The Antique Caterpillar Machinery Enthusiasts Club will be holding their Spring Fling again this year at Steve Lippoldt's place in Belle Plaine KS. ACME members come from all over the country to attend. Several members bring their own equipment. This year they will be working on a pond dam or similiar project. This is a great chance to come out and watch some wonderful antique machines doing what they were built for... work. Make sure and bring the kids or grandkids as the guys love to give them rides! Also bring a cooler and some food as these guys love to play all day long.

Address: 762 N Seneca Rd, Belle Plaine, KS.

Dates: May 22nd thru the 25th

 Here are some pictures from our club tractorcade near Dexter, Kansas.

Photo Gallery

Video

Thanks to everyone that came out and a special thanks to those of you who helped set it up.

I received a photo from Lowell Gehring the other day of his Canvas Cab Ford tractor. Lowell was a club member several years back, so I decided to start a Public Collection photo gallery. This gallery will be used for non-members that submit photos for the website.

Dexter Tractorcade April 25th, 2009

Bring your road worthy tractor and join in the fun!
Get a tractor's eye view of the Dexter, KS area.
Everyone is welcome.
Meet at 12:30 pm at 26798 212th Rd. Dexter, KS. 67038
1 1/2 miles east of K15 on 212th Rd. (gravel road). Harvest Time Ministries and Dexter Cemetary sign at turn-off. K15 is on the east edge of Dexter, KS.


Approximate start time is 1:00 pm.

View Map of the Route

For details call Linda (620) 741-0204

 The K and O Chili/Soup Supper held on Jan. 31st at the Cowley County Fairgrounds with the theme "In the Good Old Summertime" turned out to be true. Temperatures were in the high 70's and everyone was ready to get out and have a good time. Prizes of table centerpieces were won by Ariel Feather, Brenda Underwood, Mike Patton, Linda Keasling, Marlene Jansen and Kelly Topper.
I will add that Ariel Feather took hers to Show and Tell at school a few days later.

Great food and great fun! Thanks to everyone who helped decorate and bring all that yummy food!

 Fifteen people had fun at a game night in the club meeting room on Feb. 21st. Snacks were enjoyed while playing Pitch, Chicken Foot and Farmoply. The next game night will be on March 21st at 6:00 pm. This is a really fun night, we hope more people will come out in March. If you don't want to play games, just come out and visit fow awhile. Donations were taken toward utilites used.

17th Annual K and O Swap Meet and Fleamarket
APRIL 17-18, 2009
Opens around 8:00 am and goes until the last seller leaves.
K and O Club Grounds

Roger Schmidt sent me a batch of photos to post here at K&OSandGEA.

I guess the pictures of the green tractors will come later... :-)

Go check out the collection in the Photo Gallery.

*more photos added on December 2nd, 2008

It was brought to my attention that the club name and acronym usage was inconsistent throughout the website. I spoke with the club officers at the last meeting and this was the final decision:

Kansas and Oklahoma Steam & Gas Engine Association
KandOS&GEA

From this point forward all references on the website will be made as such.