Donna DeSilva pulling a 1947 Farmall M at the CCAMA Tractor Pull during the Cedar Livestock & Heritage Festival 2016.She and husband Bill Desilva pulled in this 4500-5500 lb class.
How did you become interested in tractors?
There has always been something alluring about tractors. I drove semi-trucks for several years, I guess I have always been fascinated by machinery. My husband, Billy, and I would go to the tractor pulls in So Cal and thought they
looked like fun, it’s one of those things that you put on your bucket list, and think that someday you will do that. When did you start driving tractors?
2010. Billy, my husband, and I had bought a little Yanmar with a bucket and to help us out with our property in Utah. It is a good little work tractor, but not a show tractor.
Donna DeSilva at CCAMA Tractor Pull Panguitch,UT
Who taught or helped you learn to drive tractors?
I had some previous experience driving heavy equipment, mostly with little or no instruction. When we bought the Yanmar we figured it out together.
My husband, Billy is now the tractor expert and he helps me figure out the nuances of each of our tractors. What was your first antique tractor and what do you own now?
Donna Desilva after pulling at the iron County Fair
CCAMA Tractor Pull
We went to the Iron County Fair one year and really enjoyed the tractor pulls. That’s when we thought that there was a possibility that we could take tractor driving off our bucket list and make it a reality. We had just met people that were having fun doing this hobby and we thought we should seriously look into it.
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When and why did you join CCAMA?
We joined to hang
out with other people who like
tractors. Driving tractors with the CCAMA is a hobby that my husband
and I share and a way that
we spend our time together. It is fun to hang out with people who
have similar interests,
and everyone in the club is just generally really nice, they are our
“tractor family”.
Donna and Bill Desilva at the Iron County Fair Parade with CCAMA
What are your favorite activities or
events in CCAMA?
I think I enjoy the
awards banquet most because we get to
sit and visit with everyone, sometimes that is hard to do during
pulls. I do like most all of the
events we do like being in the parades; that is fun, but I miss
seeing what else is in the parade. I
enjoy pulling against my husband more than anyone else. We use the
same tractors and it is
interesting to see who can get the tractor to pull best, although
Billy deserves all the credit as he is
the one who keeps the tractors running.
Donna SeSilva at the Iron County Fair Parade in Parowan, Utah.
Photo taken by husband Bill Desilva.
What are your interests/job aside
from tractors?
I teach in the
nursing department at SUU, and I do hospice nursing
in our community and those jobs keep me fairly busy. For hobbies I
love to read suspense
novels, and I love being outdoors and gardening is one of my favorite
hobbies.
We have a lovely
piece of property with trees, flowers and a large garden and I love
to hang out in my own yard. We
use the little Yanmar for most of the yardwork but have on occasion
used the bigger Farmalls
to do disking, auger large holes and pull out stumps.
Donna DeSilva at the CCAMA Tractor Pull in Panguitch,Utah
Thank you, Donna for this great tractor bio. !
Thank you all for visiting CCAMA,
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Sheridan Hansen pulling alongside the draft horses at the Cedar Livestock Festival 2018
WE HAD A GREAT EVENT ! YOU ALL LOOK SO GOOD OUT THERE. Did you have a good time? The weather was perfect, beautiful blue skies with wispy clouds. Look how Bill Desilva captured the sky and the tractors at the Diamond Arena in this photo he took.
Vintage Tractor Show at the Cedar Livestock & heritage Festival 2018
Photo by Bill DeSilva
There are many people who make this event a success. Let us give a hand for these ladies who keep this event running smoothly as you are all weighing in and pulling your tractors. I saw them from across the arena and I just had to get a picture of them. I shuffled through the dirt weaving in and out of draft horses and tractors and made my way to their table where they perform their wonders.
Donna DeSilva, Rosie Kirkland, and Rosemary Christensen
This is a job not many people can do. It requires focus and constant attention to details. They keep track of your pulls, and fill out your ribbons, and keep it all organized in everyway possible. And on top of all that, they manage to stand in for each other to pull their tractors! Amazing. I enjoyed photographing you all and have quite a few videos. You can see the first batch of photographs I have uploaded on the Cedar Livestock Festival 2018 CCAMA album right here at Google Photos. https://photos.app.goo.gl/E1VejpwvvrvTyn3RA
There are more photographs coming ! So keep an eye out. Videos links part 1 video 1500-3000 lbs https://youtu.be/Et41vfCtotQ part 2 video 3000-4000 lbs https://youtu.be/1rZXyh7N87s More videos are being loaded up on Youtube as I write this post. So many fine tractor pulls I divided the videos into several parts. So Keep an eye out for further posts with the links. The posts with links will also be put on our page on Facebook. If you do Facebook, come visit and "Like" our page and let us know you came by commenting and liking the posts. Here is the link for that. www.facebook.com/ccama134/
Regularly on Facebook I post a video of one of YOUR pulls out of the events as well as photographs of one of YOU. You guys are superstars. Many people are coming to see you and your pulls online. Thank you for visiting CCAMA (page views 17,844) Stay tuned for more videos and pictures Enjoy your day !
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Thank you for visiting CCAMA ( 14,416 page views) Giving thanks to all of you who lend a hand in putting this event together. With you, we are able to make this event possible ! THANK YOU !!!
Deborah Moen
1955 Allis Chalmers WD45
Deborah Moen
CCAMA Website & Facebook Page Administrator. Photographer and Video, CCAMA Member
If you tickle the earth with a hoe she laughs with a harvest. ~ Douglas William Jerrold Were you there? The Fun Pull was held at Red and June Salisbury's. We arrived around 9:30 am. The weather was gorgeous and the pull went on under blue skies and a last quarter moon. Some tractors drove right into Red's from the road and others were
unloaded off their trailers. Everyone weighed in.
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There was always someone standing by the scales.
Men pulled tractors
Women pulled tractors
Teens pulled tractors
And ...look what we got here.
CCAMA branch 134 Fun Pull
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CCAMA Branch 134 Fun Pull
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This was Kylee's first tractor pull ( below). She will be 13 years old this September. Dave Sabina also made his very first tractor pull ! You can see their first pull in the Fun Pull PART 1 video below. They did a great job.
Kylee's First Tractor Pull !
Dave Sabinas First Tractor Pull !
See the Youtube icon in the lower right hand corner of the video? Just click on it for a better view. The video will open in another window on youtube.com. You do not have to sign in just sit back and enjoy. You can easily return to this site. You can, while your their click the icon on in the right lower corner to make it full screen. Fun Pull 2015 Parts 2 & 3 video is being created and uploaded. When the tractor pull was over we had hot dogs and hamburgers and a big chocolate birthday cake for our president, John Kirkland. Red did the barbecuing.
CCAMA Fun Pull
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It was a really great day. Check out the For Sale Page. Al Matheson has a Firestone tractor tire for sale and Dean Dysart has a Minneapolis Tractor for sale. Tell a friend. Thank you for visiting CCAMA ( 5530 page views ) We hope to see you at the Cotton Days Parade and the pull in Washington, Utah. Saturday April 25, 2015 Deborah Moen
