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Kameron’s Tractor Education

06/04/2020 by ST 5 Comments

Allis Chalmers CA
Kameron and his Allis Chalmers CA

I wanted to share a neat story about my now 13 year old son, Kameron.  Last summer he wanted a project mower, he wanted to rebuild a lawnmower engine so we found one with a broken piston.  

With the assistance of a family friend and Kameron, they honed, rebuilt and replaced gaskets.  He sold that mower for a $500 profit.  Then purchased his second mower and did some minor adjustments and sold it for a $1100 profit.  

All of this was for his next purchase, his 1953 Allis Chalmers CA, his pride and joy.  He has done a lot to it with some help of new friends far and wide.  He re-wired the tractor and put in a new fuel line and fuel filter.  With much generosity of Titan wheel in Quincy Il they took the rims and hubs and rebuilt and painted.  All in line with his next project, he wants to repaint and restore.  

This summer he has been given 4 mowers to which he has fixed and flipped to a $1000 profit.  He has also started a small popcorn plot and bee/butterfly pollination plot. So with all the COVID-19 issues he has learned so much that text books would have not taught him yet.  He loves this new found passion and plans on growing this entrepreneurship. 

Michelle Kaspari of Liberty, Illinois

1948 Allis Chalmers C

05/28/2020 by ST Leave a Comment

1948 Allis Chalmers C

This 1948 Allis Chalmers C was restored by Justin Mraz and his grandfather, Van Fowler. This tractor was purchase by Justin’s great great grandfather in the Spring of 1949 and has never left the family land in Ellis County, Texas.

Justin, with the help of his grandfather, traveled with the tractor all across Texas through FFA for Ag. Mechanics Shows where he received numerous recognitions and awards. 

Justin Mraz of Ennis, Texas

2020 Catalog Photo Contest Winner

Gaggle of Allis Chalmers

04/20/2020 by Suzette Thomas Leave a Comment

Allis Chalmers Tractors

Sheridan Hansen of Cedar City, Utah leads his family on a gaggle of Allis Chalmers in the Iron County Fair parade in Parowan, Utah.

Photo by Billy DeSilva of Cedar City, Utah

2020 Calendar Photo Contest Winner

Tractors from my Grampa

03/03/2020 by ST 2 Comments

I got this Massey Harris 444 tractor from my Grampa when I was 10 years old. He passed away from cancer. Now I am 15 and working hard on it. I am hoping to make it pull in the Baddest Antique Tractor in the World some day.

This is my Allis Chalmers D14 that I got from my Grampa when he passed.

Adrian Gesin

Allis Chalmers B

02/28/2020 by ST 2 Comments

The story behind the B was my son and I pulled it in the shop one afternoon to install a new rear rim due to rust. Well I got to thinking how cool it would be to have our own lowered B so we started to see how hard it would be to lower and before we knew it I was chipping the front axle and it was no stopping at that point.

With a lot of weekends and week nights my son and I got it lowered. My son is now 6 years old and loves this tractor and going for rides on what he calls “his cool tractor”. We hope to add a set of fenders from a WD to finish the tractor off.

Brandon Brown of Winchester, Virginia

2020 STP Catalog Tractor Photo Contest Winner

1963 Allis Chalmers D19

01/10/2020 by ST Leave a Comment

This is a 1963 Allis Chalmers D19 Diesel. I bought it in 2008, motor was bad and had a few oil leaks. Went all the way through it from front to back. 8 years to do it in my spare time, was a lot of fun.

William Fuller of Cincinnatus, New York

November’s $200 Gift Card Winner

12/11/2019 by RT Leave a Comment

The lucky winner of November’s $200 Steiner gift card is Herbert Cook of Mooresville, Indiana.

Herbert has been a subscriber since 2016 and his favorite tractor brand is Allis Chalmers.

Congratulations, Herbert!


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November Featured Photo

11/21/2019 by RT Leave a Comment

The 2020 Steiner catalog cover has been revealed…


November’s featured photo was submitted
by Randy Walker of Swanton, Ohio.

“Pictured is my dog, Oliver, out on a snowy winter ride on my 1937 Allis Chalmers WC.”

