Nothing makes a Grandpa happier than posing with his granddaughters on his 1944 Farmall BN.
Charlene Shumaker
Bellevue, Michigan
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
Featured Photo – 1944 Farmall BN
June Customer Review Winner
My tractor is nothing special in the grand world of John Deere’s but it is certainly special to me.
It is a 1948 model M “standard” that was first acquired by my grandfather- Hobart Koontz. As my grandfather had quite a few two-cylinder tractors, most of them were well used while this one fell to the wayside. Over the years it had fallen into a state of disrepair and needed a little attention. My dad (Larry) brought it home when I was about 10 years old and that became my summer project. Together we made all of the necessary repairs and even added some shiny new green paint. For a short time, this one saw a few tractor shows and parades and then settled into a life of small gardening. My dad and I shared a passion for the “putt-putt” tractors and together we have owned models A, H, M, MT, 430, LA, and 1010.
As life happens too often, this little M once again fell into a state of disrepair. My son is now 15 and we have embarked on another journey to restore this little tractor to its former glory. Not nearly the same level as the original task my dad and I took on when I was 10, but still a worthy project for a father and son. I grew up in a very mechanically gifted family and this project will certainly afford me the opportunity to share this same knowledge and passion with my son.
Thanks for providing a great service to the “old tractor” hobby! And thanks for letting me share a little bit about this special little John Deere M.
Greg Koontz
Clemmons, North Carolina
Each month we randomly select one of our customer reviews to receive a $25 Steiner Tractor Parts gift card. This month’s winner was Greg Koontz. Congratulations Greg, and thank you for purchasing your tractor parts at Steiner.
July Featured Photo
“Our family always has a tractor day in October. Three generations of our family come together to share their love of old John Deere tractors and the great outdoors. We have fun driving the John Deere’s around the countryside and enjoy listening to the mechanical music of the old two-cylinder engines and appreciating the beautiful Fall colors of the trees. Of course, it would not be October without fresh sugar-cinnamon donuts and Apple Cider after the ride. The stars of the event are a 1953 John Deere 50 and a 1959 John Deere 530.”
Gary Field of Gaines, Michigan
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
June $200 Gift Card Winner
The lucky winner of June’s $200 Steiner gift card is Robert Reed of Kentucky. Robert has been a subscriber since 2016 and his favorite tractor brand is Case. He is currently working on a Case 530 Dual Range. Congratulations, Robert!
1951 Massey Harris 30
The tractor is a 1951 Massey Harris model 30. It has the original F162 Continental Engine. It is owned by Paul Moroni of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It was purchased locally from the original owner.
Paul has restored it and owned it for over 20 years now. It has become part of the family. It will someday be passed down to his daughters.
Lynda Ellis
Middleboro, Massachusetts
Tractor Photo Contest Winner
Chevron Tractor Restoration Competition
The Chevron Tractor Restoration Competition (formerly known as Delo TRC) is celebrating its 25th year and now accepting entries for the 2022 competition!
This prestigious national competition, open to high-school students across the US, is a lot of hard work, but also a lot of fun, and provides the opportunity to learn and grow — both professionally and personally — with hands-on exposure to real world skills! The competition awards prizes totaling up to $20,000. For more information, visit ChevronTRC.com
June Featured Photo
Grandpa’s Red Fever Tractor Collection
Front Row – Right to Left – Farmall Super AV High Crop, Farmall H, Farmall Super H, Farmall Super HTA, Farmall M, Farmall MTA, Farmall 300.
Back Row – Right to Left – Farmall 350 Diesel, Farmall 450 Diesel, Farmall 460 Diesel, Farmall 504, 544 International Harvester, International Harvester 656 Hydro.
My father-in-law, Dennis White, retired in 2013. He decided he needed a hobby and took an interest in locating tractors to restore. To date, he has fully restored 13 tractors and is currently working on his 14th.
