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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…
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…
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.
A few months ago, I took my rusty but trusty old Toyota FJ40 out to pick up some parts and made it only a few blocks before it stopped dead on a busy street down the hill from my house. As cars piled up behind me, the old six-cylinder…
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 Panther 1000, when it hit the market in 1982, was no joke. Along with the new transmission and cab, the tractor had a revised hood, a new power takeoff, and a Steiger-built S50 axle.
The Steiger team had created an innovative…
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…
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…
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…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
As a long-time gearhead, I’ve spent most of my life accumulating large piles of mechanical bits that might someday come in handy, ranging from parts for a 1972 Blazer I had sold (but planned to get another someday), bits of my grandfather’s…
This article was originally published as a feature in the Ageless Iron section of Successful Farming magazine, where Lee Klancher is a regular contributor.
Landing in the Quad Cities in January was a shock. I exchanged Austin’s seventy degrees of sunshine for sub-zero air choked with a haze of snow and freezing rain. In fact, our plane sat on the runway for thirty minutes waiting for a crew to…