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CBS Crew Interviews
Tractor President Here
By JAV JORDAN
News Editor
Forsyth County’s own Tri-
Tractor Manufacturing Co.
is going to be on TV.
In fact, it may already
have been on the “CBS ven
ing News With Dan Rather”
by the time you read this.
A TV crew was at the Tri-
Tractor plant on U.S. High
way 19 north of Cumming
Friday, June 26, interview
ing President Bobby Wal
lace.
They said their interview
could be on the air as early
as that evening.
What brought the TV crew
to Forsyth County was a
news article one of them
read, Wallace said. That got
their attention, and they be
came even more interested
when they learned he had
just sold 200 tractors to Indo
nesia.
Tri-Tractor has been in a
steel building north of Cum
ming since it was founded in
1975. But only just recently
have several years of foreign
sales of twos and threes for
tests paid off.
Out at Tri-Tractor, the fu
ture looks bright. “The way
it looks now, we should be
doing a lot of business in
Africa and theFarEastin the
next 12 months,” Wallace
explained. Wallace said he
also hopes to expand his do
mestic market.
Besides the large Indone
sian deal, Tri-tractor sold a
sizeable shipment to Nigeria
in May.
Peru has asked Tri-Trac
tor for a price on 500 trac
tors, and Wallace said he is
working with Indonesia on
the sale of another 500.
The Tuff-bilt, as the trac
tor is called, has had “good
response” in Africa and the
Far East. Wallace said he is
also discussing sales with
Ghana and Zaire in Africa,
and with Malaysia and Thai
land in Asia.
Domestically, Tri-Tractor
has begun to advertise and
has hired a marketing direc
tor.
Right now, the company
could produce about 10 trac-
Meet For Disabled Planned
A statewide conference de
signed to show the needs of,
and the contributions made
by, disabled people has been
scheduled for August 1-2 at
the Atlanta Hilton Hotel.
Sponsored by the Depart
ment of Human Resources’
Council on Developmental
Disabilities, the conference
will present disabled people
in leadership roles, promote
self-advocacy, and develop
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BOBBY WALLACE CULTIVATES CORN
...on a Tuff-bilt tractor
tors a day on one shift, or
about 20 on two shifts. If all
goes as he hopes, Wallace
said he will try to hire more
workers around the end of
July.
The Tuff-bilt sells well
among “weekend farmers”
who cultivate a few acres,
and with commercial, small
acerage vegetable farmers.
Wallace said he plans to
sell more to contractors and
landscapers.
The Tuff-bilt is selling well
because it is superior to the
competition, Wallace
claimed.
interaction between disabled
and non-disabled persons.
According to conference
coordinator Margie Sloan,
more than half of the ex
pected 300 participants are
disabled. A childrens’ con
ference for disabled and non
disabled children has been
scheduled for the same time
so that parents may bring
their children with them,
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Visibility. Unlike most
tractors, the Tuff-bilt has the
engine in the rear; it looks a
bit like a small road grader.
The the plow or planter is
right under the driver’s feet.
He can see his work without
twisting back behind him,
Wallace said. At one point,
he compared the Tuff-bilt to
following a mule-drawn
plow.
The hydraulic transmis
sion. It uses pumps and oil to
transfer power from the en
gine to the wheels. Unlike
the gears and shafts of a
conventional tractor, this
games and other educational
and recreational activities
will be provided for children
of all ages.
Problem-solving
workshops to be covered
during the two-day meeting
include employment, hous
ing, and the media image of
The load is the demand for elec
tricity. And the burden is on you.
Electricity can be expensive, it’s
true. Using excessive amounts of
electricity on hot afternoons, usually
between noon and 8 p.m., causes
high peak demands. Which means
more power generating facilities must
be built to meet those high demands.
And that can mean higher electric rates.
In that way, the load is heavy. But
it doesn’t have to be. Here's how to
SAWNEE
gives “a smooth, even distri
bution of power.” In the
knee-deep mud and water of
an Indonesian rice paddy, it
means the wheels don’t spin
and the tractor is not likely
to get stuck.
High ground clearance.
The Tuff-bilt’s is 20 inches,
while the competition often
has only four or six inches.
