Tractors never get old at Old Trusty
Phil Fisher (left), Hastings and Loren Stoltenberg, Wayne,
take a look at John Deere tractors and other antique
farm equipment during Old Trusty Days Saturday at the
Clay County Fairgrounds.
CLAY CENTER — James Lapp has a problem.
He jokes that his hobby of restoring tractors has become an addiction. The 55-year-old truck driver from Holyoke, Colo., traveled to Clay Center for the 30th annual Old Trusty Antique and Collectors Show Saturday and Sunday at the Clay County Fairgrounds.
Lapp traveled with nine tractors and six people: Everyone from his 8-year-old nephew, Cayden, to his 89-year-old father, John.
James and his father have restored about 25 tractors, completing the projects at a rate of about one per year.
“It’s just a bad habit, like smoking,” James said. “You can’t say no.
“We get married to them. When we get them done they look so nice you don’t want to sell them.”
Phil Fisher (left), Hastings and Loren Stoltenberg, Wayne,
take a look at John Deere tractors and other antique
farm equipment during Old Trusty Days Saturday at the
Clay County Fairgrounds.
He jokes that his hobby of restoring tractors has become an addiction. The 55-year-old truck driver from Holyoke, Colo., traveled to Clay Center for the 30th annual Old Trusty Antique and Collectors Show Saturday and Sunday at the Clay County Fairgrounds.
Lapp traveled with nine tractors and six people: Everyone from his 8-year-old nephew, Cayden, to his 89-year-old father, John.
James and his father have restored about 25 tractors, completing the projects at a rate of about one per year.
“It’s just a bad habit, like smoking,” James said. “You can’t say no.
“We get married to them. When we get them done they look so nice you don’t want to sell them.”
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