Tired Iron show to begin Friday 25th annual Spring Crank-up in Gentry offers educational experiences, auction

Photo by Randy Moll Antique tractors lined up for the parade of power held each noon at the Tired Iron of the Ozarks showgrounds in Gentry. The show features antiquie tractors, engines, farm machinery, a sawmill, blacksmith shop and more.
Photo by Randy Moll Antique tractors lined up for the parade of power held each noon at the Tired Iron of the Ozarks showgrounds in Gentry. The show features antiquie tractors, engines, farm machinery, a sawmill, blacksmith shop and more.

— It's time once again to crank up those old engines and get those antique tractors running. The 25th annual spring show of the Tired Iron of the Ozarks begins on Friday and runs through Sunday. Times are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The Spring Crank-up will be held at the Tired Iron of the Ozarks showgrounds at 13344 Taylor Orchard Road in Gentry.

The featured tractors this spring will be Allis-Chalmers. They, along with other makes and models, will be lined up for visitors to see and will be driven past spectators at noon each day in the Parade of Power.

The featured engine will be the Stover Upright. A wide variety of antique engines will be running and on display -- many attached to old implements to show their uses in early- to mid- 20th century farm life.

Other features of the show include a working blacksmith shop and sawmills, tractor games, a furnished log cabin, outhouse photo booth, rope making, antique tractor and engine displays, old farm implements and demonstrations, antique home furnishings with demonstrations, concession stand serving breakfast and lunch, music, a flea market, and 9 a.m. Sunday church services.

RV parking is available, and the show and visitor parking are free. From Gentry, visitors may turn west on SWEPCO Road from Pioneer Lane and follow the signs. From Siloam Springs, travel north on Dawn Hill Road and take Taylor Orchard Road around the north side of City Lake and up the hill to the showgrounds.

More information on the show and the club is available on the club's website: www.tiredironoftheozarks.org. Tired Iron of the Ozarks meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at the club's showgrounds.

Community on 04/12/2017