Maine Antique Tractor Club

Maine Antique Tractor Club
2013 MATC Newsletter
PRESIDENT: Bob Clark, 634 Sandy River Rd., Starks, ME 04911
696-3698
VICE PRESIDENT: Matthew Hunter, 17 Nash Dr, Chelsea, ME 04330
622-6608
[email protected]
SECRETARY: Harriet Spencer, 35 No Shore Dr, Smithfield, ME 04978
362-3351
[email protected]
TREASURER: Terry Spencer, 35 No Shore Dr, Smithfield, ME 04978
362-3351
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NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Dorita Downes, 652 Titcomb Hill Rd,
Farmington, ME 778-5950
[email protected]
WEBMASTER: Burl Ewell, 48 Serenity Dr, W Gardiner, ME 04345
207-522-0693
-WEB PAGE: http//www.maineantiquetractorclub.com
President’s Message
Greetings to all of our Members.
I'm glad to see that there are still people collecting and
showing the old tractors and unique pieces of equipment as
proven at the display at our festival. A nice display of equipment was on show. Many thanks to all who volunteered and
helped. Your labor and support was greatly appreciated.
Thank you again, Keep those tractors rolling. ps: as we
grieve the loss of a member in an accident at Bangor's parade, let us all keep safety in mind.
Bob Clark
Question: What auto manufacturer first incorporated the Star of David into it's logo??
Happy Birthday, Bud!
Bud Knight from Jefferson
just celebrated his 80th birthday. Thanks to Leon Barton,
the club gave Bud this tractor
cake and a card at his party.
What a great cake for a tractor man.
We send our sincere condolences to the family of Wally Fenlason of Holden who passed away in a very tragic accident while participating in the July 4th Bangor
Parade.
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Founded in 1994
A lawn and garden tractor pull will be held at 9 Am
Saturday, July 20th, at the land site. A tractor operation course and a safety test will be held fot new youth
pullers. This will be a ribbon pull for youth and a points
pull for adults. Joe Brown has donated another tractor
for the kids to use, If you have any friends, neighbors,
or relatives that have kids that would like to pull, tell
them about this. Memberships and insurance will be
available. I will be cooking hamburgers and hot dogs
for a donation. If there is anyone out there that can get
the sound system out of the bus. Let me know. There
will be the usual $5.00 individual pulling fee. Thanks to
all of you that helped put on one of the best lawn and
garden pulls at the festival. Glenn
On May 18th the first of the lawn/garden tractor pulls
was held integrating the tractor instruction and safety
test. We had 8 youth pullers who competed and a fun
pull was held for the adults.
Lloyd Holland brought a homemade tractor that
looked like a half size version of one of the cranberry
bog tractors. Lloyd never ceases to amaze us with his
inventiveness and creativity.
We only had one puller in the 12 year and up category. Josiah Dillingham pulled 32'10"
The 5 to 12 year class finished as follows
Jorja Poulin 46'7"
Drake Knox 43'10"
Liam Poulin 41'3"
Alivia Knox 33'8"
Alexis Dostie 28'7"
Alexandra Rackliff 28'3"
Eli Rackliff 27;2"
We have created a new class for lawn and garden 2000Lb with 24" tires This was set up for the cebs
and Power Kings that can;t haul the big drag.
It was agreed that you may pull with the mower
deck on, as long as the drive belt has been removed.
Thanks to everyone that made the pull a success. Glenn
18th Annual Tractor Festival Highlights:
Another successful tractor festival is over. We were
worried about another rainy weekend, but the weather
decided to cooperate. We always enjoy talking with the
members, some we only see this one weekend. We
missed seeing some of the older members. Just before
the "Charity Pull" Friday night, the progressive drag decided to break down. Thank you, John, for using your
tools and experience to take the drag apart. Thank you
so very much, Burl and Diane, for taking over Saturday.
The Grange wedding was beautiful and fun. We just
couldn't miss it.
Raffle winners were Jim Wahlstrom - tractor and Corey
Murphy - pedal tractor. Both men are from Farmington.
In the week of the festival and the week after the festival
we gained 29 new members and 1 sponsor. Twenty-six
members and 2 sponsors renewed their memberships. Reminder: A membership goes from January 1 to
December 31. Renewal forms are in the Dec., Jan., and
Feb. newsletters. My "Pet Peeve" is doing all those renewals at the festival. Oh well! I still look forward to seeing you.
