Tractors
Tractor collections, antique farm toys, antique farm tractors, history of tractor manufacturers and more.
One Man’s Junk: 1966 Farmall 1206 Restoration
Article by Sara Jordan-Heintz
Read how an Iowa teacher surprised her husband with the tractor of his dreams.
Bent on Perfection
Article by Robert N. Pripps
Read about the history and development of the articulated farm tractor.
A Very Early Case 20-40 Tractor
Story by Bill Vossler
A restored 1912 Case 20-40 tractor owned by a Minnesota family goes back almost to the beginning of the line.
Low-Profile Canadian IH Crawlers
Submitted by Wayne Atwood
A reader brings to our attention the orchard versions of the crawler tractors produced by International Harvester in Canada.
Old Iron Collector Straddles Two Worlds
Story and photos by Loretta Sorensen.
A South Dakota man keeps the traditions of the past alive for a new generation by sharing steam engines, tractors and other antique farm equipment.
The Homemade Wilbeck Four-Wheel Drive Tractor
Submitted by John R. Wilbeck
A reader shares his own homemade tractor built with McCormick-Deering axles, Versatile transmission and Detroit engine.
Innovation Put an End to the Hand-Crank Era
By Sam Moore
Claimed to be the “greatest single invention ever devised for tractors,” the Christensen self-starter made a possibly dangerous task safer and simpler.
Debut of the Fuel-Efficient Goat Engine
By Chuck Struthers
A reader sends in a photo of “the goatmobile,” which was powered by goat power.
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