Simplicity Family Portrait 2017

I wasn't able to get a photo of all the kids on their tractors at the show, so I set them up in our yard.  I should try this every year!  Got the kids on their tractors, then the tractors and then I added Mandy's 535 to get all the small frame tractors in one shot.

The 535 Serf helps us clean up the yard

We used Mandy's Simplicity 535 to help us haul tons of weeds and vines today after cleaning up an area in front of the house.  Just starting to figure out how we want our landscaping.  Wish I had a bigger trailer.  We may use Alex's Broadmoor to try to grade this area, stay tuned!

Back to work

After the fun of the tractor show Olivia's Simplicity Yeoman 616 was the first to get back to work, helping me move a large branch that had fell during a windstorm.  It was on a pretty big slope so I couldn't get a good hold on it by hand, but her tractor pulled it right up.

Alex first grading attempt

Alex tried grading a piece of the path in front of our campsite, and I think he did pretty good on his first try.  He really needed to stand on the blade to weigh it down but I wanted him to concentrate on everything else on his first try.  Not bad!!

More fun on day 2 of the show

Day 2 went well, with plenty of driving for the tractors.  In the morning my sons Simplicity Broadmoor and my nephews Allis Chalmers B207e got some driving time in, and in the evening my Sovereign got a workout hauling around a hay wagon with 20 people!  

Day 1 of tractor show goes pretty good!

Today was officially the start of the tractor show.  Didn't take as many photos as usual as I was walking with the kids a lot while they drove their tractors.  However, some highlights were meeting Dave from the Simplicity/AC tractor website I frequent, who came from Canada to check out the show.  The kids drove several times in groups with each other, but we got a lot of attention when I had Izzy on her Simplicity 515 Serf, Olivia on her 616 Yeoman, Alex on his Broadmoor, Mandy on her 535 Serf, and Abby on her 717 Broadmoor.  That was a lot of old Simplicity steel parading by!  It was fun seeing them all run together.  Good first day, everything ran great and we had fun!

Simplicity Parade

Today three of the kids had their tractors going at the same time.  It will be easier to do this when they can all reach the clutch and brake!  It was a little hectic, but they got plenty of looks at the show grounds.  Show starts tomorrow!!