This year we lost some faithful volunteers and gained
some new ones. Volunteers, thank you so much for
making this event possible. Terry and I look forward to
having the festival on our Norridgewock land soon.
Have a great tractoring summer!
Harriet
P.S. Glenn says only porta potties next year. You'll have
to ask him why.
Winners of the tractor games were
Adult - Charles Ring - John Deere 530 - slow race
Bruce Ames - Oliver 60 - spoon & egg
Youth - Brandon Buck - Ford 841 - spoon & egg
Adult - Mike Rivard - Power King - slow race
Youth - Ruby Adams - Cub Cadet - slow race
Alex Zelinski - Cub Cadet - spoon & egg
I received a phone call shortly after the festival ended from a local individual who wanted
to compliment the Festival Members on the
professionalism of the Festival signs that were placed
around town. Thanks to Everett Barnard for making
those signs.
Dale Fairbanks
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Festival Highlights:
This year we have completed the 18th Festival.
Once again, we had much success with Glenn
DeWitt as Chair and all of the Festival and MATC
Committee Members volunteering their time and energy to make every event of the festival successful.
We wish to thank the press for their coverage, they
do an excellent job covering the Festival events.
Above all, the weather held for us, though it was a
might hot and with the exception of a rain shower,
the sun was shinning brightly for us. Our next Festival Meeting will be held on August 5th at the Richmond Fire Station at 7PM.
Judy Fairbanks
Woman's Skillet Toss Winners
Age Group 13 to 35
1st Place..........Jessica Vaillancourt/36'11"
2nd Place........Cheyenne Slivinski/29'7"
3rd Place.........Tanya Turcotte/24'4"
Age Group 36 to 55
1st Place..........Franny Clark/34'7"
2nd Place.........Diane Brooks/25'3"
3rd Place..........Lorie Caler/24'11"
Age Group 56 and over
1st Place.........Linda Hooker/22'1"
2nd Place........Harriet Clark/19'8"
Men's Hammer Toss
Age Group 13 to 35
1st Place..........Wesley Jordan/54'4"
2nd Place.........Riley Adams/51'2"
3rdPlace...........Joseph Peaslee/38'4"
Age Group 36 to 55
1st Place..........Jerrod Thebarge/56'9"
2nd Place.........Travis Adams/46'5"
3rd Place..........Gary Clark/39'2"
Age Group 56 and over
1st Place...........Randy Grant/43'3"
2nd Place..........Ray Gaudette/39'8"
3rd Place..........Bob Clark/39'6"
Under a sunny sky, there were 17 youngsters scavenging
the Farmington Fair Grounds for 20 listed items.
These three kids were the winners of this years Scavenger Hunt. Kyle Lepage, Christian Moon and Alexis Moon.
Pictured are the judges for the 2013 Photo Contest.
Kellie Stratton and John Stansbury.
Photo Contest Winners
** People's Choice Award**
Scott Ainsworth
*Adult*
1st Place.......Scott Ainsworth
2nd Place......Judy Adams
3rd Place.......Steve Lee
*Youth*
1st Place........Ruby Adams
2nd Place.......Riley Adams
3rd Place........Jared Rogers
MATC Pie Baking Contest Judges enjoying their job!
Eunice Michaud, Joann Haslam and Rosemary Covey.
Josiah Dillingham, 1st place Lawn & Garden Pull
MATC Pie Baking Contest Winners
**Best of the Best**
Franny Clark with a Strawberry/Rhubarb Pie
*Apple Pie*
1st Place..... Bambi Ames
*Fruit Pie*
1st Place......Shirley Buck
2nd Place.....Donna Clark
3rd Place......Kathryn Snow
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2013 Festival Feature Tractors
NOTE: The sheets for Friday’s stone boat pull have been
misplaced. The following is the schedule for Sunday’s
stone boat pull.
