Tractors
Tractor collections, antique farm toys, antique farm tractors, history of tractor manufacturers and more.
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.
Home-Built Four-Wheel Drive Tractor
By Bill Vossler
Faced with tractors too small for his farm, Minnesota man took matters into his own hands by assembling his own four-wheel drive tractor.
The Willys-Overland Farm Jeep
By Darrell Wrider
The Farm Jeep, a low-cost alternative to the tractor couldn’t cut it on the farm mostly because of its light weight, weak drive train and cost.
Outnumbered in the Matter of a Leyland 154
By Josephine Roberts
Farm Collector writer Josephine Roberts finds herself outnumbered in the matter of a Leyland 154 tractor acquisition.
The First Graham Tractor
By Sam Moore
Despite popular belief, the Graham-Bradley wasn’t the first attempt at a tractor for the Graham brothers.
Photo Caption Misidentified General Tractor
By Garrison "Doc" Brown
A reader informs us that a tractor described as a Hoke in a past article is actually a General tractor.
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