VINATGE SMOKE

A 1950 Cat D315 Caterpillar was on a roll before World War II and rapidly dominating the crawler market. The war sped that roll up […]

TRACTOR TALK

1969 MASSY-FERGUSON 1130 The early 1960s marked the beginning of the large scale application of turbocharging to diesels in the tractor world. Massey-Ferguson’s (MF) first […]

VINTAGE SMOKE

OLIVER POWER UNITS Like most Tractor manufacturers, the Oliver Corporation looked for other venues in which to sell diesel engines. One that kept them pretty […]

TRACTOR TALK

1966 CASE COMFORT KING 1032 WESTERN SPECIAL The 1960s had not been good to J.I. Case. Besides the ag market being a little wonky, they […]

THE ENGINE THAT ANSWERED QUESTIONS

A 1940S CATERPILLAR OIL TEST ENGINE Special thanks to Lee Fosburgh at Cat Historical, Braden Reddall at Chevron, and Jim Rush! It’s easy to forget […]

10 Vintage Diesel Tractors

Farmland Rigs Nothing is more pleasing than finding an old tractor that can still run, and looks great while doing so. Most vintage tractors are […]
DW  TRAC

The First WD-40: 1935 McCormick-Deering WD-40

You’re forgiven if “WD-40” brought something else to mind. Before that incredibly useful product was invented, there was an equally useful product with the same […]