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This year has given me a great chance to put faces to names. I recently met Rob Bush while I was attending AJ'S Tractor Jamboree . I'm still embarrassed by the fact I originally snubbed Rob, but that will be a story we can laugh about for years to come....I hope! I made contact with … Continue reading Carl Hauger’s Collection
This is a definition I discovered... Pilgramage' is often used to describe an individual journey through life, sometimes as a general description of personal growth and exploration. However, in an overall context, the journey is not always religious Mecca' a place regarded as a center for a specified group, activity, or interest. These two words … Continue reading “Tractor” Pilgrimage to Ohio
My most recent collection add may have not been in my best interest....at first. I'm the type of collector that's better off with a electric start toy. That may have been good advice I gave to myself, but I didn't listen. I purchased a Shaw Du-all on auction last year. Maybe it had something to … Continue reading Modified
I've learned you don't always need to be in the parade, there's need for a crowd to wave to. Digger Dave and I were just spectators for a show in Bushnell, IL. The clubhouse with history Spoon River Valley Antique Tractor Club is a great organized group that is based in a historic old barn. … Continue reading The Clubhouse
I brought up a discussion topic in the Facebook group Antique Iron Mafia not long ago. We were debating smaller tractors. Are they deemed tractors or lawn and garden tractors? Super 77 row crop tractors Many different ideas were presented. Row crop tractors can be used to mow, but lawn tractors can't necessarily be used … Continue reading We Celebrate Both Kinds Here
I need to share some back story as to why I'm writing this article. I follow a YouTube channel Farmall Fanatic for obvious reasons. I'm pretty sure the channel host and I would be great friends. One of his more recent videos had him calling out another content creator on YouTube Whistlindiesel. I don't encourage … Continue reading Is This Really What Society Has Come Too?
One of Edwards Tractor Restoration's projects to be completed recently was a sweet little Farmall 300. The tractor isn't totally unique, in fact, 300's are pretty common. 29077 tractors rolled off the assembly line. Photo by Doug Edwards The model 300 was built from 1954 to 1956. There was also a utility and hi- crop … Continue reading Farmall 300
The Abridged History of Spray Guns Special thanks to Doug Edwards for his professional consultant. Using air pressure to apply paint is a relatively new technique in some ways. Paint was applied, by hand, with a brush until around the late 1800s. Joseph Binks was the maintenance supervisor for Marshall Fields in 1887. All the … Continue reading Painting; There’s more to it than watching it dry
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