It might seem rare for to find a teenager today who has a strong passion for restoring antique tractors. But for one Nebraska teen, finding and restoring tractors has become a growing hobby. When he ...
When Harry Hoppes was 6 years old, his father put him behind the wheel of a Farmall tractor in a field at the family’s Perry Township farm. “He said to me, ‘Now steer it’,” Hoppes recalls. “I was so ...
Eli Klessig has restored a handful of tractors, some of which are used by his family on their farm in southeast Minnesota. Eli Klessig, right, stands with Max Benson in front of a Farmall C tractor ...
Learn about the history, development, and legacy of the John Deere Model A tractor, and which market role this tractor was ...
OF THE WAY IN THE VARIED INDUSTRIES BUILDING. FROM LEGOS -- I HAVE ALWAYS, SINCE I WAS A KID, LOVED HNJO DEERE TRACTORS. FROM BUILDING WITH LEGOS TO REBUILDING TRACTORS, FFA STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE ...
It isn’t difficult to get Rock Island’s Gabriel Barber talking about the old Farmall plant that once stretched for more than a mile along the city’s eastern riverfront.
Some people collect coins or stamps, others find joy in restoring vintage farm equipment. In the antique tractor world, collectors are divided... Sep 02, 2010 — Some people collect coins or stamps, ...
Today's dose of good news: Iowa's most notorious tractor, stolen from a warehouse in Mason City, has been recovered intact in Minnesota. Tractor guru Randy Hinton, who now owns and operates 10 Red ...
ELLETTSVILLE — Some of you reading this column know Chris Kleindorfer, a man who for 35 years repaired vehicles of all kinds at his no-frills shop in a refurbished hog barn west of Bloomington near ...