His next acquisition as a youngster was a model of the next series of tractor used on the family farm, one with rubber tires. "I like the history," Tarvella said as he recounted the progress from ...

Tony and DeAnn Amstad with a portion of their tractor collection at their Hermiston, Ore., farm. HERMISTON, Ore. — In the early 1980s, Tony Amstad bought a John Deere Model R diesel tractor, and ...

Since 1993, the core of the collection has been housed in a cavernous metal building on the farm. It includes rarities such as a 1928 "DX" experimental model. "They built less than 50 of these ...

Tractor collection has roots in grandpa's farm . ... but in a way, he grew up on the farm, too. ... including a Series 40 model that is one of only three ever built.

So, the serial number one 333 and 444 tractors are probably the prize of his collection, but Gronenthal has other rare items, including many triple three's, four's, and five's. "I also own a 1937 ...

That tractor didn’t mark the beginning of the collection, though, Buice said. His father, Calvin Buice, now 84, began the collection with the purchase of a tractor in the 1960s, Buice said.

THOMPSONVILLE, Ill. — The rusting hunks of metal crammed into a building on Jerry Miller’s Franklin County farm are more than old tractors. They’re history.

Farmer puts his collection of tractors on the auction block, selling 75 roaring farm machines to buyers from around the world. Sale ends an era for Minnesota tractor collector ...

Len Hanks, 89, with his tractor collection, with Ferguson FE 35, 1957, Meeniyan. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin “They were so well-built, and each one was a development on the one before,” Len said.

Mike Barrett walks near his tractor collection Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, near his home on Highway 25 south of Brainerd. Barrett owns one of each of the first 100 horsepower "muscle tractors" that ...

Every time his dad got a new tractor on the farm, Rock said he would get a toy model of the same tractor. Brennan Robertson is creating a 1 to 64th scale model farm. “I was 14 years old at that ...

John W. Maitland Jr.'s Bloomington farm is home to 18 tractors and all kinds of memorabilia, including shelves of toys, clocks, signs and even pedal toys the great-grandkids can power ...