Dennis retired from being a mechanic at a tractor implement dealership where he worked on farmers’ tractors every day. So, it only makes sense that his love for tractors did not stop at retirement. He continues to add additional tractors to his collection as he comes across tractors that need to be restored. As a family, we enjoy sharing these tractors with others by riding in numerous tractor rides, parades, and sometimes just a stroll around our town on a nice day.
Dena White
Osceola, Iowa
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
Parade Tractor
My husband, David, purchased this 1941 SC Case at an auction 6 years ago. Since he purchased it, it has been in numerous parades and displayed in our front yard for Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day weekends. It has also participated in the Mackinaw Bridge Drive twice. He uses it around the farm for light-duty jobs. If you mention a parade or tractor show, David will be there to participate.
Charlene Shumaker
Bellevue, Michigan
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
1950 CO-OP E-4 Buda 262 motor
Originally utilized at a farm located near Ann Arbor, Michigan. As technology brought new tractors, this Co-Op was then utilized to haul crops from the field to the farm for storage. The tractor was discovered in the field row, almost out of life, and purchased. It was re-built to the current condition by Gary Baker and Warren Townsend. In its new life, it is a Division 2 puller and has won numerous pulls it has entered. It will spend the rest of its life within our family.
Bill Parker
Goodrich, Michigan
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
May $200 Gift Card Winner
The lucky winner of May’s $200 Steiner gift card is Dale Lambert of Bennett, North Carolina. Dale has been a subscriber since 2020 and his favorite tractor brands are International and John Deere. Congratulations, Dale!
Attached are some older pics of my tractor and the family history that goes along with it. I hope you’re able to use this info. I was going to take some new pics but it was storming this weekend. I have also included a pic I took of the A and a 1948 Farmall H owned by my brother-in-law, both were purchased new in our family, as we loaded to go to a tractor show this month. As you can see, the A is still looking good.
Dale Lambert
1954 Allis Chalmers WD-45
My tractor is a 1954 Allis Chalmers WD-45. It’s been in our family since the late 1970s or early 1980s (not exactly sure when it was acquired). I use it for planting food plots and general tasks around my 40-acre hunting parcel in Gladwin County, Michigan. It’s definitely an old workhorse!
Darren Bartnik
Darren was our April 2022 monthly review winner, he received a $25 Steiner Tractor Parts gift card. A winner is drawn from all of the reviews submitted to us in the previous month. Congratulations Darren!
May Featured Photo
This is my grandfather’s 1947 Case VAC. My grandfather retired in the early 2000s from dairy farming. Once retired, he was not very active, and my family knew this would be a problem. As a solution, my family purchased this tractor and presented it to him for Father’s Day. The plan was to help him restore the tractor, and he could then take it to the local fairs to show and pull it in the antique tractor pulls.
He pulled this tractor for many years and won many trophies with it. It helped him get out of the house and stay active, especially during the Summer months. Unfortunately, he is no longer able to use the tractor due to his age and health, so I have taken the tractor under my wing and started pulling it and having fun with it as he did for many years.
Brad Turner
Wattsburg, Pennsylvania
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
1953 Ford Jubilee
1953 Ford Jubilee, with Davis Loader. I have owned this for 21 years! Great little tractor.
About 19 years ago, I completely disassembled and rebuilt everything. It has been fun using it in tractor pulls, putting in lawns, pulling firewood, plowing snow, plowing, and discing. I have the original bucket, but use the bigger one I designed and built.
Scott Andrews
Scott was our March 2022 monthly review winner, he received a $25 Steiner Tractor Parts gift card. A winner is drawn from all of the reviews submitted to us in the previous month. Congratulations Scott!
April’s $200 Gift Card Winner
The lucky winner of April’s $200 Steiner gift card is Tadd Francis of Faribault, Minnesota. Tadd has been a subscriber since 2015 and his favorite tractor brand is International. Congratulations, Tadd!
April Featured Photo
A strength to draw inspiration from, like the East Tennessee Smokey Mountains, this 1939 Model A John Deere joins primary “Seasoned” caretakers, David Banks and Golden Retriever sidekick, Whiskey, when taking care of a 6th generation family farm.