MATC Tractor Festival Stone Boat Pull
Farmington Fairgrounds, Farmington, ME 6/23/013
2500 lb. Class
Oliver 60
FP/49.75”
nd
2 Mark Buck
Ford 2N
FP/43.5”
3rd Bruce Ames
Oliver 60
FP/43”
th
Ford 2N
48”/FP/41.5”
th
Farmall BN
104”/86.5”
4 Brooke Stewart
5 Don Pease
6th Stephen Powers, Jr. Oliver 60
th
7 Stan Adams
Farmall BN
98”/39”
105”/37”
John Deere 50
58”/71”
th
International 300
45”/37”
Minneapolis Moline
FP/37.5”
2 Steve Lee
Farmall
FP/32”
3rd Andy Haslam
5 Jay Fowler
6 Andy Haslam
6500 lb. Class
1st Steve Lee
Farmall M
FP/8”
th
Farmall M
FP/2”
th
5 Rodney Stevens
John Deere D
24”/113”
6thBill Davis
4 Thurston Haslam
John Deere D
57”/107”
th
Farmall Super M
49’/31.5”
th
John Deere A
32”/13”
Farmall 560
FP
2 Bob Clark
John Deere 720
6”/37”
3rd Andy Haslam
Farmall 560
24”/36”
7 Randy Grant
8 Jay Fowler
43.5”/30.75”
3500 lb. Class
1st David Berry
John Deere A
th
nd
st
1 Dale Fairbanks
4th Burl Ewell
7500 lb. Class
1st Thurston Haslam
Ford NAA
FP/FP
nd
Case VAC
FP/102”
rd
3 Don Baldwin
Ford Jubilee
68.5”/FP/99”
4th Coval Conant
Farmall Super C FP/57.5”
th
1st Chuck Dews
McCormick Deering 2236
FP/79”
Farmall Super C FP/55.5”
th
2nd Russ Hudon
6 Al Ladd
Case VAC
FP/43.5”
7th Brandon Buck
Ford 8N
87.5”/39.75”
2 Scott Stevens
5 Mark Blaisdell
nd
th
John Deere MT 48.5”/68.5”
th
Ford 8N
8 Burl Ewell
9 Sonny Jacobs
Open Class
John Deere R
FP/37”
rd
Case 500
FP/21.5”
th
John Deere R
FP/18.5”
3 Burl Ewell
4 Glenn Dewitt
61.75”/60.25”
MATC Tractor Festival A-T Charity Pull
Farmington Fairgrounds, Farmington, ME
6/22/2013
4500 lb. Class
1st Stephen Powers, Jr. Oliver 77
FP/FP
2nd Don Pease
Cockshutt 30
FP/105”
3rdDon Baldwin
Ford 900
FP/62”
4th Tammy Buck
Ford 841
FP/52”
5th Devin Karkos
Farmall H
FP/45”
6th Sonny Jacobs
Ford 841
FP/40.5”
7th Kevin Buck
Ford 841
FP/38”
8th Jason Orr
Farmall H
FP/37.5”
9th Stan Adams
Farmall H
FP/26.5”
10th Jessie Merrill
Farmall H
FP/20”
5500 lb. Class
1st Thurston Haslam
International 300
FP/115”
2nd Dale Fairbanks
Oliver Super 77
FP/71”
3rd John Hilton
International 300
FP/43”
4
2000 lb. Class
1st Bernard Bumpus
Farmall Cub
52.77’
nd
Massey Harris Pony
33.79’
rd
Farmall Cub
1.49’
2 Randy Chapman
3 Linda Hooker
2500 lb. Class
1stStephen Powers, Jr. Oliver 60
nd
115.98’
2 Brooke Stewart
Ford 2N
106.25’
3rd Mark Buck
Ford 2N
99.79’
th
Farmall BN
96.32’
th
5 Scott Stevens
Oliver 60
96.04’
6th Riley Adams
4 Don Pease
Farmall BN
90.48’
th
Farmall A
89.17’
th
8 Bruce Ames
Oliver 60
83.51’
9th Justin Richards
Farmall A
83.34’
7 David Berry
10th Eric Beals
Allis Chalmers C
64.26’
3000 lb. Class
4th Scott Stevens
Oliver 77
147.34’
5th Bob Hamlin
Farmall 230
146.40’
6th Bill Davis
Oliver 60
144.51’
st
Case VAC
142.96’
nd
Ford 8N
128.47’
