What do tractor nerds dream about? They dream about the Aumann Vintage Power Fall Harvest Auction Week. Now, before anybody throws me under the bus for calling someone a tractor nerd, I’m first and foremost referring to myself. This truly is the stuff that I occasionally dream about. I’ll bet some of you do too. …
The Aumann Fall Harvest Collector Auction: What tractor nerds dream about… Read More »
You can always tell when it’s getting close to planting, harvest, and the end of the year. That’s when there’s always a massive amount of auction inventory that hits Tractor Zoom. Along with that, you’ll usually find some interesting tractors showing up too! Such has been the case the past couple of weeks, actually. Our …
Interesting tractors and trucks selling soon, and tying up some $60K loose ends… Read More »
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 »
The 9600 is probably my favorite Ford tractor of all time. There’s something about these things that just looks right. A 9600 open station with a narrow front on a set of 20.8 Firestone Deep Treads, the white fenders with the lights in ’em, and a ROPS bar? That just screams muscle tractor to me. …
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 …
Wait…what??? Allis made tractors and stuff…not trains! I’ll get to it. There’s a tie-in here. Stick with me, please. The Allis Chalmers 7080 was the flagship of the 7000 series line, and the biggest 2WD tractor they’d ever built. It was a big orange boss, and everything on it was built for business. The engineers …
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 …