What started as a four-page flier advertising “new parts for old tractors” has grown into a 616-page, phone book-sized catalog of more than 5,000 parts. Those parts are designed to keep old tractors ...
WILLMAR – Spare parts for farm equipment line the walls and shelves at Schwanke Tractor and Truck Inc. in Willmar. There are solid sounds of tools being used to loosen or tighten components of a ...
MARSHFIELD, Wis.—Tom Detwiler turned his hobby into a career with his Spencer business, Detwiler Tractor Parts. “We make new parts for old tractors,” he said. “These tractors are so old that a lot of ...
The public is invited to see Ridgefield resident Alan Schurman’s huge collection of antique tractors and engines — and enjoy a farm-style swap meet featuring old tractor parts, tools, antiques and ...
Nokomis is a small town in south central Illinois with a population just over 2,000. Unassuming though it may seem, Nokomis is home to Aumann Auctions, the world’s leader in the auctioning of antique ...
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Our recent flooding not only caused lots of destruction across parts of Siouxland but also wiped away and damaged some important parts of our history. One of those pieces of ...
A tractor that was damaged in a fire 40 years ago and left in a junk yard for 24 years has been given new life. Boone resident John Vilmain’s father, George Vilmain, purchased a 1939 John Deere Model ...
Old tractors and old tractor parts are just part of the landscape on the Butler family's land in Harnett County. "That's a 1934," says Otis Butler, pointing out an ancient machine. They use them for ...
MATTOON — Antique tractors are on display throughout the Cross County Mall's concourse this week as the mall prepares to host the annual Farm Show from today to Sunday. These displays have been set up ...
BROWNVILLE | Perhaps it all started because Henry Harless never got a chance to till the soil like his grandfather. “I always liked tractors,” Harless said as he relaxed in the orderly shop area ...
BYRON, Ga. (WTVM) - Gary Brown has been in the tractor business for more than 20 years, but as gas prices went up, his sales went down. So, he and a few friends came up with another way to use some of ...