I think that if we are just tractor folks we could have all our events in a back yard.
We could parade along a fence line and I’m sure we could pull across any four acres. If it was just about the competition that’s all we would need.
I believe that we’re more than that.
The facts say that we’re entertaining people when we’re in a parade.
Donna DeSilva Cedar Livestock Festival 2016
There are people in the stands when we pull and people come to these events to be entertained.
Leroy Brady with Butch and Shredder
Cedar Livestock Festival Parade 2012
When Leroy puts his dogs on the hood, that’s entertaining. The first time I ever saw the Livestock Parade the thing I remember the most was the tractor with the dogs on it. I still have the photographs.
Bill and Donna DeSilva
When the announcer reveals the competition between Donna and I as husband and wife and who gets to cook dinner, that’s getting the audience involved and that’s entertainment . The 50/50 “H” and it’s story board when it’s on display will attract attention, it gets people involved, and that’s entertainment.
Rosemary Christensen at the Iron County Fair Pulling a wheelie.
When Rosemary pulls a wheelie , that’s entertainment.
We may not realize what we’re doing , and we certainly aren’t rock n roll stars but we surely entertain.
I believe that this is a good thing. Let’s face it, people aren’t exactly breaking down the doors to join our club. Wouldn’t it be nice to pass the torch to some younger folks who may be attracted simply by seeing these wonderful old tractors in a parade or a pull.
Do we have a duty to promote history? I’ve elected to do as much as I can to promote us. It’s entirely up to each of us.
Dave Toone Cedar Livestock Festival 2018
I for one am proud to be a part of something that entertains, preserves history and surrounds me with awesome folks with like interests who I’ve come to call my friends.
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.
Notefrom Deborah Moen: The offset engine was known as "Cultivision"
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,
(page views 20,509)
Deborah Moen Blog Administrator Writer, Photographer
Leroy Brady and Danny Oldroid effectively demonstrate how to process corn and wheat and even par apples with vintage machinery.
Color Country Antique Machinery Association Volunteers As spectators at the CCAMA events, we see the rugged exterior of men and women who drive these tractors. The more I photograph and interview these CCAMA members the more I see their humanity. The more I attend the CCAMA events, meetings, potlucks, caravans, and parades, the more I learn. The Cotton Days Field Trip in Washington, Utah, was no different. I left a changed person. Volunteers from CCAMA demonstrated nothing less than humanness, patience, and kindness, while sharing and shedding light on what it was like when the city of Washington began. They manned their stations prepared with visuals and hands on projects and artifacts. They spoke clearly, slowly, and gently. They added their own sense of humor and drama. The volunteers showed the children how to grind corn and wheat, how to pare an apple with one turn of a handle, what ranchers used out on the prairies to keep the snakes from crawling into their sleeping bag, how to plant cotton, how to make a fire, how to make sorghum molasses and even had a sample of real sorghum molasses drizzled on cookies which tasted so delicious, like nothing you could buy at a regular grocery store. There was a wonderful discussion on what it was like to live back in those days and how it compares to life today. I saw children lifting a hand cart to get the feel of how strong you needed to be to handle one of those carts, I saw women dressed in their long pioneer dresses showing the old time washboards, and the many kitchen aide gadgets from long ago all of which were laid out on cow hides.
Rosie Kirkland puts her heart and soul into this event
Each presenter did their presentation for 7 minutes, for 14 groups !, After the 7 minutes a horn blew and the groups departed to the next station. That includes the ice cream station. Volunteers scooped and served hundreds of ice creams in cups to groups of 20-30+ coming from a presentation.
The Ice Cream Stand with some CCAMA members Paul Moen and Rosemary Christensen.
The whole event was a buzz of color, sound, laughter, smiles with sweet chorals of "THANK YOU ! " from the children after each presentation. It was rhythmic and timely. Beautifully organized.
See for yourself. I photographed and shot highlights of this event. If you have not yet seen this side of CCAMA then you are in for a treat ! Watch video here.
Thank you for visiting CCAMA, Thank you for allowing me to be of service,
Before the tractor pulls there is a parade. Color Country Antique Machinery Association (CCAMA) members line up for the Cotton Day parade in Washington, Utah. I go wait on the sidelines for them to come. I hear the roar of the tractors and see the sunlight shining through the American flags waving in the air. It is truly a sight to behold.
