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| 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.
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| 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?
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| 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”.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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| Deborah Moen Blog Administrator Writer, Photographer |