Although the Model A was not in the best of shape when first making an entrance to the farm, after much-needed care and repair, it now works beautifully when answering the call of an active farm life.
Mata Banks
New Tazewell, Tennessee
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
Family Tractor Restoration Project
Grandpa on his just-restored 1951 Ford 8N that he fully rebuilt with help from his grand-daughters
left to right: Elina (with Shadow), Joy (with Buffy), and Carys (with Scout) on their farm in Davis, California.
Dwight has known this tractor since he was a child. It was on the Irwin dairy farm down the road from Dwight since the early 1950s. Mr. Irwin passed away in 1988 and his daughter gave it to Dwight in 2017 as a partly assembled, abandoned, rusted, frozen-solid hulk. Dwight carefully restored it with the help of some of his grandkids (a few in the photo) who watched, encouraged, learned, and enjoyed the process over three years. Dwight uses it to help farming neighbors and to work the 21 acres behind their church. He showed it at SteamUp! in Salem, Oregon in August 2021 and will enjoy taking it to a few local parades.
Dwight Morejohn
Davis, California
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
Lucky 17 Winners
Congratulations to the 17 winners of our Finnegan’s Lucky 17. Each winner will be receiving a $25 Steiner Tractor Parts gift card. Thank you all for playing. 🍀 😃 🍀
Daryl Myran
Jerry Lee Gonzalez
Loren Edelman
Christopher Tolbert
Dawn Bezanson
Ronald Bollinger
Richard Boda
Kenneth Waibel
Megan Atha
Dan Housken
Bryon Phillips
Thomas Roberts
Mike Alexander
Allan Abley
Robert Alnutt Sr.
Anthony Della Camera
William LeRose
March’s $200 Gift Card Winner
The lucky winner of March’s $200 Steiner gift card is Mike Wilkins of Woodford, Virginia. Mike has been a subscriber since 2017 and his favorite tractor brand is Ford. Congratulations, Mike!
The Chugg Story…
Donald Feiner was our February winner of the My Barn monthly drawing. Donald won a $100 Steiner Tractor Parts gift card. Here is Donald’s story.
This might have started with creepy music, but no, there is no audio track here.
I was in a shop getting a little repair work done on a trailer of mine, oddly enough for my modern tractor, when I kind of nosed around and found myself sitting on some silly old tractor. (Probably the most comfortable seat in the shop.) But why my mouth went off and said I would buy it if he got it running, I don’t know.
It took about two weeks and I got this phone call out of the blue, the owner told me he got it running, but it was on only two cylinders. Hmm, I asked him to deliver it, my trailer was away from the house, and when the little clunker got to my place, it was complete, basically, but yep, it was really weak in two cylinders. Chugg, Chugg, but it did get me down the block and back, brakes worked, lights worked, vintage tow bar, ah heck, he was just too cute. I had to. See my profile picture for his first day home.
Then this happened…
I found the Chugging issue in a flat distributor cam lobe and since I was in there anyway, I figured I would take care of some of the loose bits. There are still loose bits, but hey, that’s the fun, right?
He now does silly things like this.
I put it back to work on my property in East Texas and he pulls trailers, digs post holes, tills, brush hogs, pulls a subsoiler, and plenty else just as quick as my more modern tractor, in point of fact, if he had a front loader, I might sell the more modern tractor. Plans include a couple of brothers or sisters for Chugg, at this time I have adopted ‘Trash Panda’ so far, a 39-40 9N model that needs a pile of help, and a late 8N as well that has yet to get a name. Thank you Steiner for the parts I needed to help me put this much fun into my work.
Chugg’s family.
Minneapolis Moline M670
Getting ready to spread fertilizer with this beautiful 1965 Minneapolis Moline M670! It’s one of the most reliable tractors on the farm racking up approximately 30,000 hours and counting!
Nathan Lehman
McMinnville, Oregon
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner