Specialty Crop Tractors

The Hendrix High Crop Tractors: High-Steppin’ in Florida!

See the details on all these Florida high crop tractors! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a collection of WORKING high crop tractors that are this nice. The Jim Mills collection of high crop tractors was utterly amazing, but they were all sold at a Mecum Gone Farmin’ auction a year or two …

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A Gold Demo, a hay maker, and two ACs walk into a bar…

Check out this week’s Interesting Iron! Back when I started this blog a year or two ago, I used to pick three (or more) interesting tractors to write about. Over time, I moved to a one-tractor column. However, if the past few weeks are any indication, I might end up going back to that 3-piece …

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Fancy Fenders: The John Deere 60 Orchard

  I’m a Michigan apple grower’s son, so orchard tractors will always have a special place in my heart. Rare(ish) ones like this 1956 John Deere 60 Orchard with the fancy fenders are cooler still! Orchard tractors became a thing in the early part of the 20th century. The swoopy sheet metal fenders, however, didn’t …

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The Mystery Moline: The G1000 Wheatland “Rice Special” FWA

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 …

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