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In this original article, Red Power and Heritage Iron journalist Kenneth Updike sheds some light on the 86 Series Tractor Decals. As part of IH’s RED POWER Demo Days marketing campaign, a limited-edition line of demo tractors were stamped with rare decals: a red-hot branding iron, a RED POWER circle, and a tri-stripe motif. Check out the look in this exclusive blog post, and read more of Kenneth…
Traversing the globe on a motorcycle is not simply a matter of hopping on your bike and riding into the sunset—it’s a symphony of meticulously kept charts, logs, and lists of every dollar spent on fuel and every service station visited. Find Elspeth Beard’s complete fuel, maintenance, and equipment records in this excerpt from Lone Rider, “Excerpts from my Journal.”
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With Henry Ford’s foray into the farm-machine industry came a complete overhaul of the tractor marketplace. With zealous passion—and the finances to back it—he offered a tractor for the masses at a price that could hardly pull a profit. It was a war for survival for all industry competitors, and IHC lined up for battle with grit. This is an excerpt from the book, TRACTOR.
Henry Ford and his…
Having crossed inhospitable terrain, war-ravaged countries, and four continents over the course of her two-year journey, Elspeth finds herself at her most unusual destination: home. Read more in this excerpt from “Part 5: All Things Must Pass” and continue following Elspeth’s progress around the world with “Excerpts From My Journal." Lone Rider is available now! Books ship today.
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In this excerpt from Red Combines 1915–2020, explore the complete timeline of IH’s cotton-harvesting equipment line—from its origins in the 1920s, to its market dominance in the 1940s, all the way up to the 45,000-pound beasts that comb the fields today. (Banner image: 2009 Case IH Cotton Express 620: The 620 is a six-row cotton harvester that weighs in at 44,600 pounds and is…
In this excerpt from Lone Rider, Elspeth Beard makes midnight progress along the borders of Afghanistan. With the daggers of nearby onlookers glistening in the moonlight and a keen desire to go unnoticed, Elspeth does what she does best: she rides on. Read more in this excerpt from “Part 4: Kathmandu to Home” and continue following Elspeth’s progress around the world with “Part 5: The Aftermath…
The period of 1900 to 1920 constitutes the belle epoch of tractor history—a time when innovation burst out of the gates in a flurry of hair-brained schemes, backyard inventions, and rule-breaking ingenuity. Learn about the pioneers of tractor history and one of the best models to emerge from the era: the Hart-Parr 30-60, aptly named “Old Reliable.” Read more in this inaugural excerpt from our…
In this original article, Red Power and Heritage Iron journalist Kenneth Updike interviews Gregg Montgomery, creator of the ever-popular, ever-replicated Black Stripe 66 series design. What began as a minor cosmetic addition intended to boost sales at the end of the series’ dwindling production run would become immortalized as International Harvester’s iconic look of the 1970s. Read more of…
From picking cotton by hand on his family’s farm, to growing the production of Buster’s Cotton gin from 1,100 to 116,000 bales over the course of thirty years, Dan Taylor has built his life around the cotton industry. Read about the man, his tractors, his many barns, and an addiction to preservation.
This original article was published in celebration of the 2018 Red Power Round Up held…
In this excerpt from Lone Rider, Elspeth Beard makes slow progress out of the Calcutta cityscape and into the rural villages of India. Traveling at a snail's pace of 10 miles per hour, Elspeth rides a wave of gawking onlooker’s astonishment at the sight in front of them: a British woman riding a German bike through the chaotic roads of Calcutta. Read more in this excerpt from “Part 3: Madras to…