HCOP 2025 pics

[WisIHCFarmer]

One highlight for me was the dyno tent at the Allis boys' corner of the show. Not enough tractors to keep them busy! Saw one 1206 make 180hp, and they didn't have the dyno cranked down all the way.

[bitty]

38 minutes ago, billonthefarm said:

It was another great adventure at HCOP.  I spend most of my time out in the field demonstration area with the tractor and plow.  I feel fortunate every time to see old friends like sledgehammer and also get to put faces with names from people on this forum or other places on the internet that I feel like I have known for years!  I plow with my 1466 and the guy on the 1170 Case is a friend that I tractor pull with.  We hang out together and watch the pulls at night while we are down there.  
  Couple things, people are so negative about the SxS’s and golf carts but in reality it just isn’t an issue.  Everyone goes slow and are very courteous.  Yes they crowd the field demonstrations but it’s a huge part of the draw to this show to be able to get right in the field with these classic machines.

Another common misconception is that we don’t really do much plowing.  That’s wrong.  Some days we do sit a lot and don’t do as much plowing as we want.  This Saturday and Sunday we had 3 nice sessions of plowing.  We plowed for over 3 hours making pass after pass Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning we plowed a field both directions! 

This is not a place to set a plow.  It’s not easy plowing.  Lots of tough green stalks even after shredding and or disking.  You need to be on your A game before you get down there.  Just no time to make a lot of adjustments and you need to be able to deal with some adverse situations which arise from following a poor plowing pass in front of you.

  HCOP is amazing.  Will be back in 2027.  I will attach a few pics friends took while I was there.

 

 

Eric it was awesome seeing multiple videos of you plowing. That tractor looks stunning. My neighbor in Pennsylvania sent me another video of you plowing even. He is a kid in his middle 30's and he got a rental cart for him and his wife and young kid. It would be tough to see much of that show without a side by side or a cart the way I'm understanding. Hopefully I'll make it in 2 years as I've never been there yet. 

 

Thanks everyone for all the pictures and videos. 

[Sledgehammer]

 

[Sledgehammer]

A couple videos I uploaded. It's not professional work and I don't do it for # of views or anything. It's the only way to share videos here that I know of. 

[Brady Boy]

Got home at midnight, last night. Heading to Boston next week, for a 3 week stay.  Lots of pictures and video to edit and post.  BK