A Shot of AG
A Tractor Built to Remember a Son
Clip: Season 6 Episode 34 | 1m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Ron Meador shares the story of a handmade tractor created in memory of a neighbor’s son.
Ron Meador explains how one of his metal tractors became much more than yard art. After a neighbor lost her son to cancer, Meador transformed a planned Oliver tractor into an International H, the kind her son loved. He added the young man’s name and gave the finished piece to his mother, creating a handmade memorial rooted in memory and friendship.
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A Shot of AG
A Tractor Built to Remember a Son
Clip: Season 6 Episode 34 | 1m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Ron Meador explains how one of his metal tractors became much more than yard art. After a neighbor lost her son to cancer, Meador transformed a planned Oliver tractor into an International H, the kind her son loved. He added the young man’s name and gave the finished piece to his mother, creating a handmade memorial rooted in memory and friendship.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- Yeah, tell me about that.
Because you made some pieces for people that really meant something.
- Yeah, this tractor here is one I made for my neighbor.
She was my role mail lady?
- How tall is that?
It's about this tall.
- Okay, so that's a big- - About like a pedal tractor- - Yeah.
Okay.
- Size.
But it weighs a whole lot more than the pedal driver.
- Believe me, I lifted that motorcycle.
So this was your mail lady?
- Yeah, and she actually... I just took that picture at her house the other day and I had it blown up.
Just to bring it here.
I told her I could probably bring it, but I know it wouldn't fit on your table.
You'd have been hidden by that tractor.
- I don't think this desk will hold much more, yeah.
- But she's real nice lady and her son got cancer and passed away and I just decided one day that tractor was gonna be an Oliver and he liked International Hs.
So I went out there, started where it didn't take me long after I decided what I was gonna do.
And I whipped it into an H and put his name on it and give it to her.
And she likes it.
- Oh, I imagine - She said I could bring it, but I'd have to bring it back.
- We got a picture.
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Clip: S6 Ep34 | 1m 16s | Ron Meador explains how old machinery and scrap metal became raw material for his art. (1m 16s)
Where Ron Meador Learned to Work With Metal
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Clip: S6 Ep34 | 39s | Ron Meador shares how a difficult childhood year helped lead him toward welding. (39s)
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