Sheppard Tractors: One of Three 1949 Sheppard SD-1 Sheppard Tractors are among the rarest of the orphan tractors. We covered a ‘51 Sheppard SD-3 for you back in 2015 and […] Jim Allen January 03, 2021 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
Ford 7000 Four-Cylinder Diesel Tractor 1975 Ford 7000 All-Purpose As Ford updated it’s tractor lines in preparation for the swinging ‘70s, they realized the Thousand Series lineup was going to […] Jim Allen December 16, 2020 Diesel Tractors Ford Vintage Diesels
THE TWO FACES OF THE IH TD-6 CRAWLER Classy & Powerful Diesel Tractors The 1950s was the last decade in which the small crawler was a player in the agricultural tillage industry. To […] Jim Allen August 28, 2020 Diesel Tractors
VINATGE SMOKE A 1950 Cat D315 Caterpillar was on a roll before World War II and rapidly dominating the crawler market. The war sped that roll up […] Jim Allen August 27, 2020 Diesel Tractors
TRACTOR TALK 1969 MASSY-FERGUSON 1130 The early 1960s marked the beginning of the large scale application of turbocharging to diesels in the tractor world. Massey-Ferguson’s (MF) first […] Jim Allen July 07, 2020 Diesel Tractors
VINTAGE SMOKE OLIVER POWER UNITS Like most Tractor manufacturers, the Oliver Corporation looked for other venues in which to sell diesel engines. One that kept them pretty […] Jim Allen July 02, 2020 Diesel Tractors
TRACTOR TALK 1966 CASE COMFORT KING 1032 WESTERN SPECIAL The 1960s had not been good to J.I. Case. Besides the ag market being a little wonky, they […] Jim Allen June 05, 2020 Diesel Tractors
Orange Smoker 1955 Allis-Chalmers WD-45 Diesel Allis-Chalmers followed the trend to diesel power in October of 1954 when they introduced the WD-45 diesel tractor. The WD line […] Jim Allen May 20, 2020 Diesel Tractors
1942 INTERNATIONAL TD-18 CRAWLER When a country goes to war, it’s army needs more than bombers, tanks, cannons, rifles and ammunition. Those are part of what makes the tip […] Jim Allen May 08, 2020 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
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 […] Jim Allen March 31, 2020 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen March 20, 2020 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen February 18, 2020 Diesel Tractors
TC-12 Dozer: The Legendary 1964 Euclid 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 […] Jim Allen February 06, 2020 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
A New Breed 1965 Farmall 504 What International Harvester called the “New World of Power” launched them into their first line of six-cylinder tractors in 1958. These were […] Jim Allen January 24, 2020 Diesel Tractors Vintage Diesels
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 […] Jim Allen December 20, 2019 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen December 06, 2019 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Adam Blattenberg September 20, 2019 Diesel Tractors
Triple-Nickel 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 […] Jim Allen September 11, 2019 Diesel Tractors
Medium Green 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 […] Jim Allen August 12, 2019 Diesel Tractors John Deere
British Beefcake 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. […] Jim Allen August 07, 2019 County Diesel Tractors