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Celebrate 100 years of Farmall with Revolutionary Red Tractors, an ideal book for young readers fascinated with machinery as well as for anyone who wants to learn more about the hardworking people and the machines that feed our world! In this excerpt, 10-year old Frank and his family buy one of the early Farmalls.
Frank Thompson, only 10 years old, is nervous. Today, he will drive the…
The following excerpt is from Red Combines: 1915–2020 and tells the story of Axel Jarlson, a Swedish immigrant who came to America for opportunity and worked hard to find his way home to visit family for Christmas.
Axel Jarlson was fighting to stay alive with his family in Sweden. The winter of 1891 produced deep snow, six months’ worth, and the only way the farmer’s family could…
The following excerpt is from Revolutionary Red Tractors, an ideal book for young readers fascinated with machinery as well as for anyone who wants to learn more about the hardworking people and the machines that feed our world! In this excerpt, nine-year old James and his family need a tractor that is powerful yet nimble. Meet Snoopy!
James and his siblings are playing hide and seek on a…
The following excerpt is from Revolutionary Red Tractors, an ideal book for young readers fascinated with machinery as well as for anyone who wants to learn more about the hardworking people and the machines that feed our world! In this excerpt, it is the year 1869 and the town is buzzing over the new steam engine that will power the thresher!
William has grown up and has six…
Journalists Al Pearce and Mike Hembree chronicle the journey of NASCAR’s best as they drive their way to that landmark first victory in 50 First Victories. With a combined ninety years of coverage of one of America’s grassroots sports, they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the stories of these fast-and-furious heroes, drivers who ran to the ragged edge—and often past…
The following is an excerpt from Red 4WD Tractors by Lee Klancher.
Perhaps the most important sale in Steiger's first decade occurred on April 22, 1968. Ken McIntyre purchased a Model 1700 with a cab with tinted glass and 23.1-inch-wide tires on a 26-inch rim for $20,307.48. That sale would change the course of the Steiger Tractor Company.
He drove the tractor home from the Steiger farm to…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
The red tractors of today would be an entirely different animal if not for three helicopters, a brilliant engineering leader, and a fateful tour of a high-tech facility tucked in the Chicago suburbs.
The story of this day starts with 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.
On a fateful day in the spring of 2000, my phone rang at 3:30 a.m.
“This is Warwick Schuberg,” a voice heartily roared into my ear. “I want you to come photograph a trip across the Australian Outback!”
Even barely half-awake, I…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.While putting together my book, John Deere Evolution, one of the most fascinating stories was how John Deere built an experimental combine . . . using the rotary thresher from the competition!One of the most significant agricultural technology…
Celebrate 60 years of iconic automotive designer and manufacturer Shelby American and watch the saga unfold from the men and women who lived it with the new book Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend. The legendary shop didn’t last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being extinguished by corporate…