Eye Catching Old Tractor Signpost

Eye catching old tractor signpost FARM HOME Novelty Items 16-5-20 When Ray Himelrigh discovered a 1925 10-20 McCormick-Deering tractor in a wooded area about 5 miles from his farm in Clinton, Ohio, he decided to restore the tractor enough to use it as a landmark on his farm. Now the tractor, which rests atop a wooden platform at the end of the family's driveway, not only announces the name of the farm - Knollwood Farm - but also re-minds Ray's wife Anna and three daughters of their husband and father who recently died in a farm accident. Ray, 49 years old, died May 24, 1992, when he was pinned under his tractor while mowing a roadside ditch. Anna Himelrigh says Ray loved antique tractors and in addition to the McCormick-Deering, he also owned a Farmall Regular, two F-12's, and a G-2 Centaur. The original owner of the McCormick-Deering told Ray that it had not been moved from where it sat in the woods since 1947. The sheet metal was all gone and the rear casting was cracked from freezing and thawing. Because it would have been nearly impossible to get the tractor running again, Ray decided to turn it into a one-of-a-kind signpost. He re-moved the engine and rebuilt the exterior of the tractor so it looks like new, and then mounted it on a wooden platform anchored on a concrete pad alongside the driveway. The tractor looks like a perfect running model that might have come straight from the factory. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Anna Himelrigh, Knollwood Farm, 6623 Van Buren Road, Clinton, Ohio 44216.

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