What started as a four-page flier advertising “new parts for old tractors” has grown into a 616-page, phone book-sized catalog of more than 5,000 parts. Those parts are designed to keep old tractors ...
LENNON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anyone who restores old tractors knows that transforming a rusty, neglected piece of farm equipment into a bright and shiny showpiece is its own reward. But Steiner ...
The hobby of collecting and restoring antique farm tractors is a quiet but busy adventure filled with hard work disguised as fun, just like most things agricultural. Charles Meier has had so much fun ...
Joe Peeper gets a gleam in his eye whenever he sees the distinctive color combination of flambeau red, desert sunset and battleship gray or the metal insignia of Old Abe, the American eagle mascot ...
The tractor talked. Every spring, Alan Brecka drove by a massive steel frame beckoning just off the turnrow. Despite scars on the belly and rubber rot after a 40-year slumber in 8” of dirt, she was ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Titan International Inc. is accepting applications from National Future Farmers of America (FFA) and 4-H student members for its annual antique tractor restoration program. FFA and ...
Joe Peeper gets a gleam in his eye whenever he sees the distinctive color combination of flambeau red, desert sunset and battleship gray or the metal insignia of Old Abe, the American eagle mascot ...
The Wall Street Journal produced a cool story about the strong market for old farm tractors. The most rare machines can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars. The tractor restoration business has ...
If he had his way, Bill Driscoll would restore all of the hundreds of old, rusty tractors stored at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap. "Fix 'em all, but not in my lifetime," the ...
You definitely know it’s summertime in Weld County when the Greeley Old Time Farm Show starts to roll out its antique tractors and other farm equipment. The show is set to take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Don Bethman glanced over the rows of old farm tractors moments after the 61st annual Middletown Grange Fair opened Wednesday. As chairman of the Antique Farm Machinery class, he saw what he believes ...
VON ORMY, Texas — While it’s common for families to pass down small mementos from one generation to another, a San Antonio-area family is taking a larger, more agrarian approach. The Verstraeten clan ...