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Featured Tractor Photo – Plowing out my “Deere” Neighbors

02/03/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

1972 John Deere 4020

Growing up on a dairy farm, a “snow day” meant getting on the tractor with a blade and clearing the ½ mile driveway. No matter the weather, milk was picked up daily. My family owned and operated Martin’s Dairy in Dresden, Ohio until the late 1990s.

I was fortunate to purchase our original 1966 John Deere 4020 tractor and bring it back to the farm. Unfortunately, a barn fire destroyed it and several other collectibles in 2014. Purchasing a 1972 John Deere 4020 brings back early family farm memories as I continue to plow out my “Deere” neighbors.

Don Martin
Dresden, Ohio
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

Ford Tractor

01/20/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

The tractor belonged to my Grandma Bohl.  It was her “car” back in the day.  

A customer, Ron Rack,  who is also a photographer of antique tractors & cars was in our store and asked to take a picture of the tractor which has our old Ford tractor sign mounted to it.   Zimmer Tractor has been a Ford-New Holland tractor dealership since 1960 in Brookville, Indiana.

Daryl ZImmer
Brookville, Indiana
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

January 2023 Gift Card Winners

01/19/2023 by RT Leave a Comment

  • Subscriber of the Month – $200 Steiner Gift Card
    • Jordan Friedrich of Ontario, Canada
    • Subscriber since 2014
    • Favorite tractor brand is John Deere
    • Currently working on a Case V and Case VAC

“Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of just the tractors. Pictured in the photo is my friend, who I got to know through my grandfather.” -Jordan Friedrich

“Back story is the little Case V and the bigger VAC were my friends primary tractors on his farm. One day I was over for a visit and he mentioned that they weren’t running right/well. So a plan was hatched and I did the tune up on the V and the VAC along with a new coil. First tractors I worked on, I’ve worked on plenty of small engines and the old hit and miss engines. Unfortunately, he’s no longer with us, he passed away 5 years ago.”

– Jordan Friedrich

  • Product Review Winner – $25 Steiner Gift Card
    • Lester & Donna Goslar of Mapleton, Iowa

  • “My Barn” Winner – $100 Steiner Gift Card
    • Wayne Friday of Selma, Alabama

Congratulations to all the winners!

Featured Photo – 1939 John Deere A

01/04/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

David & Mata’s photo was also chosen as the 2023 Steiner Tractor Parts catalog cover.

 The 1939 Model A, John Deere pictured, is the oldest tractor among the six owned and operated by a comparatively small (100 acres) but robust (6th generation) rural East Tennessee farm.  Day-to-day operations and service records reveal a historical legacy of dependability, loyalty, and reliability on the rural Appalachian farm where it is used. This record of integrity is in stark contrast to that found when using more plastic, disposable, and temperamental machinery deemed “modern”. This comparison is often seen when using public rental pieces and recalling instances where the “older” was required to assist the “newer”- just to get the job finished. 

  According to John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886), an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, farm life is deceptively hard, and dependable machines are a necessity.  “I never put on the market a poorly-made implement….Whoever said that country life was simple, never lived on a farm.”, This underlying attitude may best describe why a 1939 simple green giant is one still used today in 2023 and why operators David Banks (shown here) and sons, Byron and William. are appreciative of the brand. 

  Purchased proudly in 2010 as a first trek into farm auctions by a then coming-of-age farm owner William Banks,  the 1939 John Deere was selected as a novice’s pronounced restoration project and as an estate replacement piece for another John Deere, “A”   used actively in farming by his great – grandfather from 1950 – 1998. The former John Deere was also used to teach my older brother, Byron, to operate at two years of age.   Happily, according to this author and photographer, the “new”  1939 John Deere, Model A, replacement shows no sign of slowing down in it’s duty to dependability, thanks in no small part to maintenance made available by Steiner Tractor Parts and the pride in ownership by the “Banks” Boys when proudly seeking their American Dream.