– Randy Walker


This photo was chosen as a winner in our photo contest
and is featured on the cover of our 2020 parts catalog.

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October Featured Photo

10/02/2019 by RT Leave a Comment

October Featured Photo

This month’s featured tractor photo was submitted by Mark Kurth of La Porte, Indiana.

“Our home is on the National Register of Historical Places in La Porte County, Indiana. Allis Chalmers (previously Rumley) was an important manufacturer in La Porte before the plant shut down in 1984. When we needed a tractor to help with restoration work on the farm, an Allis Chalmers D14 was a natural choice – being a hometown favorite. Ours has never been apart and still works as good as it did when it was built in 1957. The post-hole auger is an original AC implement.” – Mark Kurth


This photo was chosen as a winner in our photo contest and will be featured in the 2020 Steiner Tractor Parts catalog. Check out the other winning photos here.

1950 Allis Chalmers WD

07/30/2019 by ST 2 Comments

Before and after pictures of restoration of my 1950 Allis Chalmers WD. Many parts were purchased from Steiner Tractor Parts.

Ross Morrow of Athens, Tennessee

Improved Delivery Times

07/25/2019 by ST Leave a Comment

In 2018 we introduced our new delivery program that allows you to choose when you need your tractor parts. This new system proved to be a winner. We have been able to get your order to you in a faster and more affordable way. It also made choosing a delivery option easier.

We are excited to announce that our new delivery program has successfully allowed us to exceed your expected delivery time on our economy and standard delivery options.

In addition to our improved delivery times, we are excited to now offer FREE ECONOMY DELIVERY* in the 48 contiguous states (U.S.) on retail orders of $374.01 or more.

* Retail orders only
* Economy delivery only
* Tax not applicable towards minimum subtotal.
* Not valid on special order items or gift cards.
* No coupon code necessary.

Allis Chalmers B

03/18/2019 by Elizabeth Gross 5 Comments

  • Allis Chalmers B
  • Before dressed with sheetmetal parts.

Our customer, Kenneth, in Idaho is doing a complete restoration on an Allis Chalmers B.  He’s been purchasing everything to rebuild from Steiner. 

Parts to rebuild the Fairbanks Morse magneto, new gauges, a new battery box, carb rebuild,  a new steering wheel, various gaskets, eccentric style rear wheel clamps, seat cushions and hardware, muffler and raincap as well as various knobs, caps, cables and boots. 

Thanks for being such a loyal customer, Kenneth! We can’t wait to see this project come together.  Keep the pictures coming!

February Featured Tractor Photo

02/06/2019 by RT 1 Comment

This month’s featured tractor photo was submitted by Josiah Waldner and features his Allis Chalmers model CA tractor.


“This tractor was purchased from a neighbor’s estate sale. It had not run for many years but was in good mechanical condition. After a fresh paint job, new decals, and new wiring, it looks like new!” – Josiah Waldner


Check out all of the winning photos from our annual tractor photo contest that were chosen to be featured in our 2019 catalog.

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Hickory Ridge Farm Tractor Show

01/14/2019 by ST 4 Comments

Hickory Ridge Farm History

This story is more about a place rather than a tractor. In 1980 a husband and wife decided to have an antique tractor show at their home. Just like any event the first was small but successful. The duo had a unique love and common hobby of antique farm equipment. Together Horrace and Norma Potter owned over 300 pieces! They easily could have shown their own equipment and had an amazing show, but they chose to open it up and share the hobby with other restorers.

Annual tractor show

The annual tractor show went on for 20 years in Milford, Delaware until the Potters hung up their hats in 2000. Now this is where two lives collide. In 1991 on the 10th annual Hickory Ridge Farm Show a 15 year old named Russell Geyer III started showing his own farm equipment. Russell showed equipment and participated in the tractor pull competition. Russell being a part of a farming family loved Hickory Ridge. Horrace taught him how to compete. Russell competed at Hickory Ridge for 4 years.

Purchasing and restoring antique farm equipment

After high school graduation he, like most graduates, joined the working class. In 2014 Russell purchased and restored a tractor his family bought new in 1963 which appeared in his wedding to his wife. In 2015 Russell and his wife began purchasing and restoring antique farm equipment. Again a husband and wife team up to rescue these long forgotten power houses. By 2018 the Geyer’s had 18 tractors. Nothing compared to the Potter’s but its a goal to work towards.

