October 5, 2017
This year’s rally by the Kingaroy & District Vintage Machinery Club was extra special … it was their 20th rally and their fifth at their purpose-built grounds in Kingaroy.
The area, near Kingaroy Airport, was filled with trucks, tractors, stationery engines and even a few classic cars.
The focus this year was on Fordson, a tractor brand developed by Henry Ford which was sold from 1917 to 1964 (although all the later years were manufactured in England, not the United States).
The Grand Parade featured a large contingent of historic Fordson tractors, huffing their way around the arena.
They were followed by tractors from other makers as well as a big display of trucks.
The day also included demonstrations of old farming skills such as using a bag loader to load bagged peanuts on to a truck, log splitting and ploughing.
There were also slow tractor races in the arena as well as the always popular tractor pulls, where tractors pull a weighted a sled down a course.
The further each tractor goes, the further the weight shifts forward to make the task even harder.
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Raw Video From Tractor Parade
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