David Banks of New Tazewell, Tennessee
Photo by Mata Banks

December Parts Review Winner

12/19/2022 by RT Leave a Comment

December’s $25 Steiner gift card winner is Ronald Paulson of Sulphur Springs, Texas. The winner is randomly drawn from all of the parts reviews submitted to us during the month of November. Congratulations, Ronald!

December “My Barn” Winner

12/19/2022 by RT Leave a Comment

This month’s lucky winner of a $100 Steiner gift card is Tim Galant of North Ridgeville, Ohio. Our monthly winner is drawn randomly from all of the customers who have added a tractor to their barn while logged into their Steiner account. Congratulations, Tim!

1964 Oliver 550

12/15/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

1964 Oliver was bought new by my great grandfather in 1964.

My brother and I had just finished putting a new clutch in and used it to clear snow on the place to break in the clutch.

Jonathon Schmedding
Walthill, Nebraska
Tractor Photo Contest Winner


If you would like to submit a story with photo(s) about an experience with your tractor, interesting facts about its history, or a restoration project,  please go to Tractor Story Submissions. If your story is picked to appear on the blog you will receive a FREE Steiner hat. Some stories will also go on to be published in our quarterly magazine. We look forward to hearing your story!

Featured Photo – Ferguson 40

12/07/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

Here is my 1956 Ferguson 40.  It was the 503rd Ferguson 40 tractor to roll off the assembly line.  My son and I decorated it for Christmas that year and then came a good snow, and my wife snapped this picture early in the morning.  The other part of the story the house in which we live was built in 1956 as well.

Anthony Holley
Jonesborough, Tennessee
2023 Tractor Photo Contest Winner

November “My Barn” Winner

11/18/2022 by RT Leave a Comment

This month’s lucky winner of a $100 Steiner gift card is Joseph Hiett of Gurnee, Illinois. Our monthly winner is drawn randomly from all of the customers who have added a tractor to their barn while logged into their Steiner account. Congratulations, Joseph!

November Parts Review Winner

11/18/2022 by RT Leave a Comment

November’s $25 Steiner gift card winner is Hans Riegner of Arcadia, Indiana. The winner is randomly drawn from all of the parts reviews submitted to us during the month of October. Congratulations, Hans!

Stories from 3 Veterans

11/11/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

By Larry Droessler, Carl Friederick, and E.S. Kaiser

Photo by Steve Prestegard, Platteville Journal

The background is the world’s largest “M”, an iconic symbol of the mining tradition and the history of the University of Wisconsin Platteville. The Platte mound “M” was developed using whitewashed stones.


1958 John Deere 420: Larry Droessler, US Navy, served aboard the USS Mahon (DLG-11) Tonkin Gulf, Republic of Vietnam service.

I had just graduated High School and was free as a bird doing what I love to do, Farm. Young enough 18 years old then and still had time to party with friends at night, played in a band most weekends, and still had the ambition to work hard on the farm all day. I was in the barn one day about finished with the morning milking of our herd of cows and my sister came up to me and said Mom has a letter she wants to show me when I come in for breakfast. When I got into the house and sat down to eat my breakfast I could tell right away that my Mother was very nervous about something, and then she showed me the letter that I had received that said I was to be drafted into the armed services.

I figured my future was somewhat planned out for being a very young man at the time, and Bang, overnight things had changed big time. I didn’t have much choice because at the time rumor had it that I couldn’t get a farm deferment because I had brothers that also helped on the farm.

After much thought in the short notice that I received even though I hated to give up my farming and future life dreams, I decided not to look into the deferment option any deeper. My Father said he always wished he could have passed the test when drafted in World War II but they didn’t take him because of his flat feet. All other thoughts put aside, I decided to join the U.S.Navy, following the footsteps of my two uncles who served in World War II, one uncle was at the Pearl Harbor bombing.

I then received notice that I should report to boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp was somewhat a breeze, a challenge but because I was fresh off the farm the tough physical activity was no problem for me.

I was not in California too long and off I go to Vietnam. The first night we arrived there I was on the midnight watch. At first site you would have sworn we were at the largest 4th of July fireworks ever, but after coming to your senses you knew this stuff was for real. Don’t have the time right now, nor do I want to get into the Vietnam war issues any deeper, but I can tell you that it is one way for a young man to grow up quick.


1958 Famall 450: Carl Friederick, US Army, Combat Engineers, Armored Personnel Carrier Division, Republic of Vietnam service.

I grew up on a farm in Iowa. I was the youngest of six brothers and 2 sisters. We lost my one sister at the age of 3. I went to a rural country school. There were only 12 students in the school from first grade to eighth grade. The name of our school was Salem School which was about two miles from home, and I had to walk year around no matter what the weather. Of course, it was uphill all the way from home and to school!

I started at a Catholic High School and wasn’t going to be able to graduate because I failed religion class. My Dad couldn’t let me go to Summer school because I had to stay home to make hay.

At the end of that Summer, I enlisted in the Army and was promised I would not be sent to Vietnam. I chose to go to France. Unfortunately, DeGaul, President of France, kicked the USA out of his country. I then had a choice to go to a very nice country or home. I was so homesick I chose home. With that choice, I lost my promise of not going to Vietnam. After 30 days of leave, I was sent to Virginia and got jungle warfare training which was bad as the country itself. After twelve months in Vietnam, I finished my tour in the U.S. After I was discharged I started a gas station and got married. From the gas station, I added a few odd jobs and then was an antique dealer. That job lasted for the next 40 years.

From 1965 til today Vietnam is still with me physically and mentally (and so is my wife of 52 years) who has suffered with me. I am now retired and doing small odd jobs living the big life.


1970 Massey Ferguson 135: E.S. Kaiser, US Navy served aboard the USS Mars (AFS-1) Hai Phong Harbor, North Vietnam, and Tonkin Gulf, Yankee Station, Republic of Vietnam service.

I grew up in SW Wisconsin on a dairy farm caring for dairy cattle, hogs, and chickens. In addition to livestock chores, we tilled and spring-planted oats and corn and harvested the crops in the summer and fall. Our machinery consisted of a Ferguson TO 30, Minneapolis Moline Z, and Farmall 460. I still remember the day my dad purchased the 1958 Farmall, with a mounted 2-row corn picker. He purchased the tractor and corn picker from an implement dealer in Potosi, Wisconsin. He drove the tractor and picker home and parked them in the yard. As a small boy in excitement I ran out and climbed up the ladder and sat in the seat, and amazed as I stared at the gold and silver IH monogram underlined with power steering.

At the young age of 9 years, I began plowing fields with the Ferguson TO30. I cultivated with the Minneapolis Moline Z and picked corn later with Farmall 460, as well as all of the maintenance duties required to be performed on the equipment.

To this day we still have all 3 tractors on the home farm in SW Wisconsin. These tractors require maintenance, and it is comforting to know that I can get parts from Steiner Tractor Parts, which I have done over the years. Lynn, in special orders, was very helpful with a part for the Farmall 460 years ago.

During the years 1959 to 1975, the Vietnam War raged in SE Asia, I had 3 older brothers who enlisted in the Armed Forces and shipped out to Vietnam. I graduated from high school, enlisted in the US Navy, and went to boot camp in San Diego, California. While in boot camp I volunteered for duty in Vietnam and was assigned to a combat supply ship named USS Mars (AFS-1). The ship was homeported in the Far East, and the assignment was for a 3-year tour of duty in SE Asia, Vietnam. For the next 3 years, I answered the call of duty, with combat supply missions performed in Hai Phong Harbor, North Vietnam, and combat supply missions performed in the Tonkin Gulf, Yankee Station, of South Vietnam.

I completed my tour of duty to Vietnam and returned home, and enrolled in college at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville. I graduated with a degree in Industrial Safety while putting myself through college with the GI Bill. After college, I received a commission in the US Army and went back on active duty. I spent a 1-year hardship tour to Johnston Island, in the Pacific Ocean, destroying chemical weapons left over from the Cold War. In addition, I completed a tour of duty to Operation Desert Storm, Doha, Kuwait, collecting air samples from the oil well fires in the desert.

I retired with 30 years of service in the US Navy and the US Army. I am a sick and disabled Vietnam Veteran due to exposure to Agent Orange.

