A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14, 2003
2003 Red Power Roundup
Schedule Of Events
Buses start loading for tour of Bartlow’s IH Proto-type building in Millville 9 a.m.
Buses will run every hour until 2 p.m.
Equipment Parade 10 a.m. on grounds
Tractor Games 1 p.m.
Held in the infield at Grandstand
IH Tractor Pull 4 p.m. at the Grandstand
2003 Red Power Roundup Welcoming Ceremony 6 p.m.
Guest speakers
Fred Trump-President of the Bloomsburg Fair Assn.
Dennis Wolff-Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture
To be held at the Grandstand
At the band shell
7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
The Outlaws and Crazy Elmer
Comedy and Country Music Show
Friday, June 27,2003
Gates Open 8 a.m.
Buses will start loading for tour of Barlow’s IH Proto-type building in Millville 9 a.m.
Buses will run every hour until 2 p.m.
Equipment Parade 10 a.m. on grounds
Tractor Games 1 p.m.
Held in the infield at the Grandstand
International Harvester Collectors Directors meeting 3 p.m.
Chapter Building upstairs
IH Tractor pull 4 p.m. at the Grandstand
At the band shell
ROCKET 88’S
OLD TIME ROCK & ROLL GROUP
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Saturday, June 28,2003
Gates Open 8 a.m.
Buses will start loading for tour of Bartlow’s IH Proto-type building in Millville 9 a.m.
Buses will run every hour until 2 p.m.
Equipment Parade 10 a.m. through the town of Bloomsburg
Central PA Square and Round Dance Assn, presents the Evolution of Folk Dance
11 a.m. at the band shell
Tractor Games 1 p.m.
Pedal Tractor Pull 2 p.m.
International Harvester Collectors General Membership meeting 4 p.m.
IHCC Chapters, Contact Representives
#1 Missouri: 5168 Hwy HH,
Catawissa, MO 63015, (636)
285-5228, Bob Buxton, e-mail:
landr@lyn.net.
#2 Northern Illinois: 432 S
Clifton Ave., Park Ridge, IL
60068-4674, (847) 823-8612, Fax
(847) 683-0207, Allen Dununkr,
e-mail; IHCCLUB@aol.com.
#3 Kansas: 11236 SW 200 St.,
Douglas, KS 67039, (316)
746-2593, Dan Dennett.
#4 Wisconsin: 3379 10th Ave.,
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965-8958,
Neal Stone.
#5 Iowa: 1960 V Avenue,
Woodward, IA 50276, Jim Niel
sen, (515) 999-9072, (515)
999-9073, e-mail: Ihguy@Att.net
#6 Ohio: 10935 N Union Shel
by Rd., Piqua, OH 45356-9565,
(937) 778-8281, Jim Hill, e-mail:
runninred@msn.com.
#7 Indiana: 7735 ST RT 48,
Aurora, IN 47001, (812)
926-3654, Chuck Heck, e-mail:
deeringheck@yahoo.com.
#8 Southeastern Pennsylvania:
306 Central Manor Rd., Mount
ville, PA 17554, Jere Wissler, e
mail: tripleh@epix.net.
#9 Tennessee: P.O. Box 49354,
Algood, TN 38506, (931)
526-2474, David Qualls.
#lO Central Illinois: 2191 C.
Rd 2200 E, St. Joseph, IL 61873,
(217) 694-4132, Darius Harms, e
mail: harmsfarm@msn.com.
#ll Michigan: 246 Truman St.,
Kent City, MI , 49330, (616)
887-5267, Dick Alberts, e-mail:
dicksan246@cs.com.
Thursday, June 26,2003
Gates Open 8 a.m.
#l2 Nebraska: PO Box 71,
Winside, NE 68790, Duane
Thies.
#l4 California: 230 Chateau
Drive, Aromas, CA 95004-9524,
(831) 623-0205, Fax: (831)
623-0206, Donald Henderson, e
mailDonliendew4@msn.com.
#l5 Minnesota: 8033 Cheyenne
Ave., Chanhassen, MN 55317,
(952) 934-5581, Conrad B. Fisk
ness, e-mail: cfiskness@aol.com.
#l6 Western Pennsylvania: 339
Little Blue Rd, Georgetown, PA
15043, (724) 573-4404, James
Shutt, e-mail:
intemational@ihcwpl6.itgo.com.
#l7 Central Pennsylvania: 130
Eyer Rd., Danville, PA 17821,
(717) 275-1892 (Daytime), (717)
275-5847 (Evenings), Ben Trapa
ni, e-mail: ihfever@aol.com
#lB New England: PO Box
801, Pepperell, MA. 01463, Gary
D. Munsey Sr., e-mail:
gdmsr@charter.net.
#l9 Oklahoma (Status: Inac
tive): RR 6 Box 223 E, Enid, OK
74055, (405) 233-4106, Uoyd
Klassen.
