[AT] Some Articles about Old Tractors

Rob Gray Robgray at epix.net
Mon Jan 3 15:21:50 PST 2005


Below are some articles about old tractors for those who want more on 
topic posts:

Job setback leads Ellendale man into tractor restoration:

*"ELLENDALE, Minn. - *How did a 29-year-old city kid end up restoring 
tractors in a converted hog barn in rural Steele County?

He got laid off from his job after Sept. 11, and spent the winter 
restoring a Farmall H, a tractor built mostly in the 1940s. In the 
spring, he took the tractor to the Le Sueur Pioneer Power Swap Meet. He 
didn't sell the tractor, but two guys approached him about restoring 
their tractors........."

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/10445587.htm?1c


Farm toys bring back fond memories:
"FAIRMONT -- One farmer remembered the Farmall A tractor he once used on 
his farm. Another farmer remembered the tough days of farming when 
tractors didn't have air conditioning. Yet another person remembered the 
sacrifices of earlier generations......"
http://fairmontsentinel.com/news/stories/121304a.html

Museum Displays Tractors ' Artistic Allure:
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-19/110450802129190.xml


$40,000 Facelife for Museum's 1912 Case Tractor:
"*For the first time in many years the wheels were turning on a 1912 
Case tractor as the old workhorse was moved from its home at the Nipawin 
and District Living Forestry Museum to Westside Welding, where it will 
be totally stripped down and restored to near original condition."*
http://www.nipawinjournal.com/story.php?id=133954

 



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