Sometimes Duaine Filsinger lucks into antique John Deere tractors to restore through a friend. That has been the case several times. One of these acquisitions is a John Deere 620 gas orchard tractor ...
WEST OLIVE, MI – Ever since he was a boy growing up on a farm in northern Allegan County, Irv Boersen’s blood has run green – John Deere green. That's why the 68-year-old Boersen is looking forward to ...
— The collecting of antique machinery is a hobby for many locals in this area, but behind the glimmering paint of a freshly restored John Deere tractor is a sense of nostalgia that brings residents of ...
EUCHEEANNA — While taking breaks from serving as a doctor of internal medicine and cardiology, James Sheppard spent two weeks every summer for 47 years exploring 42 states and Canada on unique ...
Rich Suhrie remembers sitting on the tractor with his grandfather and working the family farm. “The tractor was relatively small, but to me, it was gigantic,” he said. The sights, smells and even the ...
LANKIN, N.D. -- The putt-putt of engines and the smell of fired-up old equipment filled the air as antique tractors on parade rumbled down Walsh County Highway 15 Saturday. The eighth Lankin Antique ...
drew thousands to Bernardston over Memorial Day weekend, a good number of whom arrived Sunday with antique tractors in tow. While many strolled the flea market looking for bargains, others gravitated ...
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 ...
BURCHARD, Neb. (KOLN) - The McHenry family’s yard looks like a dealership for antique tractors when they roll out all 15 machines in their collection. They belong to two brothers who have years of ...
WAITE PARK — While cruising through the Family Fun Fest, Chuck Schneider stopped in front of an antique boat motor and said, "I used to have one just like that". Ron and Margaret Melick, members of ...
A pair of McCormick Farmall tractors, 1953, left, and 1954 models, on display Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in the yard at Charles Parmley's rural Tyler home. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph A 1957 ...
The first tractor Dewaine Clayton ever sat on was the 1957 Ford 860 that his dad put him on when he was 9 years old. He has been hooked ever since. Clayton restored that same tractor in 2004, about ...