Bumping this up for anyone interested in going...
BOTW 2025 at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch will be May 23-25, 2025 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Celebration of 100 years of Caterpillar!
Flyer to follow. A PSA from JM.
Some of us will be there this weekend. Let's all have some fun, not to mention honor the armed services!
It will be a great weekend with lots of nice Cats, Bests , Holts and other makes on display. The weather is going to be great too! See you there.
Memorial Day weekend Best of the West Show in Santa Margarita, CA is always outstanding. My thanks go to the many exhibitor and volunteers' hard work making it happen.
Some photos I shot at the 2015 event. Arrow at center left starts slide show.
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-pxRC5n Best of the West 2015 - Tractors and Equipment
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-btG9gD Best of the West 2015 - Dirt work
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-nhwQFP Best of the West 2015 - Showgrounds
Dirt work video of the 2017 show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFp_oix7c_w
- Richard
Wow!! What a great set of photos and video Cat Spotter! A little bit of everything for everybody!!
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Man, looking through all those photos got me fired up! I had to start up the D2 and go for a sunset crawl!
Really gonna have to try and make this show someday, but I host an annual family campout at our ranch this weekend. I’ve got the Cub loaded up for that.
Can’t wait to see the pictures from this year’s Best of the West!
Thank you Cat Spotter! I have never seen that video or photos before. Thank you very MUCH for sharing.
Potato W: You should come out and play with some of us at our next "Plow Day" at Rio Linda, CA in October...Not too far from you.
Thru social media I see that the folks from Pennsylvania have arrived via plane...Chum Duffy and company; I think they come out because none of their dirt is as nice as from California! Those guys work in some gawd awful conditions at home; this stuff is too easy for them. JM
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