#2O Ontario Canada: 366 Lo
retta Cres, Stouffville, Ontario
L4A6K9, Jim Richards,
e-mail:
bandm.skerritt@sympatico.ca.
#2l South Dakota: 45952 -
294th St., Centerville, SD 57014,
(605) 563-2886, Lee E Rist, e
mail: inst@byelectric.com.
#22 Sweden: Magnarp 185, SE
260 83 Vejbystrand, Sweden,
4 6-431;452650 (from US
01146-431-452650), Fax
01146-431-80264, Mobile
01146-733-421120, Jan Arvids
son, e-mail; ihdelar@swipnet.se.
#23 Alabama: 10766 Hwy 78,
Jasper, AL 35501-8234, (205)
483-6508, Sherman Roberts, c
mail: Shermanihc@yahoo.com.
#24 Kentucky: 740 Fuller Rd.,
Elizabethtown, KY 42701-8781,
(270) 862-3445, Donald A Wil
liams, e-mail: LULU ©duo-coun
try .com.
#25 Texas: RR 1 Box 140,
Sumner, TX 75486-9701, (903)
785-1365, Glen Gambill, e-mail:
gambillgs@neto.com.
#26 Min-Dak: Box 344, Kin
dred, ND 58051, (701) 428-3057,
Larry Mitchell.
#27 Florida: 1200 Lucerne
Loop Road NE, Winter Haven,
FL 33881, Jim Hicks.
#2B Western Carolinas: 1479
Hunts Bridge Rd., Easley, SC
29640, Trey Scott.
#29 Georgia: 1234 Big Bend
Road, Pooler, GA 31322, Ken
neth M. Tapley, e-mail: kta
pley@bellsouth.net.
#3O Northwest (WA/ID/OR):
do Bob Bennett, Secretary, 13593
Old Military Rd. NE, Poulsbo,
WA 98370-7973, Morgan Dunn,
President, e-mail:
ihmdunn@nwihc3o.com.
#3l Louisiana: 49438 Morris
Rd., Hammond, LA 70401, (985)
345-8710, Art Spearman, e-mail:
aspearman@i-55.c0m.
McCormick Founded 1847
Cyrus McCormick invented a mechanical grain reaper
in 1831, patented it in 1834, and founded the McCormick
Harvesting Company in 1847. The McCormick company
was predecessor to International Harvester, and its phi
losophy, principles, and machinery.
International ‘Red Power’
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1,000 models sold by their near
est competitor.” Trapani said.
Case IH has roots frqip ,1831,
when Cyrus McCormick invent
ed the reaper. The company built
trucks, bulldozers, construction
equipment, refrigeration, milking
equipment “everything a man
in a rural area needed to farm,”
Trapani said.
At one time, IH was named
the eighth largest business in the
U. S. The company had lumber,
steel, and coal mining operations
that enabled them to process
every tractor and equipment
piece from start to finish. For in
stance, the forges were run with
{{The color is half the secret (to success).
It’s all about that beautiful red faint There’s
nothing like a red tractor** *
coal to form the steel.
Despite “Red Power’s” popu
larity and size, the company
went out of business in 1985.
“Not because they didn’t have
customers. It was sort of an
‘Enron’ thing,” Trapani said of
financial mismanagement.
Some of the company’s
branches were sold to other com
panies. Part of the company con
tinued manufacturing trucks,
which today are sold under the
International name. The tractor
division was sold to Case IH,
which had been making orange
tractors. Case IH changed their
color to red.
“The color is half the secret (to
success). It’s all about that beau
tiful rod paint. There’s nothing
like a red tractor,” Trapani said.
Cub Cadet, which focuses on
lawn and garden equipment,
eventually assumed Case IH’s
tractor line.
Trapani, who sells outdoor
power equipment, says the little
dealers were pushed out because
only big operations are desired by
triactor Companies.
The demise of the Internation
al Harvester company certainly
does not deter its devotees.
“People like to come (to the
shows) and see all the equipment,
especially that odd piece they
never saw before.” Trapani said.
Tractors and equipment varied
from area to area. The South had
high crop tractors to harvest cot
ton and the tractors used LP gas.
Because of huge acreage to be
farmed, the West had larger trac
tors than Pennsylvania. In addi
tion to the known models, some
Ben Trapani
President
International Harvester Roundup
strange-looking pieces continue
to show up at shows odd
pieces that were put together to
meet a particular need.
“Just one more piece,” say col
lectors such as Trapani, who look
for anything connected to the IH
company. In addition to tractors
and farm machinery, Trapani
collects toys, a whole series of
pedal tractors, memorabilia, hats,
old clothing, “no matter what
even, greased-stained mechanics
clothing,” he said.
Trapani has collected tractor
models, including the 1937 Fl 2,
1931 1020, 1937 F2O, IH 1947,
1951 Farmall M and H models,
and a 1954 IH4OO. He figures it
takes about a year, working
about 10-15 hours a week, to tear
a tractor apart, fix it, paint it,
and put it back together.
Club members share their en
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