This Pastime washer, showing the firstvariant construction, is in remarkablygood original condition. Learn about Pastime Maytag washer history facts, the story behind Maytag’s first clothes washer, ...

A 1963 CJ5 equipped with a 1946 Newgren hydraulic lift. Eighty years ago, a new kind of vehicle drove into the world. Months before the U.S. entered into World War II, military leaders had a plan to ...

Someone sent me the following email: ‘I was just reading an old ad, circa 1928, for the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co. of Racine, Wis. In fine print at the bottom is this disclaimer: ‘We want the ...

State and county fairs have long been a popular venue for tractor manufacturers to show off the latest and greatest. This Oliver 88 – a 1948 model – came along well after 1937, when the Oliver Farm ...

The full cover of a catalog showing the stylized J.F. Seiberling logo on the back (circa 1890). The Akron/Canton/Massillon area of Ohio, just west of where I live, was a hotbed of farm machinery ...

Dr. Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel and the “compression engine” he invented. When Caterpillar delivered its new 60 diesel crawler for testing at the University of Nebraska tractor test facility on June ...

Hayracks were an essential part of farming and ranching operations until combines replaced threshing machines and hay was switched to bales. The tall ladder-like ends and low sides are designed for ...

“Buck rake” and “bull rake” are a couple of the more common names for an implement officially known as a sweep rake. Developed during the latter half of the 19th century, the first ones were called ...

The Selectamatic, owned by Geraint Jones, won the trophy for Best Tractor at the David Brown Tractor Club's 50th anniversary event. Looking at my articles, readers might be mistaken in thinking that ...

The arduous task of summer harvest was first undertaken using a primitive cradle, or scythe connected to four to six long wooden ribs that could hold several hand swathings. These were then dropped in ...

This handsomely restored Minneapolis-Moline UDLX sold for $200,000 at the Mecum Auctions "Gone Farmin'" sale in Michigan in 2016. Considered by many to be the holy grail of tractor collecting, the ...

Illustration from the Tri-Trac operator’s manual showing the unit’s key controls. Three-wheel tractor with a single front wheel is not so unusual, but the Tri-Trac by David Bradley had a single drive ...