7 Mike Pratt
Cockshutt 30
143.15’
rd
Case VAC
121.74’
8th Mark Blaisdell
Farmall Super C
140.02’
th
Ford 8N
117.69’
9th Stan Adams
Farmall H
120.15’
th
Ford 8N
115.97’
10 David Berry
Ford NAA
115.22’
Farmall Super C
113.96’
11th Maurice Martel, Jr. Farmall C
109.60’
th
Case VAI
110.35’
12th Otto Hunt
Farmall C
107.61’
th
Farmall B
108.65’
13 Joe Carter
Oliver 550
85.35’
th
Farmall BN
106.37’
14th Maurice Martel, Sr. Farmall 200
th
Minneapolis Moline
106.15’
4500 lb. Class
th
Ford 8N
105.50’
1st Stephen Powers, Jr Oliver 77
122.04’
th
Farmall BN
104.56’
2nd Don Baldwin
Ford 900
116.70’
th
Oliver 60
103.15’
3rd Kevin Buck
Ford 841
114.69’
th
Ford 8N
101.29’
4 Arthur Child
Cockshutt 30
112.88’
th
Ford 8N
99.31’
5th Nathan Clarke Minneapolis Moline Z
106.39’
th
Ford 8N
97.17’
6th Devin Karkos
Farmall H
101.96’
th
Ford 8N
96.69’
7 Riley Adams
Farmall H
101.73’
th
Ford 8N
95.68’
8th Brandon Buck
Ford 841
101.34’
Ford 8N
101.24’
10 Solomon Orff
Massey Harris 33
100.92’
11th Sonny Jacobs
Ford 841
100.89’
Cockshutt 30
100.30’
1 Scott Stevens
2 Brandon Buck
3 David Mayo
4 Kevin Buck
5 Sonny Jacobs
th
6
Coval Conant
7 Al Ladd
8 Jason Hannigan
9 Don Pease
10 Ron Winship
11 Mark Buck
12 Stan Adams
13 Bruce Ames
14 Scott Stevens
15 Brooke Stewart
16 Bernard Bumpus
17 Linda Hooker
18 Floyd Stevens
th
19 Cliff Woodman Minneapolis Moline BF
84.71’
3500 lb. Class
th
th
th
th
th
th
9 Greg Ring
th
71.21’
st
Farmall Super C
89.64’
nd
Ford NAA
87.52’
rd
Farmall Super C
87.35’
13 Gene Cunningham Case SC
84.22’
th
Ford NAA
85.45’
14th Chuck Dews
McCormick Deering
84.01’
5 Stephen Powers, Jr. Case VAC
85.00’
15 Jason Orr
Farmall H
82.80’
1 Coval Conant
2 David Berry
3 JR Rose
4 Justin Richards
th
th
12 Don Pease
th
th
th
Farmall Super C
84.97’
5000 lb. Class
th
Ford Jubilee
82.41’
1st Ric Paradis
th
Oliver 66
80.71’
9 Maurice Martel, Jr. Farmall C
78.46’
6 Mark Blaisdell
7 Don Baldwin
8 Bill Davis
th
th
Case VAC
67.75’
th
Case VAC
52.32’
10 Al Ladd
11 David Mayo
th
12 Cliff Woodman Minneapolis Moline BF
th
th
13 Otto Hunt
14 Diane Brooks
5
111.05’
3 Ron Winship
Minneapolis Moline
109.31’
4th Nathan Clarke
Oliver 77
109.29’
th
Farmall H
108.62’
th
5 Devin Karkos
John Deere 50
107.97’
Farmall C
49.02’
7th Solomon Orff
John Deere MT
46.61’
Ford 900
155.55’
nd
Cockshutt 30
151.97’
rd
Cockshutt 30
147.45’
3 Don Pease
International 300
rd
2 John Hilton
6 Jay Fowler
st
2 Arthur Child
111.31’
49.80’
4000 lb. Class
1 Don Baldwin
Oliver 77
nd
Massey Harris 33
105.41’
th
John Deere 435
104.18’
th
9 Al Ladd
Case 300
101.30’
10th Roy Farnum
John Deere A
96.65’
8 Rodney Stevens
th
11 Gene Cunningham Oliver 770
th
12 Brian Orr
Farmall H
86.01’
82.66’
5500 lb. Class
1st John Hilton
International 300
