The hobby of collecting and restoring antique farm tractors is a quiet but busy adventure filled with hard work disguised as fun, just like most things agricultural. Charles Meier has had so much fun ...
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 ...
Minnesota’s Star Tribune reports that farmers are flocking to 40-year-old tractors at auctions. The appeal is twofold: While classic tractors are cheaper to maintain, simpler to use, and much simpler ...
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 ...
The Old Iron Show at the Minnesota State Fair gives visitors at chance to see antique tractors up close. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Kevin Doran talked with Don Fricke, the owner of one antique tractor ...
The antique tractors that will be displayed at the Clark County Fair aren’t simply old. They also have stories, said Ed Kranz, an antique tractor repair hobbyist who has taken the steering wheel to ...
JACKSON, MI – Every year for the last 10 years, 89-year-old Phil Hull has rolled out his antique tractor collection for the Fourth of July. Hull has been displaying the tractors on his farm at 4001 ...
The library has a collection of more than 100 auto repair manuals available for checkout. The collection includes repair ...
“Financially, you never recover from tractor pulling. You start putting all this money in, but you get hooked on it, and away you go.” That’s how Dale Conard describes his involvement with antique ...
BENNINGTON, MI – Heading Up North for many Michiganders means taking the fastest route, skipping high traffic hours, avoiding speeding tickets and shaving as much travel time off as possible. For ...