down there today ( day late, oh weelll) Yes, there were at least a 100 tractors, this is the overflow area...sunny day out, some might need a hat? But, I had the old Boonie hat on, so I'm off to hunt some rustiness... Hmm, got ones just like those at home, PASS Onwards... Hmm, these were priced like they were made of gold. Spokeshave was $40! Yikes! Don't even ask about them $35 planes... Sights are set on a different tent.. Well, it wasn't anywhere in this tent...Ah, another 1/4 of a mile, things were looking up...a bit. Close, but not quite there, yet.. Hmmmm, maybe inside the store? Hmm, don't need a mallet, could have had a Keen Kutter # 8c, but I didn't have the $110 on me. The one to the left is a #6.....Place has three tents set up in line, three rows of goodies, three more rows outside the tents, with more goodies, and a pair of old haywagons with more on them. I spent part of my $50 allowance in here.... Front to back: Yankee push drill, by Stanley. A Stanley Square, with STANLEY cast in the handle.. And bringing up the rear, and costing the most.. A Keen Kutter 6" sweep brace. Will have to dig around a bit, for info on that chuck...Millers Falls, maybe? Price tag says $25......I'm getting hungry, food lines are all 20to 40 people LONG, and hard to tell which line you'd be standing in. Didn't really need any of these.. Or these.. So, somewhere behind that truck, in the midst of almost a thousand vehicles.. Is my van......2+ miles of walking through all the vendors.....time to go home..
September 4, 20169 yr Author Trying to wrangle my way down for a second day......more pictures, maybe I actually missed a couple good buys....well...maybe the prices will be better, eh? That last picture? The fellow in the white shirt? That would be my 23 yr old son. Beside him is his nephew....Johnathan. Hope the weather holds...
September 4, 20169 yr 2 hours ago, Ron Pemberton said: Any tractor show that has John Deere tractors is a good show. +1; Spent 16+ years keeping Deere's "Running Like a Deere...There never will be another to top the 4020's although the 4320's come close...just didn't make as many... Cool looking show Steven + all the vendors...sometimes there's bargains to be had and sometimes not. I've walked away empty handed many a time, well except maybe for a Lemon Shake-up and pork chop on a stick...
September 4, 20169 yr Author A little search-fu turned up that the KK brace was a Millers Falls made one. M-F number for their model 6" was No. 1054....last made in1929.
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