Take a look at both pieces of Interesting Iron here! Let’s talk cheap horsepower and survivors. We’ll get to the temper tantrums later… Before we get to this week’s Interesting Iron… We’ve got big news here at Tractor Zoom! We’ve expanded our industry-leading platform for real-time auction listings by adding equipment dealer listings as well! …
Cheap horsepower, SoundGard survivors, and temper tantrums. Read More »
See the details on this tractor! Well this is a little different, isn’t it? Normally I write about stuff built for row crop farms. But…once in a while, we see neat stuff built for specialty crops like orchards and vineyards. This Antonio Carraro 9400 TRH in the photo is a prime example! Antonio Carraro…they make …
There are a lot of cool tractor auctions that I never got to write about for Interesting Iron this year. We see lots of neat tractors and trucks listed on Tractor Zoom by our auction partners. Unfortunately, I can’t write about ’em all. Still, they deserve a little time in the spotlight, so let’s do …
See the auction listing for this tractor Today, we take a look at the crown jewel of the Farmall Land collection, the IH 4300. This one has a pretty good story behind it, both in terms of history as well as how it came into Jerry’s hands. The History In the early 30s, a guy …
The IH 4300: This is what happens when Cub Cadets eat their Wheaties. Read More »
Remember the Red Green show from fifteen or twenty years ago? Remember how Red always ended the Handyman Corner segment? “If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.” Yeah…that’s the Case 1470. It didn’t look too handsome, but man alive, it did a bunch of things right. It’s a …
The story of how White Farm Equipment was born is a long one, and you’ll get bored hearing it. Suffice it to say that in 1969, WFE was born. At the time, they were still maintaining three different legacy brands underneath their umbrella – Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline, and Cockshutt. When 1974 rolled around, though, they decided …
The RAV4 of tractors: The White 4-150 Field Boss Read More »
In the late 70s, Steiger built some pretty unbelievable machines. This Tiger III was one of them. Steiger built the Tiger III ST450 from 1977-1982, but actually encompassed two different models. They built the first 173 tractors with a Cummins KTA-1150 rated at 470 horse (this tractor is number 158). For the 1980 model year, …
This one is for my buddy Nellson. He likes Case’s crab-walking tractors because they had the oomph for heavy tillage, but didn’t sacrifice the maneuverability of a smaller tractor. He also thinks the 2670 stretched the 504 a little too far even with the intercooler, but that’s a discussion for another beer. ? In the …
I’m just about positive that this is the single rarest tractor that an auctioneer has ever listed on Tractor Zoom. It’s one of two ever built…I think. For now, I’m still working on tracking that part down. Background: The Minneapolis Moline G1000 in and of itself isn’t the world’s most uncommon tractor (the factory churned …
The Mystery Moline: The G1000 Wheatland “Rice Special” FWA Read More »
Allis Chalmers was covering new ground during the 70s. The ground-breaking 7000 series was selling well, and they’d dipped their toes in the 4WD tractor market with the Steiger-built 440 earlier in the decade. Things were going well enough that in 1976, they unleashed “The Beast” – the 7580. It was AC’s first in-house 4WD …