Pre '30 Tractor School  

Tractor School on Friday, March 24th, starting at 9AM

Make plans to attend Aumann Auctions 2nd annual Tractor School!

Tractor School - Registration $25

Deadline to register is February 28th!

Click here to register!

INCLUDED with All Registrations: Access to Tractor School Classes and Demonstrations; Tractor School Shirt; and A Thresherman’s Lunch Will Be Provided

We'll have many tractors, engines, signs and memorabilia on display! We will be running tractors and engines!  There will be plenty of parking available in our front parking lot. 

This year’s Powers Tractor School is bigger and better than ever! Another lineup of great

classes from some of the hobby’s most knowledgeable instructors. It’ll be a full day of topics

like Tuning Tips – How To Improve How Your Engine Runs, Carburetion Explained, What The

Early Days of Collecting Were Like, Live Demonstrations on Babbitt Pouring, Engine Timing,

Clutch Adjustment, From Rust To Running – An Engine Rebuild Story and more!

Stick around the next day for the Pre-30 Auction Open House with scheduled demonstrations

on starting and running a Russell 30-60, Minneapolis 35-70, Rumely 15-30 F, Nichols & Shepard

20-42 and several others. Get your chance for up close learning and even some test drives!

As always, we’ll overload you with good food, good company, lots of stories, laughs and

memories to be made!

All are welcome, but we’re limited on class size, so if you’re interested, please take the time to

register! Due to the amount of space we have for the classroom portion of Tractor School, our

space is limited, so don’t wait!

Class Syllabus 

Carburetion – The Proper Feeding of Your Engine

Learn the ins and outs of how a carburetor works and the different designs they were made in.

Discover what makes your engine run well and what doesn’t so you can diagnose potential

problems. - Instructor Mark Schleppi – Groveport, OH

Stories of Early Collecting

Join tractor collecting pioneer John Tysse and hear about what it was like in the early days of

the hobby when you could find many of the most highly sought after tractors still on the

original farms! Great tales you won’t believe accompanied by period photographs as he found

them! – Collector John Tysse – Crosby, ND Moderator Lou Buice – Waco, TX

Tuning Tips – Making Your Engine Run Better

What makes an engine run great? What makes one run bad? The answers to those questions

will be answered for you during this class! Take home your checklist of things to help your

engine perform and sound better. – Instructor Chris Hudson – Grass Lake, MI

From Rusty to Running

Update to last years completely stuck Hackney Auto Plow engine. What was done, what it took

and hear it running. A great chronological walk through of what it takes to bring one back from

the dead! – Instructor Al Severson – Blooming Prairie, MN

Babbit to Bearing

It’s becoming a lost art! Learn how to safely pour babbit bearings. There are many tips and

tricks to this dangerous procedure. This will be a live demonstration so you can see how it’s

done from start to finish – Instructor K.R. Hough – Pendleton, IN

It’s Clutch Time!

One of the most neglected parts of an early tractor is the clutch. Highly susceptible to wear, it

can actually be dangerous if not set correctly. Learn the things to watch our for and see a

clutch adjusted live in person. – Instructor Glenn Schaal – Wooster, OH

The Timing is Right

The mag is off, you have no idea what the firing order is – what do you do? Learn from the pros

on how to time your engine, what it sounds like when it’s not right, what it sounds like when it

is right. Live demonstration! – Instructors Kent & Karl Jansen – Sigel, IL

Live Starting and Operating Demonstrations on Saturday for tractors like:

Russell 30-60

Minneapolis 35-70

Rumely Oil Pull 15-30 F

Aultman Taylor 30-60

International 10-20 Titan

Nichols & Shepard 25-50