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The first Quadtracs were tested in secret, at Charlie Richards’ farm not far from the engineering facility in Fargo, Minnesota. Much of the testing was done at night, on fields that were obscured by brush and terrain.
Even those early machines—which were built with an outsourced undercarriage and Goodyear tracks cobbled onto a Steiger 9250—rode incredibly…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
I’m a sucker for a good tractor story, whether the tale is a man hand-building tractors in a shed in his backyard at the turn of the century, or the young industrial designer whose first exposure to company executives came when he drove the…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is greater.”
—William Hazlitt
One of the most remarkable stories in farm history is Steiger’s stellar performance during the dismal market of the 1980s, a pivotal time when all the colors…
Dale Earnhardt’s death is the most prominent moment in NASCAR history, and millions of people around the world know about the tragedy on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. But, only a handful of people know what went on behind the scenes before and after that horrible crash. In the Red is an insider’s look at the 2001 NASCAR season with his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr. In this excerpt from the…
Winning came naturally for Al Unser, Jr. He had a gift for finding the fast line on the track and he possessed a boisterous and lovable personality. Fans and the press adored him, but behind this affable persona, his appetite for drugs and alcohol was destroying his private life. Unser's battle to climb out of that cave is one of the great stories in motorsports. A Checkered Past…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about Jon Kinzenbaw repowering the 8430 and 8630.
Jon Kinzenbaw’s business…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about Jon Kinzenbaw's introduction to agriculture.
Jon Kinzenbaw…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, written by Jim Volgarino, read about the rotary engine project from the 1980s. This…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt, written by Richard Michael, read about the revamping of the 50 Series power shift upgrades.…
John Deere Evolution is a visually stunning work that blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. This encyclopedic history covers every model line built by John Deere since 1919. In this excerpt from the book, read about a spy from International Harvester who tried to sneak intel about a…