{"id":715,"date":"2025-10-28T11:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/?page_id=715"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:07:08","slug":"september-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gilberttractorclub.com\/?page_id=715","title":{"rendered":"October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oct. 07, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meeting Place: Gilbert High School Classroom \u2013 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Welcome \\ Introductions: \u00a0<\/strong>Don kicked off our meeting.<\/p>\n

Guest and family additions: <\/strong>none<\/p>\n

Treasurer Report:<\/strong> $1,400~<\/p>\n

Old Business: <\/strong>Pay your dues we still have people who owe.<\/p>\n

New Business:\u00a0 <\/strong>Bob talked to a gal about us touring the Blood Dairy or Marshall Ridge Dairy for out Dec. 6th<\/sup> club meeting and Annual Winter outing.\u00a0 Time to be there should be 10 a.m. Where to eat is to be determined.\u00a0 It might have to be back at Ames at Chicken Ranch.<\/p>\n

The annual toy show in Dyersville is Nov. 9th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Discussion Items: <\/strong>A guy name Dosh is looking for his grandpa\u2019s tractor.\u00a0 It was an Oliver 1600 sold to someone in Gilbert around the May 30th<\/sup>, 1960. If you know of anyone who may have bought or have this tractor, please let us know.<\/p>\n

Auction or Threshing events<\/strong>: None<\/p>\n

For Sale or Wish List:<\/strong> \u00a0Bruce still has Olivers, 8n Ford and Ford Garden tractors for sale.\u00a0\u00a0 A friend of Al\u2019s has a 61 John Deer A, runs, and it\u2019s for sale.<\/p>\n

Presentation:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0Harley Trapper, has a John Deere 730, 1959 tractor. It\u2019s the same year he was born. One of the last jobs it was used for was drying corn.\u00a0 For a while it was parked in a barn with an Alis parked in front of it.\u00a0 Nine years ago, they pulled it out so he could restore it to surprise his dad.\u00a0 Eventually they pulled it 20 ft and it actually started.\u00a0\u00a0 He started actually restoring it in Feb. 2025 and finished in June 2025. He had to hurry to get it done so his dad who was in the VA could see it.\u00a0 They took a 4-generation picture with the tractor.\u00a0 It was his dad, his grandson, his son and Harley in the picture with the tractor.\u00a0 It never had lights when he picked corn or baled hay.\u00a0 The tractor was rebuilt in a city garage at his new home in Ames.\u00a0 Most of it was sand blasted; however, the body was not sand blasted as he didn\u2019t want sand in the bearing, seals, and such.\u00a0 He did sand blast small parts.\u00a0 He used a wire brush and industrial oven cleaner on the body.\u00a0 He took it down to the raw metal and used primer where possible.<\/p>\n

People talked about and mentioned Brian Ihle 515-964-9095 of BC Auto Electric by Slater. He called some guy to help with electrical on light switch.<\/p>\n

The tractor has a 24 volt electric start which is unique.\u00a0 Harley called a guy in West VA. For tractor wiring help.\u00a0 After a 45 min. call it was determined it was the starter and bad regulator.\u00a0 The guy was John Brilman, founder and CEO of the company where and when the wiring harness was originally made.<\/p>\n

He hired Mike to paint the tractor.\u00a0 Mike, the guy who painted the tractor, didn\u2019t like the JD paint and repainted some areas for free once he found out the tractor was going to be on display at events.\u00a0\u00a0 Mike came to his garage to redo the hood.\u00a0 Then he saw something on the seat he didn\u2019t like and redid that as well.\u00a0 Some of the repainting was where there were decals.\u00a0 Harley bought new decals, but the painting was redone at no charge.<\/p>\n

Harley worked for Maytag as a repairman, and at the post office. \u00a0He had his tractor on display in the shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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