The lucky winner of August’s $200 Steiner gift card is Tim Purves of Davisburg, Michigan. Tim has been a subscriber since August 2020 and his favorite tractor is his Case 530CK. Congratulations, Tim!
Farmall M-D
This is my Farmall M-D. It is the diesel version of the M. My great grandpa used to farm down in Minburn, Iowa with this tractor. It has over 9000 hours put on it and is in clean shape.
When he died it sat around the main farm for a while before coming up here to Southern Minnesota. Grandpa used to take me for rides all the time on this tractor. Once I was old enough to drive it, he would say go pull it out of the shed. Let’s go for a ride.
My grandma said to me one day, “what should we do about that tractor sitting out in the shed?” I said, “I don’t know”. “Well I think it should be yours.” The M-D is my baby. I always think that my great-grandpa would love to see me driving the tractor that he had. I take great care of it and always will. I am proud to say that it is mine now and hopefully great-grandpa is watching from heaven. Love you and miss you.
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.
Ryan Brueck
Rochester, Minnesota
Chris Brady
Lebanon, Kentucky
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1951 John Deere B
This is my 1951 John Deere B. I bought it in February 2022. After searching for over a year for an antique tractor to use on my family’s hobby farm I decided to post a “looking for ad” online. Within an hour a nearby farmer messaged me with some pictures and his phone number.
I contacted him and we got talking. It was an older restore he used on his farm to pull tobacco wagons into the barn. He bought it more so for his grandson but he lost interest in it so decided to sell it. After doing a test drive in the door yard we agreed on a price shook hands and it was mine.
This tractor is used on my family’s 7-acre hobby farm where we grow, corn, soybeans, and sunflowers for wildlife, and grow decorative corn and pumpkins we sell along the roadside in the Fall. This tractor fits in with the farm very well. My dad and I collect and restored two John Deere garden tractors, and we set all tractors up along the roadside with lights and flags on them for patriotic holidays. My goal is to fully restore this tractor someday and hand it down to my son.
Tony Voigt
Fox Lake, Wisconsin
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September Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
1st – Deona Vorhies – Purchasing Team
19th – Kristin Woods – Customer Service Admin Team
26th – Chris Wright – Shipping Team
27th – Suzette Thomas – Marketing Team
28th – Todd Ruby – Shipping Team
Anniversaries
1st – MJ Crawford- 7 years – Customer Service Team Supervisor
3rd – Lisa Warren – 8 years – Customer Service Team
4th – Lynn McCormick – 4 years – Special Order Team
9th – Emily Rosser – 20 years – Purchasing Team
24th – Brandi Erickson – 13 years – Customer Service Admin Team
29th – Randy Fenner – 13 years – Retail Store Customer Service Team