Planning is already underway for the 24th annual Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Show on Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13, 2009. This will be the sixth year for the show at the Gillespie Country Fairgrounds, two miles south of Fredericksburg on State Highway 16. The 2009 Hill Country Antique Tractor & Engine Club Show will be expecially noteworthy because the Club will be hosting the 2009 National Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association Show.
Activities will include exhibits of antique tractors and antique engines (including miniature engines and outboard motors), antique tractor parades, tractor-pulls, lawn mower/garden tractor pulls, kiddy tractor-pulls, farm machinery demonstrations, featured operations of large engines, a blacksmith shop, vendors of agriculture-related items, food and drink concessions, a raffle, etc.
Exhibitor Registration is scheduled for Thursday and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. The Show will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m on Friday and Saturday.
Tractor Pulls in 2009 will be based on weight, following rules of the Texas Antique Tractor Pullers Association (TATPA). These rules may be viewed at TATPA Pulling Rules For information about the tractor pulls, please contact Tractor Pull Chairperson Troy Rhodes at 830-997-0750, 830-889-0344 (cellphone) or fbgzoo@ktc.com or Assistant Tractor Pull Chairperson Brent Kramer at 830-997-6991, 830-456-4434 (cellphone) or bkramer@ktc.com Brent and Troy are interested in receiving recommendations regarding additions or changes to the tractor pulls.
Lawn Mower/Garden Tractor Pulls in 2009 will also be based on weight. These rules may be viewed at RULES FOR SLED PULLING For information about the lawn mower/garden tractor pulls, please contact Kenneth Treibs at (830) 997-5522 and kjtreibs@ctesc.net or Kyle Treibs at (830) 990-5090 or kctmusic@yahoo.com
The Lone Star Garden Tractor Pullers Association may conduct a garden tractor pull during the 2009 show. If so, this pull will be separate from the pull sponsored by HCAT&EC. The LSGTPA has its own sled and its own rules. Attendees at the show are invited to participate in the LSGTPA pull as well as the HCAT&EC pull described above; however, interested parties should visit the LSGTPA's website at lsgtpa.com to become familiar with this organization's procedures and regulations.
Vendors interested in having concessions at the 2009 show may review the Vendor Agreement, which includes general information and a registration form. For additional information about renting spaces at the show, please contact Cliff Ingold at (830) 864-5754 or cliffrof@ktc.com
Members of the Texas Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club Inc. wiill display outboard motors and be on hand to answer questions. Information about this organization may be found atwww.txchapter.com or by contacting Owen Meredith at 830-669-2679 or joowen@ctesc.net
Exhibitors who plan to bring engines and tractors to the 2009 show may register in advance by completing and mailing the Exhibitor Registration Form to Becky Smith at 830-990-4542 (fax), dbs@fbg.net or Box 851, Fredericksburg, TX 78624. Exhibitors should review the EDGE&TA's Safety Rules which include provisions for stationary engines, tractors, steam engines and tractor parades.
All exhibitors, vendors, tractor pullers, workers and volunteers at the show will be required to sign The Participant Agreement
A procedure is now in place to test and certify youth between 12 and 16 years of age to operate tractors and other motorized vehicles at EDGE&TA-sponsored events such as HCAT&EC's annual show. Information about this procedure is available at youthcertification For additional information, please contact HCAT&EC's Safety Officer Troy Rhodes at fbgzoo@ktc.com, 830-997-0750 or 830-889-0344 (cellphone).
A limited number of
RV
spaces are available at the Gillespie
Country
Fairgrounds. For information about the RV spaces or to
reserve a
space, please contact Becky
Smith at 830-997-3012 or dbs@fbg.net
Plan
to bring
your antique engine or tractor and join us at the Gillespie County
Fairground during the second weekend of June, 2009. For more
information,
please
contact Show Chairperson Brent
Kramer at 830-997-6991, 830-456-4434 (cellphone),
830-456-9479 (business cellphone) or bkramer@ktc.com
or HCAT&EC President and Publicity Chairperson Becky Smith at
830-997-3012 (voice), 830-990-4542 (fax) or dbs@fbg.net