June 11, 2004=The first DuQuoin pull has been cancelled. Certification will be before the Pinckneyville pull starting at 3:00 pm. Try to be as early as possible.
April 18, 2004=I have added a couple of pulls to the schedule. Contact your directors on the time and place of certification. When I get the info I will post on here.
Feb. 16, 2004=Tamaroa, IL will not be having a tractor pull this year. We have a couple of pulls waiting in the wings so watch the mail for an updated schedule. I will be mailing out puller profiles to everyone who wasn't at the banquet. If you could please fill these out and get them back to me I would appreciate it.
Feb. 16, 2004= I have updated the schedule. You should have received your newsletter in the mail. The Annual banquet for our members and sponsors will be on Sunday, February 29 at Little Nashville Restaurant in Nashville, IL at 6:00 pm. Hope to see everybody there.
October 19, 2003= I have the points updated now. Everyone should have gotten their newsletter in the mail. Our anuall meeting will be on Sunday November 9th, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. at the Tamaroa Comm. Center in Tamaroa, IL. See you there.
July 19th, 2003= I Have had some e-mails about pictures. If any of the members have a picture out there they want posted give it to me at the next pull or e-mail it to me in jpeg form and I will get it posted.
May 28th, 2003= My computer died on me and just got it up and running again. Anything that was e-mailed to me proior to May 8th or so I did not get. Sorry for any problems this may have caused you. The for sale page has been updated and the schedule is updated. There are a couple of pulls not on there yet. When I get the contract I will update the schedule.
February 11th, 2003=I got the 2003 rules page updated. Look for your copy in the mail soon along with the date for the banquet. The banquet will be around the middle of March. Don't forget that dues are due by April 1st, 2003.
October 16th, 2002=I got the 2002 points page updated. See everybody at the meeting on the Sunday, November the 10th.
October 8th, 2002=I will get the website all updated when I finally get moved to our new residence. Hope everyone had a wonderful pulling season.
June 17th, 2002=The Terre Haute, IN pulls time has changed from 1:00 to 12:00pm.. See you at Pinckneyville, IL.
May 30th, 2002=Added a pull to the schedule. Also Note that Butler, IL time has changed to 3:00 rather that 4:00pm. I'll send out a new schedule in the mail soon. Joe
March 24th, 2002=I added some items to the for sale page. Also for all of those members out there the dues for the 2002 pulling season are due by April 1st, 2002. $100.00 for the tractor and $25.00 for an additional driver. Any questions call Dale or myself. Thanks Joe.
Feb. 26th, 2002=I made some changes on the web-site's main page. Put the sponsors and the officers and directors on their own pages. I hope this is a change for the good. I added a couple of things on the for sale page.
Feb. 11th, 2002=I got the schedule updated, and some more for sale stuff.
Feb. 3rd, 2002= I got a bunch of items on the for sale page put up. We have a schedule together. I'll get it posted as soon as I get time.
Jan. 15th, 2002= Got some more stuff on the for sale page. Our anuall member banquet is Feb. 10th at 5:30pm at Little Nashville Truckstop at Nashville, IL. Give us a call if you have any questions.
Jan. 6th, 2002= Got the new logo on the website. It was the most popular with everybody. I added some stuff to the for sale page.
Dec. 24th= I got the for sale page updated. Merry Christmas!
Dec. 23rd= Rules page is updated. Hope everbody that surfs on the web-site lets me know what they think of the ideas for the new logos. Just send me an e-mail and let us know what your favorite one is. If my baby boy stays napp'in long enough I'll get the for sale page updated. I did get another pic. on the 2001 pic. page.
Dec. 15th= Points page has been updated. Added a RPM Chart to the rules page. I will update the rules next weekend.
July 8th= I added a 2001 Picture page. Got a few pics. on there, I'll add more as I get them.
May 19th 2001= I added a for sale item and one more new link.
May 10th= Yes I am still alive. Between tax season, farming season, and getting ready for the upcoming pulling season it has been busy. Hope everybody is further along with the tractors than I am. I will let everyone know about the certifiction date in the days to come.
April 7th= Added a couple of new links to the links page.
