TRACTOR TALK
1962 FORD 2000
The early 1960s brought a lot of changes to the worldwide Ford ag equipment manufacturing empire. Ford announced a new organization, Ford Tracto...
Diesel Tractors
The Big Minnie
1967 Minneapolis-Moline G1000 Row Crop
By the mid-1960s, Minneapolis-Moline had a long history of success behind it, but in all that history, they had not yet ...
The New Major Takes Command
1958 Fordson New Major E1A
The Fordson tractor line started in 1916 as another chip off the old Ford block. Henry Ford Company was dominating the American auto...
ITALIAN CAST IRON
CAST 435L Tractor
When you think of products from Italy, tractors probably don’t immediately come to mind, yet over the years some of the most unusual and effe...
Double Jimmy The Awesome Euclid TC-12 Dozer
Companies take a big risk when they introduce something radically different than the norm. When the historical smoke clears, which might be decades down the roa...
THE MUSTANG OF TRACTORS
1972 FORD 8000
Ford Tractor Operations turned a major corner in 1968 when the new 8000 debuted. It replaced Ford’s First six-cylinder tractors, the 6000 and 60...
THE ENGINE THAT ANSWERED QUESTIONS
A 1940S CATERPILLAR OIL TEST ENGINE
Special thanks to Lee Fosburgh at Cat Historical, Braden Reddall at Chevron, and Jim Rush!
It’s easy to forget how much en...
10 Vintage Diesel Tractors
Farmland Rigs
Nothing is more pleasing than finding an old tractor that can still run, and looks great while doing so. Most vintage tractors are eventually tos...