I loved the smiles on the driver's faces and the way they waved at the crowds. Watch the video of CCAMA in the parade.
And then there was the Kid's Tractor Pull. Andrew, his son Nicholas Hall, and Jonah Mampel did a really good job of helping and encouraging the children that participated.
Watch video
Trophies and candy were handed out after.
CCAMA members were all getting ready for the tractor pull. they drove their tractors up on the big scale to get weighed and got their numbers to put on their tractors.
The tractor pull began with the 1500-2000 POUND Class and then the 2000-2500 POUND Class. There were first time pullers at the event. Kaitlyn drove a 1948 Farmall cub and Danie Farley Drove an International Harvestor A. They are all in the video.
We will be doing the field trip in the park this week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you are bringing a tractor for display it will need to be at the park before 9AM on Tuesday.
All Field Trip helpers will need to be at their stations and ready for the students by 9AM each morning. Lunch will be served each day at the end of the day.
On Thursday after the field trip we will need to move all tractors to the tractor pull area, to get ready to the pull on Saturday.
SATURDAY
Meet at the tractor pull area by 8 AM to prepare for the parade. We will travel to the parade route together. Parade will begin at 9AM.
After the parade meet back at the tractor pull area to prepare for the pull.
Tractor Pull starts at 11 AM.
Everyone pulling will have to pre-register with June by Thursday night so I can print programs on Friday. Reply to this e-mail with your tractor list and weights or Call or text me at: 435-632-1470. I will also be in the park for the next 3 days you can bring me a list.
We are looking forward to seeing you all and having a fun time.
Rosemary Christensen Pulling with her 1952 MTA Farmall. Photo by Bill DeSilva
I so enyoyed interviewing, Rosemary. It was during the Iron County Fair while the tractor pulls were going on. We went out behind the grandstands and found a table to sit at.
That look of Rosemarie's. She is so positive and focused. Photo by Bill DeSilva
I asked her how she got started driving tractors. Here is what she told me.
I was first inspired by my husband, David and my two son-in-laws. David's family used a little Farmall A on their farm in Salem, Utah when he was a kid. When David and I were married in 2006 we bought a vintage 1952 Super MTA Farmall that someone restored mechanically.
Red Salisbury, co-founder of CCAMA, and his grandaughter, stepped in to teach me how to drive the tractor and encouraged me to, "keep on going."
Between 2001 and 2006, I would never have imagined my marriage to David, driving the tractor, and the life I have now.
Watch Rosemary at the 2016 Cedar Livestock & Heritage Festival
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 !
Deborah Moen Site Administrator Photographer Tractor Fan
Brittney Jenkins Iron County Fair Tractor Pull 2018
You can seethese photos by clicking on this link. Iron County Fair Tractor Pull 2018 Or you can use this link https://photos.app.goo.gl/m6WURHFB2jsfZ5Hw5 The links will take you to Google Photos. The Pull was really fun and the track was perfect. The skies were very dark and stormy so photos are a bit dark and hard to see. I lightened them as much as I was able. When you get to the photos you can click on the ones you want to see and it will give you a larger view. Move your mouse to the right and you will see a white arrow >. When you click that white arrow it will take you to the next photo. Up in the right corner , the 3 vertical dots, click on those and a list will come down, you can select slide show or download.
Deborah Moon Moen
Administrator of
CAMA web site
CCAMA Facebook Page
CCAMA Store on Zazzle
Thank you for visiting, CCAMA (17,145 page views) Our next event is Saturday October 27, 2018 Cedar Livestock & Heritage Festival.
Tractor Caravan 2018 - Break for Doughnuts in Summit, Utah
Woo Hoo ! I have all the photos and videos of the whole tractor caravan for you all to see on Google Photos. Click on this Google Photos That link will take you right to them. It is easy to use. You can select and picture or video to see in a larger image by clicking on it. And those 3 dots up in the right hand corner, click on those and you can download your favorites to your computer. You can even click on those 3 dots in the right hand corner to see a slide show. Just click on slide show and watch. I must thank Bill DeSilva for telling me about this wonderful site. Thank you !!! And what a wonderful way to relive the whole caravan event. From moving out onto the road in Cedar to arriving into Parowan and having dinner. I remember how much fun I had. Oh and the Google Photos is interactive meaning if you click on the larger image you can add a note at the bottom . How cool is that? It is really fun to try new things and if you have any questions just email me wireforest@aol.com or message me on Facebook Deborah Moon Moen. I will do my best to answer your questions.
