Get ready to saddle up and ride your iron plow beast! Garretson’s 6th Annual Tractor Ride is right around the corner! It will be held next Friday, August 11. The ride will launch from Kibble Equipment, the John Deere dealership along Highway 11.
Organizer Loren Konda said that their route this year will take riders to Crooks, SD with two stops including lunch in Renner, S.D.
“Our planned is a route to Crooks,” Konda said. “On the way we’ll stop at the Gibson Family Memorials and then at Northern Truck for a tour. Then we’ll head down to the Safari Bar & Grill for lunch. On our way back we’ll stop at the Garretson Heritage Museum for a tour with cookies and juice. There is no entry fee this year, but if someone would like to make a donation, they certainly can’t will go to the Garretson Area Historical Society and the Heritage Museum.”
The tractor ride is open to any shape, size, age or color; just no dual-wheels. Tractors are required to be able to safely travel at 10 mph and be equipped with slow moving vehicle signs on the back of the tractor. Riders are allowed only with properly mounted seats, and drivers are required to have legal drivers licenses, be responsible for their own insurance and absolutely no alcoholic beverages during the ride. For any questions or concerns, contact Loren Konda at 605-360-0372. (Photos: The tractor ride detoured through Splitrock park last year. The youngest members of last year’s ride making a pit stop at the bathhouse recreation area of the park.)
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