Tag: Tractor

WALKING TALL 1965 FARMALL 806 FWA When it debuted for 1963, the Farmall 806 was one of International Harvester’s high points. The company was still […]

1969 FORD 5002 ROW CROP Prior to 1961, Ford’s worldwide agricultural engineering, marketing and production operations were scattered all over the globe. That year, the […]

1963 OLIVER 1600B For the 1963 model year, Oliver fleshed out its modernized and restyled lineup by adding the 1600. It replaced the 880 model […]

 1958 INTERNATIONAL W-450D In 1958, International Harvester heralded a big update of its tractor line with the new, restyled hundred series. While there were major […]

JOHNNY POPS NO MORE 1961 JOHN DEERE 4010 John Deere completely and utterly changed its tractor model lines for the 1961 model year. Gone were […]

1956 COCKSHUTT BLACK HAWK 40PD By the middle part of the 1950s, Cockshutt Farm Equipment, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada, was feeling the pain of being […]

1999 Massey Ferguson 271 In every walk of life there are people who work in the background and just get stuff done. Nothing about them […]

Still Exceeding Design Specifications at 81 Years Old Back in the November 2015 Tractor Talk we showed you a 1935 McCormick-Deering WD-40. The WD-40 has […]

The 1953-56 Case 500 Diesel had been a success and put J.I. Case’s firmly into the diesel tractor market. That engine had started development in […]

Almost from the beginning of the farm tractor, farmers and engineers fooled around with coupling two tractors together to put more power to the ground. […]

International Harvester had a long history selling agricultural products in Great Britain going back to 1906. Until 1923, all IH product was American made and […]

You’d be forgiven if you think that Cummins swaps are something new and confined to the light truck realm. Not so, diesel heads, and here […]

When Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD) took over the ag side of Allis Chalmers in 1985, the only part of the old tractor lineup they wanted to keep […]

The start of the ‘60s was when the passenger car horsepower races got hot and heavy, but not many car guys know the same thing […]

I’ve been asked where all the info comes from for Tractor Talk. Much comes from the owners of the tractors you see, many of whom […]

Well, it’s not a diesel, but it runs on fuel oil. Kerosene to be exact. Kerosene became a popular fuel for early tractors because it […]

You Get More in a New 84 No matter how hot the horsepower race got with the big tractors, a good deal of any tractor […]

In the late ’40s and early ’50s, diesel-powered tractors were just starting to increase their market share against gasoline and distillate (kerosene) power tractors. It […]