Deborah Mooon Moen Site Administrator for CCAMA and CCAMA Facebook CCAMA Store
Thank you for visiting CCAMA, ( page views 17,056) Someone asked me how to buy products at our CCAMA Store on Zazzle. If you see a product on this website or on our Facebook Page like a hat, cup, key chain, or t-shirt etc just click on it and you will be right on the page where the item is sold. It is like any other online store. Just add the item to the cart and remember to enter the code in red letters to get a discount of 15% off or higher. Everyday is a sale. And you will be supporting us as all profits go to CCAMA. I made a commemorative key chain for the caravan 2018. I have the front and the back of the key chain below.
IMPRESSIVE ! Roaring, rumbling, flags rippling, hands waving, and big smiles ! Good job everyone ! Well done. See for yourself. Watch the video below. 6:11 minutes.
John Kirkland driving his 1954 Allis Chalmers G in the CCAMA sponsored Tractor Pull at the Cedar Livestock and Heritage Festival 2011.
It's here, the last event of the year. The Cedar Livestock & Heritage Festival is something I look forward to every year. I have said this before and I will say it again, I love the sound of the tractors warming up and getting a hearty whiff of the fumes coming out of those vintage tractor engines, those American flags waving in the breezes and this feeling of inspired action as I grab my camera, get down in the dirt and chronicle the whole thing.
Sheridan Hansen pulls his Allis Chalmers a the Cedar Livestock & Heritage Festival 2011.
This is as rural and rustic as it gets! Dutch oven contest, sheep coming down Main Street, a great parade, CCAMA sponsored tractor pull, rodeo, cowboy poetry, draft horse pulls, vendors, and a dirt dance to top it off.
I take photographs of most everyone and if you want me to take a video or photograph let me know. I will be there to take your requests. Psst... Women on Tractors Series coming soon.
Thank you for visiting CCAMA, ( 14,275 page views !)
Until next time, hope to see you there!
Deborah Moon Moen
Member of CCAMA, Site Administrator, Co-Photographer and Tractor Lover
The tractor caravan pulled over after I took the first video.
Riding in the tractor caravan on a wagon pulled by an Allis Chalmers has always been such fun. I love the slow pace, the wind in my face and the rugged jiggles and bucks of the wagon over the cow catchers. There is time to enjoy the landscapes and let your mind wander. Taking a picture or a video was a bit shaky though and the view in front and back really did not change much. This year I took my truck and followed the route of the caravan and took photos and video as they came rumbling up the Minersville Highway. I stopped several times along the way pulling over to the side of the highway. I would get out of the truck hook my keys to my belt loops, grab my camera, and wait for the sound of the tractor engines. Many times I could hear them before I could see them. I love that sound. After they passed all was quiet. I could hear was the resonance of the earth and the denizens of the valley. My first stop was Minersville Highway at Mid Valley Road. I pulled over, got out, and walked around the corner onto the highway to see if they were coming yet. Way off in the distance I could see the flashing yellow lights of the two volunteer sheriff trucks which led the tractors and also brought up the rear. I had time to find my place along the highway and found that the marker stakes made a really good tripod. There was a field of alfalfa and wild sunflowers and the sound of the water spraying over the fields.
CCAMA Tractor Caravan on Minersville Highway.
As they crossed the intersection they all pulled over. I passed them in my truck and drove to another place by a very picturesque abandoned farm with a rock fence bordering the property (see photo above). My favorite photos are of the caravan approaching the Parowan Gap. You can enjoy all the Caravan photos I took here on this link https://goo.gl/photos/7zprkxRKjZHetWkz8
Thank you for visiting CCAMA ( 13,762 page views) Until next time, this is Deborah Moen Site Administrator, Co/photographer CCAMA Member
