Forrest Future Farmers of America
2009-2010 Project
Read their story in Volume 2 of our Tractor Stories online book.
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Forrest Future Farmers of America
2009-2010 Project
Read their story in Volume 2 of our Tractor Stories online book.
In May of 2005 my wife Mary saw a Leader advertised in South Eastern Michigan. A friend of ours from Ionia Michigan owned a Leader and I knew I had to have one!
I was waiting to have eye surgery so Mary drove me down to look at and buy the tractor. The old Leader was really in bad shape, the hood looked as if it had been run over by a bulldozer!
When our granddaughter saw it she made a sign to put on the tractor “Grandpa bought this before he got his eyes fixed!” We took the tractor and sign to the show at Steiners and several more shows that Summer. People got a big laugh over it. Granddaughter Carey helped me take the Leader apart and start a repair and restoration. We found lights and other parts at Steiners that looked like the originals.
We have taken it to several shows and parades since then.
I’m eighty one years old now and we don’t plan on doing many more tractors, we’re finishing a Farmall H now and we have a Farmall C next in line.Bill & Mary Lehman
Eagle, Michigan
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We would like to send you a picture of the 1948 Farmall Cub. With the products you provided, and the help from your staff we completed our Ag mechanics tractor restoration project for 2011. On June 2, 2010 we started working on our project for the 2011 Ag Mechanics shows. Our goal was to have the tractor completed by the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. We spent the next eight months working through every system, down to the last bolt. There were many challenges throughout our restoration. One challenge was working through schedules with other school and FFA activities. Every weekend, weeknights and holidays we spent working on our tractor. We spent a total of 698 hours rebuilidng, restoring, replacing and painting. We learned so much from this project. We have already started planning our next restoration.
Thank you,
Cory Schovajsa & Ryan Guerrero
Fayetteville, Texas
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