ELLETTSVILLE — Some of you reading this column know Chris Kleindorfer, a man who for 35 years repaired vehicles of all kinds at his no-frills shop in a refurbished hog barn west of Bloomington near ...
If he had his way, Bill Driscoll would restore all of the hundreds of old, rusty tractors stored at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap. "Fix 'em all, but not in my lifetime," the ...
BURCHARD, Neb. (KOLN) - The McHenry family’s yard looks like a dealership for antique tractors when they roll out all 15 machines in their collection. They belong to two brothers who have years of ...
LANKIN, N.D. -- The putt-putt of engines and the smell of fired-up old equipment filled the air as antique tractors on parade rumbled down Walsh County Highway 15 Saturday. The eighth Lankin Antique ...
Find out why Iowa farm equipment entrepreneur Jon Kinzenbaw is trimming his 'Disney World for tractor lovers.' ...
At the height of the mid-August heat wave, I was relieved when an old friend canceled his planned trip to attend a sprawling, old farm machinery show amid central Illinois’ endless, sweltering ...
Eli Klessig has restored a handful of tractors, some of which are used by his family on their farm in southeast Minnesota. Eli Klessig, right, stands with Max Benson in front of a Farmall C tractor ...
Today’s tractors are jam-packed with GPS guidance and autosteer, sensors and camera arrays and LED lighting packages. Operators sit comfortably in air-conditioned cabs with built-in mini fridges full ...
Farmer Nick Welker’s tractors steer themselves nearly as effectively as the latest Teslas. They were built in the 1970s. Welker has spent years outfitting the machines with satellite-guided steering ...
DAVID CITY, Neb. (KOLN) - 7th grader Leonard Schmid gets up at 3 a.m. before school to work on his tractors. He’s restored two of them already, and plans to work on more. We caught up with Leonard to ...