2ndRandy Chapman
Oliver Super 88 Diesel 121.98’
3rd Thurston Haslam
International 300
106.56’
4th Kellie Stratton
International 300
106.12’
5 Burl Ewell
John Deere A
105.47’
6th Jay Fowler
John Deere 50
104.37’
th
John Deere 530
103.9’
th
John Deere A
95.84’
th
John Deere A
92.86’
th
7 Charles Ring
8 Riley Adams
9 Roy Farnum
133.23’
6000 lb. Class
st
John Deere A
124.04’
nd
2 Bill Davis
John Deere A
120.97’
3rd Randy Chapman
Oliver Super 88 Diesel 116.21’
1 Brian Winslow
th
John Deere A
110.79’
th
5 Randy Grant
Farmall Super M
110.26’
6th Burl Ewell
John Deere A
104.52’
John Deere 530
100.17’
John Deere D
145.94’
2 Thurston Haslam
Farmall M
138.53’
3rd Bill Davis
John Deere D
134.95’
4th Steve Lee
Farmall M
134.80’
5 Jay Fowler
John Deere A
125.91’
6th Randy Grant
Farmall Super M
115.32’
7th Kellie Stratton
Farmall M
113.65’
John Deere 50
110.55’
4 Jay Fowler
th
7 Charles Ring
6500 lb. Class
1st Brian Winslow
nd
th
th
8 Bruce Ames
7000 lb. Class
1st Coval Conant
Farmall M
99.52’
2 Bruce Ames
John Deere 50
93.75’
3rd Andy Haslam
Cockshutt 50
90.92’
4th Thurston Haslam
Cockshutt 50
90.12’
5 Mark Blaisdell
Farmall 560
89.00’
6th Josiah Dillingham
John Deere 630 73.44’
nd
th
7500 lb. Class
1st Mark Blaisdell
Farmall 560
2nd Bill Clark
John Deere 730 63.86’
3rd Andy Haslam
560 International
63.16’
560 International
61.89’
th
4 Thurston Haslam
68.55’
5th Bob Clark
John Deere 720
58.54’
6th Floyd Emerson
John Deere 720
54.88’
Open Class
Drag Broke Down
Lawn & Garden Pulling Results
June 21, 2013
Class 650lb
Kids 5 to 11
1. Ruby Adams
2. Alivia Knox
3. Drake Knox
Class 800lb
Kids 12 to 16
1. Josiah Dillingham
2. Rudy Adams
3. Ben Emery
Class 1000 lb Kids 12 to 16
1. Alex Zelinsk
2. Ruby Adams
3. Josiah Dillingham
Adults
Class 900
1. Peter Crosby
2. Arthur Child
3. Armand Paradis
Class 1100
1. Peter Crosby
2. Joe Brown
3. Skip Woodworth
Class 1500
1. Mel Nickerson
2. Arthur Child
3. Stan Adams
Class 650 Kids 5 to 11
1. Drake Knox
2. Alivia Knox
3. Alex Raoklion
Class 800 Kids 12 to 16
1. Matt Gravel
2. Matt Gravel
3 Josiah Dillingham
Class 1000 Kids 12 to 16
1. Alex Zelinsk
2, Matt Gravel
3. Ruby Adams
Class 1500 Kids 12 to 16
1. Josiah Dillingham
2. Matt Gravel
21 ft 11 in
42 ft 6 in
34 ft
38 ft 11 in
36 ft
4 ft 4 in
98 ft 1 in
93 ft 8 in
47 ft 11 in
96 ft 6 in
88 ft 1 in
81 ft 3 in
97 ft 2 in
77 ft 11 in
76 ft 11 in
80 ft 6 in
78 ft 11 in
78 ft 9 in
59 ft 2 in
51 ft 5 in
28 ft 2 in
90 ft 4 in
79 ft 6 in
64 ft 6 in
94 ft 11 in
88 ft 5 in
84 ft 1 in
Full Pull
82 ft 4 in
Dodge Brothers
6
4th Don Pease
Adults
Cockshutt 30
103.02’
5 Don Baldwin
Ford 900
96.52’
6th Otto Hunt
Farmall C
84.52’
Farmall Super C
64.17’
th
Class 900
1. Rocky Gravel
2. Rocky Gravel
