Oh, really? That's cool.

Hands down, that was a happy accident.

I was in Topeka because Craig and Chris were there at the same time.

We've spent a lot of time, the three of us, on the road together at various horse expos and stuff.

Gosh, going back...

I don't know, 13, 14 years on the road.

And so we hadn't all been at the same show at the same time.

keep talking,

I can't remember the damn thing.

Cowboy Up Challenge.

The Cowboy Up Challenge, right there on the grounds of the Stampede.

And Craig packs them in every day.

He packs them in.

And it's because he's so...

He's so spot on.

You have to come in the world and learn it.

Like, we can make th- sure this is safe.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

And I mean, that's, that's what he's trying to do.

He's just trying to, you know, m- make sure it's all safe.

And, you know, one of the things that people point out to, or, or point to about him is, you know, oh, he's, you know, bloodsucking lawyer just out for money and all this.

And I mean, there's another way to frame that, is when they're in, um, you know, the, eating lunch or whatever, and he's like, you know, "We can charge so much," blah, blah, blah, that's just another, like, fail-safe to, uh, lessen the amount of people at the park, 'cause obviously the more people you have, the more hectic a day-to-day park is gonna be.

But it's like if you were in his position.

Well, I mean, I think that would be some of the first thing is getting an, an ironclad contract for all these consultants before they even step foot on the island or on the helicopter to go there.

Talk about this journey, bub.

Yeah, so I mean, building the 150 Case was a childhood dream of mine, and it was, you know, it really guided me to start businesses, to acquire companies.

I eventually bought the foundry because that was, that was a necessary part of that project, to be able to cast all of these parts.

That tractor weighs 75,000 pounds, and so we had to make hundreds of castings and pour a lot of iron.

We did all that in the foundry.

And, you know, bringing that piece to life was just...

You know, it was a fulfillment of my dream, but it was also a fulfillment of American innovation-

Mm-hmm