Re: (ET) exhibitor at a Farm Festival

[Max Hall <mhall maxmatic com>]

That's the ElecTrak, isn't it! Not fast, loud, or flashy, just quietly
competent and *very* insistent.

Great story!

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 9:33 PM JEFFREY ANTONUCCI <jlantonucci comcast net>
wrote:

> Congratulations!
> > On 10/24/2023 3:02 PM EDT Mike Finck via Elec-trak <
> elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have a fun story to tell. I was an exhibitor at the Centerburg Farm
> Festival this year. Took two fully restored E-20 tractors, one had the
> dozer  blade on and the other had front deck and rear tiller. Probably
> about 200 farm tractors and garden tractors on display. Many, many people
> commented “I have never seen such a thing!”
> > I laid awake in bed Sat night debating whether to enter the Garden
> Tractor pull on Sunday. Pro- probably never have another chance, and 
> nobody
> would have “ever seen such a thing”. Con- have a breakdown and be
> embarrassed.
> > Well i did and it couldn’t have gone any better! First, the organizers
> couldn’t figure out what “class” to put me in and eventually they put me 
> in
> my own class, Exhibition. After about an hour of these souped up, super
> loud, tires spinning, dirt flying, expensive, custom garden tractors
> completed their competition then it was my turn. They were pulling 
> between
> 130-140,’ a couple made mid 140’s.
> > I had put my weight box on the rear, and had the chains on. I didn’t
> have to weigh in beforehand but i was curious, 1330#’s!
> > I had debated between LL gear or L and since you can’t stop (to change
> gears) or you’re done. I chose LL and got hitched up and 
> started-absolutely
> quiet, no tire spin, and after 4minutes (an eternity in the pulling 
> world)
> I got to 141.88’! I got some applause (also a rarity), uncoupled, and
> zipped off in D2. So now the E-20 and the ELECTRAK brand is part of the
> history of the Farm Festival!
> > Mike
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Oct 24, 2023, at 2:05 PM, Darryl McMahon <darryl econogics com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > The speed selector / F-R control handle came out in my hand last
> winter.
> > >
> > > The issue was the drift pin (roll pin) had rusted out.
> > >
> > > I couldn't find a matching size piece in my tray of assorted
> roll-pins, but I did have a cotter pin which was perfectly matched to the
> holes in the arms of the handle.
> > >
> > > Anyway, all reassembled now and working fine, so snow plowing 
> > > capacity
> is back on line for winter 2023-24.
> > >
> > > Contact cleaner for the E15 control board edge connector should 
> > > arrive
> late today.
> > >
> > > I remain constantly grateful for this list and those that contribute
> to it.  I'm a long ways from Elec-Trak heartland, and my two working
> electric tractors still functional almost 50 years after manufacture
> continue to astonish those who encounter them.
> > >
> > > Darryl
> > >
> > > --
> > > Darryl McMahon
> > > Freelance Project Manager (sustainable systems)
> > >
> > > Do not mistake patience for weakness, nor action for strategy.
> > >
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