Show Pioneer Acres 2022

[Lance Skene]

Event Date

Aug 5, 2022

Location

Irricana Ab

Bit chilly this morning so I havent spent much time at the show yet but it runs all weekend... saw the lightweights warmup this morning and I'll head back for the big boys this aft

 

[Lance Skene]

IHC are the feature this year so there is alot of them, but a real good turnout overall.

 

[Lance Skene]

Still windy but not as cold this aft... working 1/4 scale threshing machine powered with a 1/4 scale Oil Pull Rumley is popular every year but today I had a chance to talk to the builder a bit so that was interesting.. he also built the JD Crawler and tractor... one of his sons built the lil red wagon.


quite alot of tractors here already but also alot of spaces... expect that to fill up tomorrow



a few early early oil pull engines leading the parade of power

 

[Lance Skene]

a few old two wheelers hiding in one of the sheds


waaay too many tractors for me to upload all the pics on my 3g internet with limited data but I'll post a few


and the track groomer


On the museum grounds there is at least four large sheds full of members tractors, two with antique transport trucks, two horse barns, a wheelwright, a blacksmith, one shed with several huge stationary engines, a school, 100+ yr old house, several steam powered tractors and one steam powered boat.... Ive lived here almost 12 years and Im sure there is still things I havent noticed

 

[MFDAC]

Cool show, Lance! Those scale models look to be very nicely done!

Are you pulling?

Thanks for the pics!

DAC

 

[Lance Skene]

not pulling this year no... nobody got organized for the GTs and I sold my Cockshutt 40 two years ago.... but Im looking at a 30 and/or a 540 right now that I may pickup... they are both a little light for the sled we have here so they wouldnt pull it very far... but it would still be fun... we are also missing the teeter toter this year... that was a challenge the last time I had the 40 there... I think the smaller 30 or 540 would be easier on that. There was also a Coop 30 there today for sale, same tractor as a Cockshutt 30, but I never got a reply from the owner... I'll try to track him down before the show ends on sunday.

 

[Propane1]

Thanks for the pictures Lance. Looks like a great show.

Noel

 

[4getgto]

Looks like a really nice show...
One that interests me the most are the 3? IH 660's running as one. I'm I seeing that right. ?

 

[Lance Skene]

not sure who or why that rig would have been built but ya they are connected.

 

[Lance Skene]

 

[Lance Skene]

and a few horses

 

[Lance Skene]

steamers

 

[Lance Skene]

The museum website : Pioneer Acres - Where History Comes Alive

if you look around the virtual tour you can see inside many of the buildings.

 

[Lance Skene]

Here's the story behind the triple 660s

 

[Lance Skene]

only 7 tractors in the lightweight class... looks like it will come down between the Allis WD and a Cockshutt 30... both pulled over 70' this am



three more Cockshutt 30s in the rest of the field

 

[Lance Skene]

main lot filled up since yesterday


dont think Ive seen this one before



few of the old wagons

 

[Propane1]

Quite a story on the triple 660’s. A bunch of thinkin went into that.

Noel

 

[Lance Skene]

I looked over the 660s today and it is pretty well designed with all the supports in the right places, hydraulic steering... havent seen it move yet but I'll watch for that near the end of show tomorrow

 

[MFDAC]

What an interesting show, Lance, thanks for the pics and info! I will look at that website when I get some time!

DAC

 

[Lance Skene]

Winner in class 6, biggest class we have, was a Minneapolis Moline rebadged as a Massey Ferguson 97, apparantly at some point there was a fire in the MF plant and for 3-4 years they could not build a big tractor so they purchased tractors from Minni Moline and rebadged them


Near the end of the day I spotted this very cool '53 Ford Sedan Delivery


best looking Cockshutt in the show was this 40 Deluxe