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The Gathering of the Orange 2004
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The Gathering of the Orange, Allis Chalmers enthusiats and their bright
orange Allis Chalmers machinery traveled to Portage La Prairie in
Manitoba for this year's, Gathering of the Orange. Under the Allis
Chalmers name, also came Gleanor combines, Rumley tractors and Gaar
Scott steam engines, just to mention a few. These events, under the
name of the Gathering of the Orange, take place twice a year in
different parts of North America. They celebrate the Allis Chalmers
line of farm equipment dating back to the early 1990s. Several Hart
Parr tractors and a fine example of a Gaar Scott traction engine were
demonstrated working in their many different ways plus a full line of
Allis Chalmers self propelled combines and the earliest of the Allis
Chalmers pull type combines were working the fields here at Portage's
own, Gathering of the Orange. An almost complete Gleanor combine line
up were demonstrated at this show, as well.
This video follows the 3 days of this fine event and includes part of
the American Gathering of the Orange Caravan as they crossed the
Canadian border and made their ways Northwards to the event in
Portage. Many of the Allis Chalmers models traveled along in the Orange
Caravan.
2 hours long with many interviews and discussions. Plus a walk through
the many Allis Chalmers tractors and combines. The demonstrations
included a demo with a rare Allis Chalmers Roto baler, making the small
round bales. We even had one of the bale pickers demonstrated picking
the field of these small bales. An Allis Chalmers threshing machine
worked on each of the three days, as also did a number of different
Allis Chalmers swathers, plus a daily demo with an Allis potato
harvester. These orange tractors, of all sizes and ages, worked the
fields. A big, but well renovated 8 bottom John Deere plough, turned
the soil behind Bob Anderson's Gaar Scott steam engine. and another
locally owned Rumley Oil Pull engine. Smaller ploughs were being
powered by 2 smaller Rumley engines. A John Deere binder, powered by
an old Allis Chalmers engine, cut the crop of wheat for the threshing
demonstration. A complete collection of Allis toys plus many other
exhibits, filled the area.
4 years in the making, the organizers of this years "Gathering of the
Orange", can only be proud of the job they did. Nan Jones was here too,
the owner of the name, the Gathering of the Orange and publisher of Old
Allis news.
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