3. Armand Paradis
Class 1100
1. Stan Adams
2. Skip Woodworth
3. Mel Nickerson
67 ft 10 in
61 ft 6 in
60 ft 8 in
70 ft 10 in
70 ft 8 in
68 ft 5 in
Class 1500
1. Mike Rivard Full Pull 2. Rachel Rivard Full Pull 3. Skip Woodworth
76 in 8 in
76 ft 5 in
107 ft 11 in
th
7 JR Rose
4500 lb. Class
1st Kevin Buck
Ford 841
155.19’
nd
Cockshutt 30
149.89’
rd
3 Solomon Orff
Massey Harris 33
143.66’
4th Sonny Jacobs
2 Arthur Child
Ford 841
142.10’
th
Cockshutt 30
140.83’
th
Farmall Super H
127.92’
Massey Harris 33
121.90’
5 Don Pease
6 Mark Blaisdell
5000 lb. Class
1st Solomon Orff
Skowhegan MAPA Show Progressive Pull
June 29, 2013
2500 lb. Class
5500 lb. Class
1st Randy Chapman
Oliver Super 88
86.66’
1stStephen Powers, Jr. Oliver 60
62.93’
2nd John Hilton
International 300
85.95’
2nd Lloyd Holland
45.33’
3rd Solomon Orff
Massey Harris 33
66.56’
Ford 841
63.30’
Oliver Super 88
175.78’
3rd Bruce Ames
Leader
Oliver 60
41.03’
1st Scott Stevens
th
4 Sonny Jacobs
6000 lb. Class
3000 lb. Class
Case VAC
84.61’
1st Randy Chapman
nd
81.92’
2 Randy Grant
Farmall Super M
160.92’
3rd Stephen Powers, Jr. Oliver 60
66.81’
3rd Bruce Ames
Farmall Super M
160.01’
4th Coval Conant
Farmall Super C
63.99’
6500 lb. Class
5thSonny Jacobs
Ford 8N
60.80’
1st Steve Lee
Farmall Super M
108.03’
6th Cliff Woodman
Minneapolis Moline BF
42.57’/52.28’
2nd Bruce Ames
Farmall Super M
86.58’
3rd Randy Grant
Farmall Super M
85.24’
2nd Kevin Buck
Ford 8N
th
Oliver 60
49.24’/48.80’
7000 lb. Class
th
Case VAI
49.18’/47.36’
1st Steve Lee
Farmall Super M
129.0’
2nd Mark Blaisdell
Farmall 560
126.82’
John Deere 630
87.40’
Farmall 560
127.36’
7 Bruce Ames
8 Al Ladd
3500 lb. Class
st
Farmall Super C
114.23’
3 Josiah Dillingham
nd
Case VAC
111.67’
7500 lb. Class
rd
Farmall C
84.28’
1st Mark Blaisdell
th
Case VAC
76.98’
2 Bill Clark
John Deere 730
124.02’
th
Farmall Super C
76.35’
3rd Bob Clark
John Deere 720
122.50’
th
Minneapolis Moline BF 69.04’
4th Floyd Emerson
John Deere 720
91.43’
1 Mark Blaisdell
2 Scott Stevens
3 Otto Hunt
4 Al Ladd
5 JR Rose
6 Cliff Woodman
4000 lb. Class
Cockshutt 30
124.76’
nd
Farmall 230
120.68’
rd
Farmall Super C
104.71’
2 Bob Hamlin
3 Mark Blaisdell
rd
nd
Open Class
st
1 Arthur Child
7
Other tractor disqualified
1st Randy Chapman
nd
2 Chuck Dews
Oliver 1800
179.36’/60.01’
McCormick Deering 2236
174.17/58’4”
DOODLEBUG PULLING COMPETITION
2013 TRACTOR FESTIVAL RESULTS
Whether you refer to them as “doodlebugs”, “jitterbugs” or “depression tractors”, one thing is certain:
these machines are cleverly-engineered, colorfully painted and are real crowd pleasers!
The Festival’s Saturday night challenge was a pulling contest to see, whose antiquated homemade contraption has the most muscle.