March 18th= I wanted to thank everybody for attending the banquet today. For those of you that didn't attend I will mail you a schedule. Put two more pictures on the 2000 pics. page, added a couple of ads to the for sale page, and updated the schedule page.
March 10th= Put three more pictures on the 2000 pics. page.
March 2nd= It is March already, does everybody out there have them tractors ready for the track? If you don't have it done don't feel bad I have started doing anything as well. I put an ad on the for sale page and removed one. Our anuall IHFSPA Member Banquet will be March 18th, 2001 at the Little Nashville Truckstop at Nashville, IL. Hope to see everybody there!
February 24th= Put three more ads on the for sale page.
February 19th= Added some good John Deere parts on the for sale page. Put a new pull on the schedule page.
February 10th= Added a couple more things on the for sale page. Some good Massey parts and a tractor.
February 3rd= I added a few more items on the for sale page. Added a new pull to the schedule page.
January 27th= I put the 2001 schedule on the schedule page. This is not a complete schedule. There are other pulls pending contracts. All of the old news that was below is going to be on a page of its own. Just in case someone wants to know what all has happened in the past. Don't forget Valentines day is just right around the corner. You got to keep them women happy!
January 20th= I added some more pictures for everybody to look at. Any members wanting there pictures on the web site e-mail them to me or send them by land mail. Joe
January 15th 2001= I added a couple of more pictures for everybody to look at. Also put a few more items on the for sale page.
December 24th 2000= I added a 2000 Photo Album and organized the links page. "Merry Christmas!"
December 10th= Would like to thank everyone for being at the meeting today. I updated the rules page and put the new directors on the main page. At the meeting today it was also voted in that the officers will have a three year term and the directors be voted on every year. Added a couple more links to the links page. Would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
November 21st= Added a for sale page, if anyone has anything they would like added drop me a line. All IHFSPA members should be getting a news letter in the mail, in the next couple of days. Our annual meeting is going to be December 10th. The news letter will fill you in on the details.
October 21st= The final point results are now posted on the results page. As time allows I will get the distances finished as well.
September 30th= We will have our last pull at Pinckneyville, IL at the American Thresherman Assoc. Fall Festival. It will be on October 22nd. We will be pulling the 7,000 and 9,000 pound classes. See you there.
August 26th= We will be pulling the 9,000 lb. and 11,000 lb.classes at Xenia, IL on Sept. 2nd, 2000 and the 9,000 lb. class at Ingraham, IL on Sept. 4th, 2000. These are not points hooks. The points race is done for the year. When I get the final results tallied up I will get them posted on the web site.
August 22nd= "Put a new picture on the 99 photo page. This fall I will make a 2000 photo page. I would also like to personally give thanks to "Photo Jake" being at all the pulls this year to take pictures. We now have our own domain name for the web-site, www.ihfspa.com
August 6th= The points page is updated to the Waterloo, IL pull. Next pull is at Marion, IL on Aug. 11.
July 29th= Wanted to welcome one more new member to the association, Larry Diener of Jewett, IL with his 1466 International. On the other hand I have updated a little more on the pull results. The points totals are current up to Paris, IL pull.
July 25th= Totaled points and added some of the results from the pulls. I put the points and the distances on the same page. I'll get the rest of the results posted as I get time.
July 17th= Added the Great Heart Seed link to the home page.
July 4th= Added some more links on the the links page.
July 2nd= Added a cubic inch calculator to the web site.
June 30th= The association would like to welcome four new members to the IHFSPA. Luke Miller of Arthur, IL, Keith Barr of McLeansboro, IL, Mark Bussman, and Allen Buenker of Effingham, IL. Luke has a 1155 Massey, Keith has a 930 Case, and Mark and Allen have a 886 IH. We are glad they have decided to "HOOK" up with us. I have added a points page to the web site. I will post the points after each pull. I have a updated date on the page so you can make sure I am keeping it current.
June 12th= I added another picture to the photo album.
June 9th=I added a new pull to the schedule page.
May 21st= I made a few changes and added a local antique tractor pull rules and date of pull. Come help support our local American Thresherman Association preserve the farming past. There shows are always on the third weekend of August and October.
