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This excerpt is pulled from Red 4WD Tractors, by Lee Klancher et al. This excerpt features the origins of the Steiger-built IH Tractor: not only the most significant contract-build deal in Steiger history, but the company’s saving grace. Find more insider info on all your favorite industry leaders including Steiger, International Harvester, Case, and Case IH, in Red 4WD Tractors.
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Does the 2+2 fascinate you? Then be sure to keep reading! After you're done, check out our title Snoopy and the Spy for an even more in-depth look at this tractor!Ron Birkey’s family started an International Harvester dealership in 1954 in Fisher, Illinois. Ron worked for IH for a few years in the 1970s, and joined the family dealership in 1977. Birkey’s is one of the largest IH dealerships in…
The following images and statistics are pulled from the chapter, "Racing in the USA," from The American Legacy in Formula 1, by Phillip van Osten. This chapter features the nine US racetracks to have hosted the Formula One Grand Prix, with comprehensive information on the races, records, and influential figures of each historical track.
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The following is an excerpt from the book, The American Legacy in Formula 1, by Phillip van Osten. Mario Andretti’s love of racing began as a young boy while watching the 1954 Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Italy. More than two decades of hard work and sweat later, Andretti would be crowned the 1978 Formula One World Champion at that very same track.
It would probably be easier to sum up the Old…
The following is an excerpt from the book, Big Bud, by Peter D. Simpson. Set against the backdrop of the Great Plains of Montana, The Big Bud Tractor Story chronicles the evolution of what would become the world's largest agricultural tractor, from its birth in 1969 to present day usage. Big Bud can also be found in our upcoming book, TRACTOR, by Lee Klancher.
It is in north west Montana where…
Pulled from a chapter in Red 4WD Tractors, author Michael Osweiler unpacks the Post-Factory Turbocharger Kit that added the bells and whistles to the IH 560 diesel tractor. For more information, check out these original 1963 and 1964 IH 560 Turbocharger Kit Installation Instructions, shared by the author.
The turbocharger kit for the IH 560 diesel tractor is a little-known factory option that…
This short excerpt is from the book, Red 4WD Tractors. This portion takes place in the early 1960s, after Douglass, Maurice and John Steiger had built a handful of four-wheel-drive Steiger tractors in their barn in northern Minnesota. The tractors were powerful and effective but most of the sales of the machines was to neighbors and friends. One fateful meeting would change that.
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This short excerpt is from the book, Red 4WD Tractors. This portion takes place in fall 1957, when Douglass Steiger and his father, John, and brother, Maurice, determined they needed a larger tractor to have their farm continue to be profitable. They were interested in purchasing a Wagner tractor, which they could purchase for $24,000. They also believed they could build a tractor for $10,000. (…
It's Farm Progress Show Season and we're celebrating with posts from our history vaults about the show!
In this story, marketing wizard Syl Melroe explains how Stieger Tractor found a way around the rules limiting how many tractors could be working on the grounds at Farm Progress:
“John Deere could only have two tractors there: or International or Case or whoever, you got to have…
The following in an excerpt from the new book Red 4WD Tractors, which is packed with experimental prototypes and original stories from the people who made them. This section covers another one of the crazy experiments of Steiger engineer Paul Nystuen, who had previously created the famous three-engine tractor Big Jack. This time Nystuen went to work on yet another multi-powerplant design,…