Featured Photo – Farmall Super H

11/03/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

Farmall Super H

This Farmall Super H has been an invaluable part of our farm. Its versatility to be utilized in all aspects of farm life has made it our go to tractor for everyday tasks…not to mention it looks good doing it! Although putting up hay is our main use for it, we enjoy entering it in tractor pull competitions as it has proven to be a workhorse in its stock condition. In memory of the previous owner, Bobby Rowland, who enjoyed it as much as we do now. He sadly passed away in 2016.

Justin Rowland
Tazewell, Tennessee
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

Our featured tractor stories are selected thruout the year from the winners of our annual tractor photo contest. Our contest runs from April thru July, for exact dates and details go to our contest site at SteinerTractor.com/photo-contest

We also share tractor stories and photos by tractor enthusiasts just like you. If you would like to submit your tractor story visit AntiqueTractorBlog.com/tractor-story-submission

Check out more featured tractor photos and tractor stories

October Parts Review Winner

10/27/2022 by RT Leave a Comment

October’s $25 Steiner gift card winner is Bob Reavis of Jarretsville, Maryland. The winner is randomly drawn from all of the parts reviews submitted to us during the month of September. Congrats, Bob!

“I have had this 1949 Farmall Cub for more than 30 years. In 1983 I built my house on a 3.5 acre lot. Funds were tight due to construction, but my father gave me his old 8 HP lawn mower to use. This worked, but I usually cut grass for 2 days, and needed something bigger. A local man offered this tractor with the Woods mower deck already attached. What a difference this made. 30 later, I still use it weekly during the mowing season.”

“Thanks to Steiner tractor parts, I have been able to keep this running and in good shape. I just retired (at age 70) this year, and plan to keep the tractor running as long as I am able. Thank you again for the many years of support I have received from Steiner!” -Bob Reavis.

October “My Barn” Winner

10/27/2022 by RT Leave a Comment

“Pictured is my 801 Ford Powermaster. I inherited this little workhorse from my father when I bought a farm from him. He’d picked it up in well used condition to have something to mow with. For him, it was a sentimental purchase – the 801 was what he used on the farm as a kid with his brothers and my grandfather. He said he remembers getting the exhaust red hot they worked it so hard and it never let them down. My son made the 801 a feature for one of his high school senior pictures because it fits that iconic and country style that only a good ol’ farm tractor can do.”

“Steiner helped me get the steering box repaired and a few other pieces fixed up to keep her going for many more years. Many thanks for your time and my sincere thanks to Steiner for a GREAT catalog and help keeping parts available for the tractor world.” – James Thompson of Marshall, Missouri

*James recently sold his tractor but has decided to share his good fortune and give his brother John his gift card winnings for Harvest day.

1942 Farmall H

10/14/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

I’m the Fourth generation to put hands on this 1942 Farmall H. After a Four year restore of mostly nights and weekends here it is.

In it’s farming days here in Vermont, the H was mostly used to mow with a John Deere number 5 sickel mower. Nowadays it stays parade ready, but every once and a while the John Deere mower will go on, and the H will be returned back to work. Just far less of it.

John Kellogg
Orwell, Vermont
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

View all our tractor photo contest winners here.

Massey Harris Trio

10/07/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

This photo was taken last September 2021 when the sky and the background were just right! These tractors were restored by Craig Huls for his grandchildren.

Left to right: 1957 Massey Harris 444, a 1948 Massey Harris 55, and a 1954 Massey Harris 44 special that is repowered with a Ford 300 six. They are part of a group of seven tractors that have already been given away to our 7 grand kids.

Craig Huls
Hamilton, Illinois
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

1955 Minneapolis Moline

10/03/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

We purchased this 1955 Minneapolis Moline GB from a local auction. There were several Molines at the auction, but this one stood out and spoke to us. So we gave it a good home. It had set for several years. With some hard work and love, we brought this gem back to life.

It does not only bring a smile to our family, but to our community as well. We take it to our local annual tractor show and it gets several compliments even though it looks like it just come out of the field. 

