Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Readers share their tractor towing experiences
The column a few weeks ago brought several responses about the fun experiences folks have had while towing or being towed on tractors. Here are two (somewhat edited for space) that I enjoyed.
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Cord automobile maker lives rags to riches story
How many of you have seen a Cord automobile? Although the first Cord car was introduced in 1929, I don't remember ever seeing one on the road when I was a boy, and I knew the name, and usually the model of virtually every car I saw.
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: ‘It’s just a mile or so. You can just tow...
Over the years, I've read many sad tales in the tractor magazines of towing adventures going comically wrong (often with a real potential for disaster), and I've a few such stories of my own.
How the 1940 Nash slipped through my hands
As most of you don't remember, my birthday falls early in August and I always wax a little nostalgic around this time. For a number of years, I've had a low grade itch to own an old car or truck, but hate to spend the money that people want for most of them.
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Catalog from 1894 gave advice to farm owners
I have a reprint of The Country Gentleman's Catalogue for 1894. Published in England, it was meant not for the English yeoman farmer who actually did the work, but for the "gentlemen" who owned those farms and estates.
Horse-powered equipment makes lots of progress
Nancy and I just got back from Lancaster County, Pa., where I attended the 18th annual Horse Progress Days. This was the 16th consecutive...
The history of John Deere is long and windy
Although they’d been reluctant to dive into the budding gasoline tractor business, there was increasing pressure from Deere’s branch houses and dealers, who wanted a tractor to sell.
Truck stops: Touring region’s auto museums
The last week in May, I spent three days in northern Indiana. When I left, the fields around here were still too wet to...
The Neys have it: Hay tools invented in Canton
There were two different Ney companies in Canton in the late 1800s and early 1900s, both making hay tools such as barn hay forks, carriers and track.
Jeep, made for the Army, originated in Butler, Pa.
Seventy years ago, the first of many millions of Jeeps saw the light of day. The origin of the sturdy little vehicles, which were...
