The American Farm Tractor

The American Farm Tractor
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2002
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760313701

Original ads, historic design drawings, and factory photographs tell the definitive story of the American tractor's development, mechanical innovations, groundbreaking designs, and company histories. Best-selling author Randy Leffingwell researched and photographed restored classics and one-of-a-kind experimental models from coast-to-coast to deliver the goods on American farm tractor. This is the book that started it all! Previous hardcover edition (0-87938-532-4 pub 1991) has sold a staggering 150,000!

Classic Farm Tractors

Classic Farm Tractors
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Crestline
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1996-04-08
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0760302464

The farm tractor brought the Industrial Revolution to the farm. It lifted the burden from the horse power to horsepower and brought mechanized power into the hands of all farmers. This book tells the fascinating story of the development of the farm tractor with more than 250 color photos of tractors from across the United States.

Classic Farm Tractors

Classic Farm Tractors
Author: Robert N. Pripps
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0760345511

An entertaining look at the tractors which enthusiasts all know and love--as well as those oddball models that fans find fascinating.

Vintage American Farm Tractors

Vintage American Farm Tractors
Author: Andrew Morland
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1997
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760301470

The tractor changed the way America farmed. Follow the iron workhorse through the years as Morland fills the pages with great old John Deere, International, Farmall, Ford, Fordson, Case, Oliver, Massey and other tractors in 80 color photos. Fascinating details of their development and brief histories of the companies round out the story of U.S. and Canadian manufacturers.

America's Classic Farm Tractors

America's Classic Farm Tractors
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Crestline
Total Pages: 431
Release: 1999
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780760308226

This classic combination of Leffingwell best-sellers includes is a vivid color history that chronicles the innovative American tractors of John Deere, International Farmall, Case, Ford, Allis-Chalmers, Caterpillar, and Minneapolis-Moline. The technological development of farm power is traced from the back-breaking days of horse farming through the steam-powered iron beasts and on to the development of the internal combustion engine and the creation of the tractor as we know it today.

American Farm Tractors in The 1960s

American Farm Tractors in The 1960s
Author: Chester Peterson, Jr.
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2004
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760319369

Spin up the turbo, lock it into all-wheel drive, and shift into high gear to take a high-horsepower tour of the tractors of the 1960s! American Farm Tractors in the 1960s discusses and explores the history of John Deere and other prominent manufacturers such as IH, Famrall, J.I. Case, Allis-Chalmers, Massey-Ferguson, Ford, and White farm equipment, along with the people who produced them. Minor marques like Caterpillar, Stieger, and Versatile are also discussed, along with obscure marques and orphans.About the AuthorThe author/photographer team of Rod Beemer and Chester Petersen Jr. have collaborated on several books including Inside John Deere, Ford N-Series Tractors, and John Deere New Generation Tractors. Beemer is a writer, researcher, and tractor enthusiast. Petersen is a writer and photographer whose work appears regularly in Successful Farming and The Farm Journal. Both men live in rural Kansas.

Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques

Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques
Author: C.H. Wendel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 1261
Release: 2004-04-06
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1440225338

The evolution of the modern farm Finally, an encyclopedia reference work covering American farm implements and farm-related antiques from the 1800s through the 1940s. Through Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques, follow the exciting and fascinating technological advances in farm equipment that made the United States the breadbasket to the world. Thoroughly researched, this guide features nearly 2,000 rare illustrations of farm equipment - the most poplar to the most obscure - from firms such as Deere & Co., J.I. Case, Allis-Chalmers, International Harvester and McCormick. Trace the history of: Alfalfa Grinders Balers Corn Binders Corn Harvesters Cultivators Elevators Drills Hay Tools Milking Machines Plows Saws Threshers Washing Machines Plus Much More! If you have an interest in farming and history, you'll love Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques. Not only does it identify and illustrate farm equipment, but it explains how this equipment was used and reveals many of the trials and tribulations farmers faced in using it. Also includes current price ranges for thousands of implements and antiques.

Classic Oliver Tractors

Classic Oliver Tractors
Author: Sherry Schaefer and Jeff Hackett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2009
Genre: Oliver tractors
ISBN: 161673163X

James Oliver sold his first "chilled" plow in 1870--"chilled" because the cast iron was cooled quickly with water to harden the metal and strengthen the plow. And when Oliver Chilled Plow Works merged with the Hart-Parr Company in 1929, the might of capital, expertise, and engineering resources came together to create one of the most successful and revered small tractor manufacturers of all time. This book follows the Oliver tractor from its inception through its development over the years, until the last model rolled off the assembly line in 1976. A story of entrepreneurship and industry, of machinery and American know-how, this illustrated history captures the spirit of Oliver farm equipment as its tractors and crawlers, hay balers and threshers turned American farmland to gold. Throughout, brilliant color photographs and historical images bring the story of the Oliver tractor vividly and vibrantly to life.