Luke Christopher Knapke
Portland, Indiana
2023 Tractor Photo Contest Winner

Featured Tractor – John Deere 2030

10/01/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

The John Deere 2030 tractor belonged to our neighbor Morris Boles. Our neighbor was a hard-working farmer his whole life and this was the tractor I would always see him baling hay with. Many days as a child I would watch him from our picture window working his farm with this tractor and his faithful dog Bruno following behind him.

After his passing, I purchased the tractor at auction. I did this for two reasons, it’s a great tractor, and someday I hope to be able to farm his fields with his old tractor. I cannot think of a better way to pay tribute to our old friend, we were truly blessed to have him as our neighbor.

Jonathan Garn
Lisbon, Ohio
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

Allis Chalmers WD and Things Dear to Me

09/21/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

This picture means a lot to me because it includes several things that are dear to me.

The Allis Chalmers WD is a reminder of my Dad who received this tractor brand new on April 16, 1953, according to the weathered and grease-stained owner’s manual in my possession.

Our new pup, Cindy, a golden retriever with whom I plan to spend some of my golden years.

A big, steep hill, that my Mom had dubbed Old Smokey when she first saw it in 1955 or so, part of the farm on which my Dad toiled to make a living for his family, a hill that has been in the center of my family’s farm for 150 years, now seeded to native prairie and returned to nature as my mother had always wished but never came to see.

A clutch of evergreen trees that my wife and I had planted on the side of that hill when we moved to the farm some 35 years later.

The pasture where I first drove the Allis while my Dad walked the fence in Spring preparing a place for the heifers to call home that summer.  Dad pointed the tractor parallel to the fence, put the gear-shift lever in first, set the throttle at a low idle, and snapped the hand clutch into gear.  He walked the fence cutting last year’s weeds from the rusty but otherwise, smooth wire, replaced a few insulators, and tightened that wire as I white-knuckled the steering wheel in my 6-year-old hands.  Allis crawled forward along the fence with the fencing trailer, the cut-off box of an otherwise discarded pickup, in tow.  Suddenly, Allis and I lurched forward and lunged down a short but steep slope just to the left of and outside the frame of this picture.  Allis had popped out of gear and we were now free-wheeling down the slope!  I hung on to the steering wheel for dear precious young life not knowing how to apply the brakes and being at least a foot too short to reach them.  After an interminable run, I suddenly pitched forward toward the steering wheel.  Both front tires had plunged into the dead furrow at the bottom of that slope and the tractor and I came to a sudden rest…almost!  For there was just enough forward momentum to push the wheels up out of that trench setting the tractor careening forward again.  Allis and I briefly resumed our wild flight until the back tires settled gently in the same dead furrow and we truly did stop.  The entire harrowing ordeal had lasted less than twenty seconds and covered less than a hundred feet.  I imagine our speed topped out at about 6 miles per hour.  It was the wildest, most death-defying ride of my life!

Curtis Olson
Webster, Minnesota
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

1951 Ford 8N

09/16/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

I have always liked tractors. When I was still very little, I would sit on all the tractors I could at the fair or a parade. Then, for my 13th birthday, we found a 1951 8N Ford not far from our house. After looking it over with my folks and Papa giving it the okay, I got it!  The tractor didn’t need any major work done to it,  just the cosmetic things.  It was in its “work clothes” so Dad said I should get it cleaned up. I did and I have it “standing tall”.  After clearing away grease,  grime, oil, and dirt I gave it a good waxing.

“Maintenance, maintenance, maintenance”, Papa has reminded me of this countless times; good stewardship.  Not long after getting the Ford, I was blessed with a Ford-Ferguson 2 bottom plow.  I later used it to plow with our local tractor club  (the Chariton River Valley Antique Power Association) for their annual plow day.   In May 2022 we purchased a rear blade from a gentleman from our church! I have had the 8N at several tractor shows and am hoping to have it in a tractor ride soon! 

This photo was taken when I came home from hauling our trash cans about 1/4 of a mile up the level B road we live on. It was muddy that day!

Billy Vaughn-Corbin
Lucas, Iowa
Tractor Photo Contest Winner

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