An auctioneer from Illinois recently asked me, “Where did Ryan’s Interesting Iron come from? What made you decide to tell tractor stories?” As I answered, I thought to myself, “Y’know, that might make a good story sometime soon.” Over the weekend, that conversation crossed my mind again as I was looking at Tractor Zoom’s inventory. …
Interesting Iron: The Origin Story (and a sweet 4455) Read More »
. Disclaimer: This post is about the John Deere 4010, not the 4020. I may use phrases like “game-changer” and “ground-breaking” and some of the 4020 nerds aren’t going to be happy about it. Still, the fact remains…without the 4010, there is no 4020. (And I say “4020 nerds” lovingly…bless their hearts.) So, now that …
I was talking with an old friend from back home recently, and he’d mentioned that now that he was finished with the year’s batch of maple syrup, he was hoping to get to an auction soon. He’s kind of a serial tractor hound, so that didn’t really surprise me, but when he said that it …
Masters of Muck: The VanSingel Farms Retirement Auction Preview Read More »
It’s cold and snowy outside, so let’s go back a few months to when it was nice and warm and watch some retirement auction video just for fun! Our good friend Matt Maring sent these tractors off to new owners on July 24, 2020 at Tim & Jodi Wiff’s retirement auction. Tim & Jodi were …
Auction Video: Tim & Jodi Wiff’s Farm Retirement Auction Read More »