Hickory Ridge Tractor Show

A new legacy

After Norma Davis Potter passed away in 2017 the farm was prepared for a new legacy and going up for sale. Friends of the family connected Russell with the Davis/Potter family and in October 2018 Mr. Geyer purchased Hickory Ridge. Vendors, tractors, and exhaust had not filled the show grounds in 20 years. Children had not ran through the property eating hot dogs. People from surrounding states had not taken in Hickory Ridge’s beauty. Russell remembers the smells, the roar of a tractor pulling a load down the track, the American flag whipping in the wind. Russell and his wife vowed to the family the show would come back to Hickory Ridge.

Hickory Ridge Antique Tractor Club

On November 3rd 2018 the first Hickory Ridge Antique Tractor Club held its meeting. Bylaws and rules were formed, positions were filled, and a sense of pride fell over the 5 members and even 2 junior members in attendance. The club is working hard to have the second Annual Hickory Ridge Antique Tractor Show in August 2019. We are looking for more members, including youth members, more vendors, and more sponsors. The family and club want the show to be just like it was. It was a place where history came alive, festivities were affordable, and memories could be made. Hickory Ridge is back and ready to get the show started!

For my tractor stories read on here.

Grandpa’s Tractor: Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again

01/11/2019 by ST 2 Comments

I had a wealth of memories of the tractor…

All my life I heard, and often used myself, Thomas Wolfe’s famous phrase “you can’t go home again, you can’t recover the past”. I agree the saying may stand true for many things, but not my grandpa’s tractor.

1952 CA Allis Chalmers Tractor
Grandpa Anthony with 1952 Allis Chalmers CA

For fifty years all I had of grandpa’s tractor was an old black and white picture of him standing in front of his 1952 CA Allis Chalmers tractor. Of course I had a wealth of memories of the tractor from my childhood. As a six year old, nothing was more fun than spending my summer days riding between the seat and fender of the tractor as grandpa cultivated the fields of cotton. A tractor ride to the creek behind his house to fill two 55 gallon drums so we could water the cows and hogs capped off the days. At harvest time, grandpa would climb onto the tractor and I would dive into the trailer full of cotton to begin our two mile trip to the gin. I can still remember the warmth of the cotton as I peered over the edge of the trailer at the glow of the taillight with a mismatched casing (part orange and part black), mesmerized by the man and the machine.

My memories from those times were often the basis of the stories I shared with my son and grandson as we worked on numerous tractor restorations. In fact, both stored a picture of grandpa with his tractor in their cellphones. It always made me hopeful they would share their memories of my stories with future generations. Paired only with the knowledge that grandpa eventually sold the tractor to a man on a nearby farm, I never dreamed our paths would cross again.

Recovering the past

tractor in woods
Grandpa’s tractor found in woods

However, recovering the past became much more than just a memory or a dream in 2017 when my son happened across an old tractor about three miles from grandpa’s farm. Having been in the woods for years it was in pretty rough shape, but something about the tractor kept telling him he had seen it before somewhere. He knew it was a CA Allis Chalmers from the 50’s with a cultivator, but some unique features were what really caught his eye. He immediately pulled out his phone, pulled up the picture of his great grandpa’s tractor and began to put it all together. The stabilizer bar grandpa hammered into the cultivator, remnants of the steering wheel knob he had added, and the mismatched taillight. There it was, grandpa’s tractor he had heard me talk about for so many years.

In honor of my Grandpa

When we brought it home to the farm, the tractor was obviously not the beauty it once was as depicted in the picture or my memories. In honor of my grandpa and in hope future generations would come to know stories of years gone by, I set out to rebuild and restore the tractor that had brought me so much joy as a child. It would not be an easy restoration with a stuck engine, rotten tires, and rusted metal. It was a far cry from its glory days. Countless hours of work, numerous orders to and shipments from Steiner, much encouragement from family and friends and ten months later we gathered to hear the sound of grandpa’s tractor running once again. Now, when I hear someone say you can’t go home again, I always think of grandpa’s tractor….back home where it belongs.

restored Allis Chalmers
Grandpa’s tractor restored

 

Keith Wood – Centre, Alabama
Weiss Lake Antique Power Association, Inc.

