Well, just got back to Nebraska from the NFMS in Louisville... what an event... two solid days (Wednesday and Thursday) looking at just about every tractor and implement, large and small, just about every color, even the long "purple" tractors... known to man, well, marketed in the US at least...
It was the closest thing to a show, fair and new product flea market all rolled into one....
The Kentucky Fair & Expo has to be just about the worlds largest, under roof, open display, convention center, all connected... what a perfect place for this show.... I was impressed... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
It was fun to hook up with TBN'ers such as Chipperman, Inspector507 & JimMQ at the show, as well as visit with the Tiltmeter folks at their booth .. Everyone is very nice.. Inspector507 was taking pictures, hopefully others did as well (I recently broke my wife's digital) , now repaired, and was not about to do that again..... I have lots of brochures though !!!
Interesting sights... New Massey, GX2300, Kioti CK20, Kubota Grand L series, Caterpillar /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif, the McCormick Compact, Long "Purple" /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Landtrac, compacts from TAFE, Midwest Quick Hitch on a DK45. New "Eagle" Brand "DongFeng" chinese units leaking oil/fluids under new units on the showroom floor/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif..... Cub Cadet had no Mitsubishi made units on the floor /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif .....watching and listening to the Motorkote Guy - Dave sell his product /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif .... Glue so strong, after activation, it bonded "vulcanized" a rubber belt that could not be pulled apart...
Other sights just for interest....
Watching kids, follow their Dad's and then climb up on tractors with big grings ... Two Older couples, each walking hand and hand out of a motel resturant, all with a toothpick cleaning their teeth in the other hand just after breakfast. ....... Two fellas, both wearing cowboy hats, from Texas, wearing rodeo jackets and cowboy boots, talking on cell phones as they walked at the airport...... watching them hand out two free cans of Grizzely Chew at a booth to every one who came by... I took some and don't even smoke or use it, and gave it to a fella at the bar while I had a beer.... Father and Son implement dealers joking on the cell phone how they both got on a scale after watching guys weigh in at 145 and they topped it out together at 618 lbs. ... the father then said he thought it was 10 lbs off.... they were big boys let me tell you....I think I enjoyed watching and meeting the people as much as the machinery....
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It was the closest thing to a show, fair and new product flea market all rolled into one....
The Kentucky Fair & Expo has to be just about the worlds largest, under roof, open display, convention center, all connected... what a perfect place for this show.... I was impressed... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
It was fun to hook up with TBN'ers such as Chipperman, Inspector507 & JimMQ at the show, as well as visit with the Tiltmeter folks at their booth .. Everyone is very nice.. Inspector507 was taking pictures, hopefully others did as well (I recently broke my wife's digital) , now repaired, and was not about to do that again..... I have lots of brochures though !!!
Interesting sights... New Massey, GX2300, Kioti CK20, Kubota Grand L series, Caterpillar /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif, the McCormick Compact, Long "Purple" /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Landtrac, compacts from TAFE, Midwest Quick Hitch on a DK45. New "Eagle" Brand "DongFeng" chinese units leaking oil/fluids under new units on the showroom floor/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif..... Cub Cadet had no Mitsubishi made units on the floor /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif .....watching and listening to the Motorkote Guy - Dave sell his product /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif .... Glue so strong, after activation, it bonded "vulcanized" a rubber belt that could not be pulled apart...
Other sights just for interest....
Watching kids, follow their Dad's and then climb up on tractors with big grings ... Two Older couples, each walking hand and hand out of a motel resturant, all with a toothpick cleaning their teeth in the other hand just after breakfast. ....... Two fellas, both wearing cowboy hats, from Texas, wearing rodeo jackets and cowboy boots, talking on cell phones as they walked at the airport...... watching them hand out two free cans of Grizzely Chew at a booth to every one who came by... I took some and don't even smoke or use it, and gave it to a fella at the bar while I had a beer.... Father and Son implement dealers joking on the cell phone how they both got on a scale after watching guys weigh in at 145 and they topped it out together at 618 lbs. ... the father then said he thought it was 10 lbs off.... they were big boys let me tell you....I think I enjoyed watching and meeting the people as much as the machinery....
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