September 2, 2025
Meeting Place: Gilbert community room – 7 p.m.
Welcome \ Introductions: Don kicked off our meeting.
Guest and family additions: none reported
Treasurer Report: $1,350 and everything is paid currently.
Old Business: Please pay your dues for 2025. We have a lot still outstanding.
New Business: December trip ideas are needed. One tossed out was to visit the dairy barns in State Center. Another was a small museum in Maxwell which is by appointment only. The Maxwell museum has a machine shop with farm implements from the past, military items, kitchen items, etc. What other ideas do we have? Trip possibly on Saturday, Dec. 5th, 2025. Bring your ideas to club in October.
Discussion Items: Need presenters for October to the end of the year.
Auction or Threshing events: estate sale with Oliver, Minneapolis Moline lp’s and a lot of rare tractors.
Aultman auction being held. They have a lot of old iron they’ve pulled out of sheds which includes over 175 tractors. They have Huebert’s, Cats, oil pullers, etc.
The steam engine that was at Antique Acres is now at Belmond.
For Sale or Wish List: None
Presentation: Marvin Van Loh brought his Oliver 77 Row Crop for all to see and ask questions about. The original cost was $3,000. It has a 3-point hitch, is 6 cylinder, will do 13 mph, has manual levers, a 32-inch draw bar, 12-volt generator and a 16.5-gallon gas tank. He’s purchased a 2-bottom plow that he can pull with his tractor. He’s was having starter issues but seems to have those fixed, plus rust in the tank. Kim had to come to his rescue once to help him get home on his tractor. A lot of questions and comments were then held outside as people looked at his tractor.