LAKE WILSON, Minn. -- Marion Van Ruler climbed aboard a 1924 Rumely Oil Pull tractor, poured a little oil in the spout and then gave his brother, Henry, the signal to crank the starter wheel. Within ...
DICKINSON, N.D. - A line of rusted tractors, neatly tagged and laid out according to make and model, might seem like the start of a junkyard, not the beginning of an auction - yet for many on Saturday ...
"With Minneapolis-Moline, that was the first tractor I drove, in the early 40's," said Nick Schmidt, owner of a vast collection of vintage tractors and farm equipment, many of which were ...
When it comes to collecting toys in the field of Things That Roll, it's often the model trains, toy automobiles and fire trucks that get most of the attention. Usually overlooked is a collectible toy ...
Ken Tarvella is in the red and loving it. International Harvester red, that is. Tarvella, 73, has collected toy models of farm tractors and equipment since childhood, focusing on International ...
Iowa entrepreneur Jon Kinzenbaw is auctioning about 125 tractors from his personal collection of roughly 600. The collection, which began after rediscovering his father's old tractor, includes various ...
A man from rural Platte Center enjoys collecting rare Massey Harris tractors and farm equipment. Tim Gronenthal says the two tractors that stand out in his collection are the serial number one 333, ...
The Little Oak is the last-known example of its kind and represents a breakthrough in tractor design. It was the first advertised as a "one-man tractor" with controls that allowed the driver to raise ...
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A South Mississippi man who grew up on a farm has been collecting toy tractors and other miniature versions of farm equipment since he was a kid. His hobby has grown to a point ...
Mike Barrett walks near his tractor collection Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, near his home on Highway 25 south of Brainerd. Barrett owns one of each of the first 100 horsepower "muscle tractors" that were ...
GERING, Neb. (KOLN) - A Nebraska farmer restored dozens of tractors that now belong to the Legacy of the Plains Museum’s collection. Belva Krejci, who lives on a farm and ranch northeast of Alliance, ...
It started with the chance rediscovery of his father's old tractor and continued until it sprawled five massive sheds. Now Jon Kinzenbaw, the eastern Iowa farm entrepreneur who founded Kinze ...