Results were:
CLASS 1: One transmission/vehicle weight under 3,000 pounds
Winner: “A Mixed Bag” - 1930 Model A • Driver: Randy Chapman, Troy, Maine
2nd Place: “Miss Penelope” - 1930 Model A • Driver: Sandra O’Donnell, Parkman, Maine
CLASS 2: Two transmissions/vehicle weight under 3,500 pounds
Winner: “Family Tradition” - 1946 Chevy • Driver: Kenny Clark, Corinna, Maine
2nd Place: “Outlaw” - 1932 Model B • Driver: Kenny Clark, Corinna, Maine
3rd Place: “Tigger’s Taxi” - 1930 Model A • Driver: Sean O’Donnell, Parkman, Maine
CLASS 3: Two transmissions/vehicle weight under 4,000 pounds
Winner: “Family Tradition” - 1946 Chevy • Driver: Kenny Clark, Corinna, Maine
2nd Place: “Outlaw” - 1932 Model B • Driver: Kenny Clark, Corinna, Maine
3rd Place: “Tigger’s Taxi” - 1930 Model A • Driver: Sean O’Donnell, Parkman, Maine
Doodlebug Pulling Competition:
2013 Schedule
SUNDAY, JULY 21: 1:00 PM
The Curran Homestead Living History Farm & Museum, 372 Fields Pond Road, Orrington MATC Members and families are guests for the 2-day weekend celebrating farm families.
Exhibits of vintage farm machinery and tractors, Model-T and tractor-drawn rides, kids games and
scavenger hunts, live music, noon barbecue, small animals, and living history demonstrations.
 SUNDAY, AUGUST 25: 9:00 AM • Dover-Foxcroft / Piscataquis Valley Fair
 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: 2:00 PM • Harmony Free Fair
 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7: NOON • Garland Doodlebug Bowl
The “Doodlebuggers” are looking for new members to join them.
Contact Lloyd Holland at 285-7582 or Randy Chapman at 416-9700 or
[email protected]
Doodlebug Homemade Antique Tractor Club Motto:
“Keep It Fun, Keep It Cheap, Keep It Safe, and Use Common Sense!”
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
New Event: July 20 Central Maine Egg Festival-Pittsfield. Contact Ed Toulouse at 368-2262
Tractors should be lined up by 8:45. The Famous Big Parade starts at 9:15 a.m. at the Industrial Park and will travel down Somerset Avenue, onto Main Street to Manson Park. A chicken and steak barbecue will be held at 12:30 p.m. Tractors will have an
area to display after the parade.
July 19 – 21 WATERFORD FAIR, Contact Brian Winslow @ 450-1220 or [email protected]
Waterford Worlds Fair - stressing Agriculture during their fair and want a line up of Antique Tractors and Equipment. Tractor pull
on Sat July 20 starting at 11 am. Barrel Train active all 3 days.
JULY 20 & 21 ORRINGTON MAINE CELEBRATES 225 YEARS AND THE CURRAN HOMESTEAD LIVING HISTORY FARM
& MUSEUM SALUTES FARM FAMILIES with “two old-fashioned festival days on the farm”! MATC members and their families
will be special guests at 372 Fields Pond Road in Orrington. Activities include displays of vintage farm machinery and tractors,
model T and tractor-drawn rides, kids games and scavenger hunts, live music, noon barbecues, small animals, and living history
story-telling and demonstrations. Good farm family fun! Members invited to exhibit both days. Contact Irv(207-745-4426) or
[email protected]
JULY 27, Albion Firemens Field Day, Contact Carroll Quimby @ 437-5203 Line up at 9:00 a.m. on Hussey Road for 10:00
a.m. Parade
July 26 through Aug 3rd, Bangor Fair, Bangor Fair People Mover will be providing service on July 26 through August 4 from 2
pm to 7 pm. Anyone who can provide a tractor to pull the people mover and anyone who can ride the people mover should contact Dale Fairbanks @ 778-2157 or 317-1872 or email [email protected]. This is a great money maker for the club so
anyone who can participate in helping out for a day or two would be greatly appreciated.
