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 […] Jim Allen August 27, 2020 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen July 07, 2020 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen July 02, 2020 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen June 05, 2020 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen December 06, 2019 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Adam Blattenberg September 20, 2019 Diesel Tractors
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 […] Jim Allen February 11, 2016 Diesel Tractors