1956 Massey-Harris 555
The '55 Diesel debuted in 1949 as the big diesel tractor in the Massey-Harris lineup. Despite some teething problems, it established a r...
1962 John Deere 3010
When John Deere introduced four new tractors at its big New Generation of Power extravaganza in Dallas, August 30, 1960, it was became cle...
1968 County 1124
The British County tractor isn’t one you see often here in the States, but you may wonder why not after seeing one. The story begins after Wor...
International W-450
Out with the old and in with the new. You’ve heard that expression a million times. In the late 1950s, International Harvester was bringing...
1946 Oliver Cletrac BD Crawler
Cletrac began in 1916 as the Cleveland Motor Plow Company with a three-wheeled tractor design. Before the patent was even issued...
The turbo diesel is so commonplace today that naturally aspirated diesels stand out. Go back nearly 60 years and the opposite was true.
In 1961, turbochargin...
The Massey-Ferguson 97 & Minneapolis-Moline 706
Badge engineering is nothing new. Tractor companies did it as far back as the first decade of the 20th centu...
A Tale of Two D2s
In the early days of motorized farming, crawler tractors had a big part to play in some parts of the country. Crawlers could put more power in...