July 28 Gorham Lions Antique car and tractor show. Contact Tim Dolby @ 892- 6342 or 892-4175
Gorham high School parking lot off south street and Morrill ave with lot open from 6 AM and show until 2 PM. Trailer parking behind Shaw school. Five dollar entrance fee for cars and tractors. Lions club contact is Norman Wedge at 839-3404.
AUGUST
Aug 3 Scribners Mills Back To The Past, Contact Brian Winslow @450-1220 *Revision:Tractors can be displayed both days.
Aug 3 Wilton Blueberry Festival. Contact Mike Pratt @ 585-2336 [email protected]
Blueberry Festival Parade and PULL. Line up for parade at 8:00 a.m. at western maine Expo (formerly G. H. Bass) on Route 156,
Weld Road. Parade begins at 9:00 a.m. Club pull (all classes) using progressive drag begins at 1:00 p.m. at Kineowatha
Park. Check out the festival at www.wiltonbbf.com .
Aug 8- 17 Skowhegan Fair. Contact Bill Clark @ 474-6664 Tractors will be displayed at fairgrounds all week.
AUG 4-11 Topsham Fair, Contact Glenn Dewitt @ 737-9206 Tractor Display and barrel train will be there all week
Aug 16, PHILLIPS PARADE. Contact: Steve Lee @ 585-2286 Phillips Old home Days Big Parade with line up at 4:00 p.m. at
the Ballpark west of town on Route 142. Parade begins at 5:00 p.m., usually with a funny theme.
Aug 21 & 22 Maine Farm Days at Misty Meadow farms in Clinton. Contact Bill Clark @ 474-6664
Need big tractors and drivers to haul wagons with visitors on farm tour. There will also be ground plowing and harrowing both
days using trailer plows and disk harrows. Please no hydraulic stuff. This will be for demonstration to visitors on how plowing and
disking used to be done. Should be a fun two days!
Aug 17-24 Union Fair, Contact Glenn Dewitt @ 737-9206 Tractor Pull with progressive drag on Friday Aug 23 at 5:30pm. Tractor display and barrel train all week.
August 24 New Gloucester Community Fair contact Kevin Buck @ [email protected] or 926-3361. Fair is from 10 am to 7
pm with tractor or implement display welcomed. Fairgrounds are on Bald Hill road or check out the web page at
www.newgloucesterfair.com for map. This is a change from October to August
Aug 24, Anson-Madison parade. Contact Bob Clark @ 696-3698 Line up on main street in Anson at 9:00 a.m. for 10:00
am parade start time.
Aug 25 – Sept 2 Windsor Fair Tractor display all week. Contact Terry Spencer @ 362-3351
Aug 30, BLUE HILL FAIR. Contact: Dale Fairbanks @ 778-2157 or 317-1872 or [email protected]
Tractor Pull on Friday Night at 5:30 p.m. All classes using Progressive Drag. This is one of our pulls that is most appreciated by
the audience and Blue Hill Fair association.
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MATC NEWSLETTER
JULY 2013
Lawn & Garden Pull
Skowhegan 6/29/13
Kids
Class 650 lb
Results—A 3-Way Tie
Alexander Rackliffe
Eli Rackliffe
Alexis Dostie
Class 1000 lb
Josiah Dillinham
52 ft
Class 1500 lb
Josiah Dillinham
53 ft 9 in
Adults
Class 900 lb
1. Pete Crosby
2. Armand Paradis
Class 1100
1. Pete Crosty
2. Mel Nickerson
3. Tony Frank
Class 1500
Mike Rivard
Tony Frank
Mel Nickerson
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Members of both MATC and NMATC, Thurston and Joanne Haslem,
Andy Haslem and Kellie Stratton, Mike and Laurie Pratt, Mike and
Kim Fairbanks, Dale and Judy Fairbanks and Martha Laravee attended The Northern Maine Antique Tractor Club's first Festival. Even
with the rain we had a great time. Thanks go to Cheryl and Keith
Boulier, President Larry Kingsbury and all of the members of NMATC
for their hospitality.
Judy Fairbanks
63 ft 9 in
39 ft 9 in
98 ft 04 in
70 ft
68 ft
94 ft 10 in
86 ft 01 in
85 ft 10 in
Mike Pratt, Dale Fairbanks and Mike Fairbanks at the
Northern Maine Antique Tractor Festival