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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Last of the Old Timers

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 […]

Crawling Ollie

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 […]