Join Barry Thomas as he explores the history of tractor tester Frederick A. Stobbe and his relationship with Ford, Ferguson, and Jeep.

The new Major was a robust and powerful tractor for the period, and the diesel versions in particular proved massively popular with British farmers. The Fordson Major was first introduced to the ...

I had restored tractors before but didn’t realize I was in for an education when it came to fixing up an Oliver Plowmaster 100. My father had a two-bottom 12-inch Plowmaster 100 that had been waiting ...

For every antique farm equipment enthusiast! Do you have a special place in your heart for the good old days of life on the American farm? Do your ears perk up at the sound of an old Johnny Popper ...

Case Steam Engine No. 1. Traction steam engines were made about 1876. These early models required a team hitched in front for steering. By 1885 this was changed by the use of steering chains wound ...

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 ...

This issue of the Iron-Men Album brings us to the 10th installment of Dr. Bixler’s history of the Aultman & Taylor Company, as edited by Dr. Robert T. Rhode. The Album is serializing Dr. Bixler’s book ...

The Allis-Chalmers HD-11 diesel crawler is shown in this 1957 photo with a hydraulic dozer blade. This mid-sized crawler was built from 1955 to 1970, and was one of the first to introduce the ...

The use of a pretty face has a long and successful history in the field of commercial art. Here, the image of a sweet country girl is used to market cream separators. In an effort to compete with ...

Edward Rumely, the man who brought the company into the modern age, encouraged development of the popular OilPull tractor line. A mighty Rumely 30-60 Oilpull Tractor gains fame for the company as it ...

An early 1900s postcard view of Henry Burden’s water wheel that was, by that time, derelict, having been abandoned in the 1890s. Henry Burden was a prolific inventor, but it was his horseshoe machine ...

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, ...