Cyber Savings Start Now!

11/20/2018 by RT Leave a Comment

Why wait until Monday? Steiner has cyber savings ALL weekend long!

Shop now and get up to $50 OFF your retail order. Place an order of $179.00 or more and get FREE DELIVERY in the contiguous U.S.

-Valid Thursday, November 22nd through Monday, November 26th at 11:59pm (EST).
-Retail orders only. Does not include special order parts.
-Premium option not available with free delivery promo.
-No coupon code needed. Discount & free delivery automatically applies at checkout. See below for checkout tips.


Having trouble checking out? We recently deployed our new website and the checkout process has changed a little.  A coupon code is no longer needed. Once your subtotal reaches the qualifying amount AND a delivery method is selected, the promotion will apply to your order. If your order qualifies for $5 – $50 off and reaches the minimum for free delivery, both discounts will be combined in the “promotion discount” line.  To see the savings, scroll to the bottom of the checkout page and you can see the price breakdown.

If you do not see a discount applied to your order, check the following things.
1. Your subtotal reaches the minimum amount of $25.00 or more.
2. You selected a delivery method. Our old website had the “free delivery” option once a coupon code was entered, but this no longer will be an option as we no longer require a coupon code. You will now need to select a delivery option (economy, standard or truck), and then it will deduct the amount of the delivery option you selected at the bottom of your invoice. (Premium option is not available with the free delivery promotion.)
3. If you are still having difficulties, please email us at sales@steinertractor.com and one of our CSR’s will contact you as soon as we are back in the office on Monday, November 26th.

Meet Us At Mecum

10/19/2018 by RT Leave a Comment

Don’t Miss the Auction Action!

We’re hitting the road to join our Mecum Auction friends at their Iowa Premier in Davenport, Iowa November 8th-10th. With over 500 tractors and 800 signs & farm relics available, this is an auction you won’t want to miss!

Enter Our Daily Raffle

Stop by the Steiner table to say hello and enter our raffle for a chance to win a bundle of goodies including a Steiner gift card! 3 winners will be drawn each day.

Free Shipping + $50 Gift Card

Place a order at the auction and get free shipping. If your retail order is over $250 we’ll throw in a $50 Steiner gift card with your parts! Offer is valid on retail orders shipping regular ground in the contiguous United States.

Pickup Your 2019 Catalog

Be one of the first to get the new 2019 Steiner catalog.

View Auction Details >>

 

Steiner Apparel Line

05/03/2018 by RT 2 Comments

New T-Shirts Now Available
We are excited to announce the launch of our new apparel line. We are kicking things off with new exclusive Steiner t-shirts. Designed with a loose fit for the hot summer, our t-shirts are perfect for everyday wear or your next local tractor show. Add a pop of color and rock Steiner gear along with your tractor! Check back soon for more items as we continue to add to our apparel line. View Shirts >>
 

Curing Kids Cancer

03/29/2018 by RT Leave a Comment

Curing Kids Cancer

Curing Kids Cancer
We are proud to join Mecum Auctions in supporting the Curing Kids Cancer organization. Since 2012, Curing Kids Cancer and Mecum Auctions have raised more than $4 million to fund innovative research and treatments for pediatric cancers. This year, Steiner is providing the parts to restore a Farmall tractor that will be auctioned at the 2018 Iowa Premier. All proceeds will benefit Curing Kids Cancer.
For more information about the auction, click here.

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1948 Allis Chalmers WD

01/16/2018 by ST 1 Comment

Allis Chalmers Tractor

This is our 1948 Allis Chalmers WD. The serial number is 308, which makes it a very early, WD Allis Chalmers. My owners are Bill Giffen and Maria Gerhold of London, Ontario, Canada.

Also, thank you for having a place where we people that love old tractors can find parts to keep them alive and running.

Bill Giffen
Ontario, Canada

For more stories and information on Allis Chalmers tractors click here.

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