S.E. Michigan Plow Day Pictures
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Topic: S.E. Michigan Plow Day Pictures
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Subject: S.E. Michigan Plow Day Pictures
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 6:24pm
A good friend of our hosts a large plow day every year, this is the 5th year. Theres horses and tractors plowing, old combines doing wheat, balers doing the straw and other things. it usually brings out 2-300 tractors and 2-3000 people. This year RFD-TV was there and it will be aired on there show, as well as a DVD made of this years event. Heres a few pics I took.
 Opening ceremonies with LifeFlight flyover
 Rear shot of our JD A, MF 135, and wd45
 Front shot of our 4...included is the Intl W-6
 Dads the 2nd tractor, on the MF 135
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Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 6:28pm
Our friends tribute to his dad, whom helped start all this 5 years ago, and passed away 2 weeks ago.
   Nice Wd-45 with 3 bottom slat plow
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Posted By: roughstock
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 7:47pm
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Great pictures. I would like to check this out next year. Where is it held? Brian |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 7:56pm
| Just south of Blissfield......in Riga, MI. I can get you more details if ya want, just email me...the date is already set for next year. |
Posted By: R Aiken
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 8:22pm
| Jeff that AC 53 plow looks good on your WD45. Richard |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 8:25pm
| yep it sure does Rich...plowed good too...except i still can;t get the arms freed up so it plows a little shallow.....thats ok though, just rebuilt the motor, didn;t want to lug it to hard |
Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 8:35pm
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Super pictures - thanks Jeff! Looks like a great event. ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 8:54pm
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Nice pics. Man, that Axial Flow makes those tractors look small! ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2010 at 9:03pm
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Great pictures, Jeff. Looks like you had a great plow day. Thanks for sharing.
------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: MLGoodwin82
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 12:06am
| Now I'm really bummed I didn't go! That Gleaner S in the picture used to be mine. I didn't have the know-how to get it back running. Now I regret it! Gentleman's name is Randall. He's a Case man, as you can tell. Looks like it's doing a good job! |
Posted By: Redpower1456
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 5:28am
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Nice pics. Thanks. |
Posted By: Bunky
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 8:58am
| Jeff Was there any Garden Tractors plowing there ?? |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 9:38am
| There has been garden tractors in the past, I don;t think I saw any this year. In the past we had a section designated for them, but the ground this time of year is usually not kind to garden tractors. |
Posted By: steelwheelAcjim
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 11:24am
| I only live 3 miles away, and support the event in different ways. Hopefully next year I can reserve a small garden-type area for garden tractors. In the past we have been over-run with Cub Cadets & John Deere, so if it happens we will need all of the A-C/Simplicity's we can get!!! |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 2:42pm
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Jim-
It's just like we talked about the other day, the little guys quit coming for fear of being run over....we will have to talk to Sammy about this if theres enough interest again.
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Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 9:27pm
| anybody that missed it or is interested, heres the link to a video the local newspaper did showing this years activities. http://www.blissfieldadvance.com/article/5th-plow-day-big-success-111 - http://www.blissfieldadvance.com/article/5th-plow-day-big-success-111 |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 9:58pm
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You guys just kill kje when you show that rich black dirt.
Great Show.
Good Pictures
Good Luck!
Bill Long
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Posted By: CJohnS MI
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2010 at 10:15pm
And what kills me - is the very best bottom land in the state is what Detroit was built on. So defiled with industrial waste that it will never be safe for food again. My parents place north of Clarkston - soil so rich you could smell a plowed field a mile away - with rocks the size of a kitchen table. My grand parents place in Otisville is sandy and needs lots of water. Here in Lapeer, its clay and rich, but dries out with 3-4 ft deep cracks some years in August. Lots of tiling & giant ditches. God, I love Michigan! I'll be glad when we get our economic mess straightened out & small farms make a comeback. |
Bill Long wrote:Posted By: steelwheelAcjim
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2010 at 9:23am
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This plow day is held in the south-eastern part of Lenawee Co. Michigan. The land is very flat, you can see small towns and villages from up to ten miles away. The urban sprawl issue has slowed greatly over the last 10 years. Mostly due to health dept. regulations, and the slowing economy. Now the issue in this area is the possible future construction of wind turbines and wind farms. It is quite possible that future plow days will require us to plow around, or in front of wind turbines. I'm certainly not preaching the pros & cons of wind energy, but th open range of agriculture in this area is rapidly changing. |
Posted By: gwaynesfield
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 8:50pm
| How can I get information on when the Thompson's Plow Days in Blissfield, Mi. is this year? I can find info on previous years, but can't seem to find any on 2011. |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 11:08am
| August 13th and 14th in Riga, MI. For more info call Sammy at 517-403-9436 |
Posted By: steelwheelAcjim
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 11:39am
| As Jeff wrote, Aug 13 & 14. This year the featured tractor and equipment will be Oliver (at least still part of AGCO) but we need more Allis-Chalmers equipment to smother JD and IH. There should be a good demonstration of A-C All Crop combines harvesting some left over standing wheat. Golf carts are allowed (drivers must be 16 tears of age and up). Hope you and anyone else can make the trip. |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 11:53am
| Thanks Jim for filling in my blanks, you did a lot better job at it than did, oliver, oliver! |
Posted By: Jeff(WC)(MI)
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 9:29pm
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just thought i would bring this post back to the top, info for this years plow day which is this weekend, is in the couple posts above.
Plow day is located on Ridgeville rd, east of Thompson Hwy, in Riga, MI.
Follow the HUGE american flag hanging from the crane!
I will be there running my allcrop 60(which is for sale) behind my Oliver Super 77 |
Posted By: Dutchboy Johan
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2011 at 12:57am
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Very nice picture's. Love to see the old girls working on the field ------------- ---> Better by Design <--- Johan Straver, Almkerk/ Netherlands Allis-Chalmers 190XT Ser.III #26829XTD |