KCSD FFA tractor picked number one at PA Farm Show
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BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP, PA – A two-year effort restoring a 70-year-old tractor was rewarded when members of the Future Farmer of America (FFA) Club at Central Mountain High School learned the club placed first in public voting for the video they created and the tractor they restored was named most authentic for the farm show.
The club, along with instructor, Paul Bohnert, spent the last two years restoring a 1952 McCormick Farmall Cub to enter in the PA Farm Show in Harrisburg.
The restoration process began in January 2020 with a tractor donated by Dotterer Equipment. The tractor had to be made before 1975 and have an internal combustion engine. Students rebuilt the valve train, replaced the manifold, installed new tires which were donated by Titan Tire, and repaired all the body parts and repainted the entire tractor. The project was completed in December 2021, and the tractor was ready to haul to the farm show.
The FFA team received $800 with the Farm Show awarding $200 and Lancaster Farming and the Friends of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Foundation awarding $600.
Online voting was conducted and the results were recently announced as the annual Farm Show came to an end with Central Mountain as number one. Club members thanked the public for its support.