Not only does this help the
Tuff-bilt keep going in rough
ground, but it can cultivate
around tall crops like com,
tobacco and cotton.
Ease of operation. A
single foot pedal controls the
hydraulic transmission.
That and a steering wheel
make it go.
Ease of maintenance.
No major component has to
be removed to fix anything
else. There are “five bolts,
two screws, and a slip-on gas
line and you are ready to set
a new engine on,” Wallace
explained.
Turning radius. By lock
ing the brakes on one side,
the Tuff-bilt will pivot
around in less than its own
length. That’s important for
the small-acerage farmer,
Wallace said.
ln Southeast Asia, any
way, the price was good, too.
the Tuff-bilt “was well
within the price range of our
competitors and it performs
better, too.”
In North Carolina, a Tuff
bilt look-alike was in produc
tion for a short while, but
could not perform as well as
the real thing, Wallace said.
Most of the competition in
the small tractor market is
glorified grass cutters,” and
Wallace has tunred down
merger offers.
Wallace is happy with the
basic design of the Tuff-bilt
and plans no major changes.
Right now, there are 24 dif
ferent attachments, ranging
from plows, planters and
wheel weights to grass cut
ters and front-end loaders.
He hopes to develope more to
increase the tractor’s versi
tility. In the works are a
snow blower, a mower, a
power broom for contrac
tors, and a post hole digger.
disabled people.
Anyone wishing to attend
the conference should con
tact the Council on Devel
opmental Disabilities, 618
Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta,
Ga., 30308.
Some scholarships will be
available. Deadline for reg
istration is July 22.
Take a
load off.
lessen the load: This summer, when
outside temperatures reach 88
degrees or higher, shift household
duties like washing, drying and iron
ing to avoid the eight-hour rush from
noon to 8 p.m. Use that time for other
activities. Set your air conditioner
thermostat at 78 degrees or higher,
and use fans to help keep cool. Con
trol your use of hot water.
Taking a load off is easy. It’s pay
ing for it when you don't that’s not.
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SMILE! BOBBY WALLACE ON CBS CAMERA
...interviewed by Dick Dickson of the TV network
Ed Jenkins
To Be On
TV July 5
U.S. Representative Ed
Jenkins will be the featured
guest on WAGA’s
“Georgians Speak” on Sun
day, July 5,1981, at 1 p.m.
Jenkins, a key member of
the House Ways and Means
Committee, is currently in
volved with the comprehen
sive income tax measures
pending in the Congress. He
is also a member of the
newly formed Conservative
Democratic Forum is the
House.
He will be interviewed by
Mary Stimmel, Public Serv
ice/Editorial Director of
WAGA-TV, which may be
viewed on Channel 5.
This program was origi
nally scheduled to be aired
on Sunday June 28,1981.
Due to a conflict in the
Congressman’s schedule,
the broadcast date had to be
changed.
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Frozen unbaked apple,
cherry or peach pies that you
buy in the supermarket
usually maintain good qual
ity for up to eight months in
the home freezer, according
to Cooperative Extension
Service home economists.
—THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, I*ll—
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No One Makes A Visit
To See Mattingly Rep
Jim Lovejoy, U.S. Sen.
Mack Mattingly’s north
Georgia representative, was
in Cumming last week to
carry the views of voters
back to Washington.
No one came to see Love
joy, but he intends to come
back again. His next sched
uled visit will be Wednesday,
Aug. 19. He will be in the
county commissioners’
meeting room from 2-3:30
Torbett Receives Degree
One student from Forsyth
County was among the 313
who received degrees during
spring commencement exer
cises Saturday, June 6, at
Georgia Southwestern Col
lege.
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Lovejoy said his visits on a
regular route all over north
Georgia are “to fulfill a cam
paign promise the senator
made. My job is to travel
to about 40 places in north
Georgia to give any person
the opportunity to have their
views expressed to the sen
ator’s representative, or to.
assist than with any prob
lem they might have with the
federal government. ”
Patricia Marie Torbett re
ceived the Associate in Arts
degree in Nursing. She is the
daughter of Jimmy Leroy
Torbett and Barbara Ann
Justice Torbett of Route 2,
Box 680, Cumming.
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