Iron Man of the Month

By Barbara Schaad
Published on September 1, 1975
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Steve Schaad
Pictured is the Minneapolis being loaded on the trailer after being in a parade. It is being driven by Bob Cardwell and his son, Bob Jr. Courtesy of Steve Schaad, 8990 West North, Fresno, California, 93706

8990 West North, Fresno, California, 93706

Bob Cardwell farms and collects old tractors and farm equipment
as a hobby. He farms 3,600 acres so collecting old tractors seems
to fit right in. Bob has been collecting old tractors for about
four years, and does all his own restoration work on them. The
first steam tractor he bought was a 1909 Case in awful shape, but

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