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COMING ATTRACTIONS

You know the old saying, “When one door closes, another one opens”. That’s pretty much how our seasonal schedule works here at MMOGTA, as well. While one hand is busy closing out the season and the Showgrounds for the 2010 year, the other is reaching 10 months into the future, writing the plans for the 2011 edition. 2010 was a big and busy year for us here in Oakley, and the results of our efforts were well evident in the outstanding show we fielded last August. But those of you that have been around our operations for a few years, or decades, know that our philosophy has never been geared to accept what we had last year as “good enough”. For one thing, with over 400 member families, we can usually count about 800 different opinions on how we can grow and improve. Granted, that process takes a little sifting, but with that wealth of raw material, there are always a few gems to be found.

For 2011, we pulled a BIG nugget out of our sifting pan, with the opportunity to host one of the most prestigious names in the antique tractor collecting business, “Rumely” ! In this case, it’s not just a brand feature, but the hosting duties for the national group known as the “Rumely Products Collectors”. As a group with members far and wide, they select a different host organization each year to provide the stage for their popular annual expo. For 2011, they have chosen us for that privilege.

I have only had the opportunity to attend one of their events in the past, a few years back they were featured at the Wauseon OH show. They fielded an incredible showing at that event, a memorable spectacle, with a field of Rumelys that seemed to stretch from one end of the fairgrounds to the other. That, coupled with the re-creation of the famous 50 bottom plow demonstration, made for a truly memorable weekend. In 2011, it will be our turn to provide them a platform for their annual Expo, right here at the MMOGTA Showgrounds in Oakley MI.

Given the anticipated interest and participation level, we have made the rare decision to expand our show to include 4 big days next year, August 18, 19, 20, 21, 2011, in order to better accommodate the extra activities and logistics that will be involved.

With the hosting of the national “Rumely Products Collectors” group, we look forward to seeing thousands of new faces and a display field packed with tons of classic Rumely, Oil Pull, and Advance Rumely hardware. To me, the giant Rumely Oil Pull tractors, with their unmistakable chugging sound, have always epitomized the appeal of true antique tractors. Who does not turn their head toward the first steely “clank” when that cranking bar latches up on the huge flywheel? You just know you are moments away from that wide-mouthed explosion of combusted gasses, smoke, and sounds that will capture the attention of everyone for acres around. Starting an Oil Pull is not just an action, it’s an event! And then, when the all of the spinning flywheels, rattling gears, and belching smoke, make their way to the threshing field or the plow furrow, the fun really begins. The profile of that huge, square radiator, with its oil-filled cooling panels, topped by an exhaust outlet the size of a garbage can, is unmistakable from any distance, and it is a sight we are eager to witness in our own back yard. This is gonna’ be fun!


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