Weather for Kiddie Tractor Pulls draws out the stalwart

[August 04, 2018]  Nothing stops a farmer, and if any of the Kiddie Tractor Pull families and competitors are headed in that direction in their lives, it isn't the weather that will stop them.

Early Tuesday morning, down at the Knights of Columbus Pavilion on the south end of the Logan County Fairgrounds, it may have been the chilliest and damp Kiddie Tractor Pull in over a couple of decades. That didn't stop approximately 37 participants from having a great time.

The competition is one of strength, agility and coordination from our most youthful citizens who walk this terra. It stretches out over much of the morning as one child at a time sits in the tractor and peddles on the word 'Go.'

Kids are first weighed in and then were divided into weight classes. They then take their turn peddling their little hearts out on a child-sized tractor with a weighted sleigh in tow.

Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends urge each competitor to the finish line and those who make it get to do it again with more weight added to the sleigh in order to determine three top winners for each weight class.

On this particular morning, as thunder boomed nearby, everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves.

All the kids got a participation ribbon.

The 2018 winners by weight class:

Lightweight (0-45 pounds)
Jonathon Breager - Mason City, 29’ 3”
Ella Bucy - Davenport, Iowa, 21’ 3”
Easton Conrady - Lincoln, 16’ 10”

Middleweight (46-64 pounds)
Brantly Conrady - Elkhart, Full pull 40 foot
Kamryn Komnick - Lincoln, 35’ 11”
Oliver White - Beason, 34’ 6”

Heavyweight (65-100 pounds)
Alex Folkes - Elkhart, 32’ 10”
Allison Murphy - Mount Pulaski, 24’ 4”
Eva Leonard - Mount Pulaski, 17’ 7”

The Kiddie Tractor Pull is sponsored by the Logan County Farm Bureau and conducted by Farm Bureau Young Leaders.

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