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Restoration for Awareness

01/28/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

tractor restored for awareness
1942 Farmall H

My name is Ken Christopherson, and I restored this 1942 Farmall H with the help and donations of dozens of other people and companies (Steiner Tractor Parts included)! This tractor originally belonged to a best friend’s uncle who used it as a Halloween hayride tractor for many, many years. I was contacted by them in 2015 to see if I was interested in purchasing the tractor as they were liquidating their equipment due to the hayride coming to a close for the final time. I ended up purchasing the tractor that had been sitting parked in the woods for over a decade. The engine was stuck, and I was amazed the tires still held air. After getting it home and getting it running, I began to think how it would be a great candidate for a memorial restoration project.

Tractor restoration for awareness

Over the course of my life, I have lost several friends, coworkers, and my mother to suicide, and I thought that the best way for me to give back, bring awareness, and also to promote the antique tractor hobby would be to tackle this project.

I charged head-on into a full nut and bolt restoration of this H. After tearing it down, things were MUCH worse than I had anticipated (as they usually are on these old relics). From the engine having been well used up, and the transmission case having suffered bearing failures and cracking in the casting itself, this was truly the biggest challenge I have tackled to date (after bringing over a dozen tractors back to life).

Restoration for awareness
Restoration process for awareness

Without the help of dozens of donors, companies, etc., this would have never been possible. I added some special touches throughout the restoration, including items that were chrome plated (see if you can find them)! The tractor now lives a semi-retired life and travels to shows, parades, and vintage plow days with a variety of suicide awareness memorabilia to help promote and raise awareness for these tragic life events that have touched nearly every family in some way. It has been a great honor to have been able to do this project (which took nearly 2.5 years).

I have also chronicled the entire project on my YouTube channel (Kenny Kizzle Rusty Nutz Ranch). I hope that you all enjoy the story – and if you see the tractor at a show, be sure to stop and say hello! Most importantly, if you know someone who is struggling – please reach out. You never know how far a smile, a laugh, or a hug may go.

Ken Christopherson
East Bethel, Minnesota


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!

1940 Farmall H

01/16/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

Hello Steiner Family, my name is Oscar Flores. I was raised in California but as soon as I was able, I knew that this concrete metropolis was not my style or way of retirement.

My in-laws retired and moved back to their birthplace of Olathe, Colorado, we followed along and purchased some land with hopes of retiring in this beautiful small town. My father-in-law was into old tractors and I soon gained a love of old vehicles and tractors. When my in-laws passed away, my wife and I decided to purchase our retirement home in Wilmot, South Dakota. This area is a largely agricultural town/county with lots of old barns and farm equipment.

While shopping for yard decorations, I found the tractor I was not only looking for but happened to be in pretty good shape and runs great. My tractor is a 1940 Farmall Model H, this now begins my fun journey of restoring my tractor. I hope to be able to pull wagons in some of our small-town parades. The restoration of my tractor will go well with my fully restored 1931 Ford Model A Pick Up Truck, and 1954 Ford Squire Woody Wagon. I am always looking for the next project in my life. I look forward to sharing my restoration with you all!!

Oscar Flores

1940 Farmall A

01/13/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

This is my Grandfather’s 1940 Farmall A. He purchased it secondhand in 1953 to work the 18 acres of land he and my Grandmother farmed and operated a roadside stand for decades. It has sat in the back of the barn since the late 1980s until recently, with the help of my wife’s nephew, I have been able to restore it to working condition and I now use it to mow the lawn on our property.

Steve Getz
Girard, Pennsylvania

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!

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11/11/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

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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.

Our New Farmall Carburetor

10/19/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

IHS5881 Farmall Carburetor

Our new Farmall M carburetor is an exact copy of an IHC # 50983DB, with an improved venture, using aluminum instead of zinc. We also use a Viton needle instead of stainless steel.

  • This is a NEW carburetor, not rebuilt
  • Fits: Farmall M, MV, O6, OS6 and W6
  • Mounting studs are 2-11/16″ center to center
  • Governor Linkage pattern is 1-3/4″ center to center
  • The throttle body throat size is 1-7/16″ diameter
  • The choke air horn (air inlet) measures 2-1/4″ O/D

Order your IHS5881 carburetor Now!

front view of Farmall carburetor
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side view of Farmall carburetor
Side View
rear view of Farmall carburetor
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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.

1952 Farmall Cub

10/12/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

The tractor is a 1952 Farmall Cub, and I have done all the work myself. Purchased 3 years ago, brakes didn’t work but I used the plow to stop. Other little things started to go and the hydraulic pump started leaking, now it’s time to fix the problems!

I enjoy working on anything with a carb. I also own a green one that I’m going to start pulling with next Spring. It’s a 1948 John Deere A.

John Sellers
Nescopeck, Pennsylvania

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!

Two John Deeres and a Cub

09/26/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

1953 John Deere 50, the last tractor my grandfather owned bought it back last summer. And got it working and running again with parts from Steiners. 

The next tractor a 1961 Cub Low Boy with Danco C2 mower, was bought from an elderly gentleman whose health was failing. In two years’ time fixed it up and repainted it with help from Steiners. Definitely made his day when we dropped off the pictures of his old cub in its dress clothes.

The last tractor is my first antique tractor 1948 John Deere B bought from my great uncle in 1993 at thirteen years old.   I learned how to drive on this tractor and learned how to fix tractors from this machine.  I’m a self-taught mechanic after hours of reading old motors manuals. And working on this old iron for friends, family, and neighbors. Thank you Steiners for having affordable good quality parts to keep history alive and working.

Dave Hansen of Pilger, Nebraska

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!

1941 Farmall Pulling Canon in Parade

09/13/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

My wife April has wanted a Farmall H for about 5 or 6 years now, and I was not sure what we would do with one. Just the same, she had several of her farm friends keeping their eyes open for one, but they are not that easy to come by here in the Northeast.

Recently, a local collector sold his entire collection at auction and we were lucky enough to get this beauty!! I must admit to being fully onboard with this new “hobby” and am having a blast learning how to maintain and continue the restoration of our 1941 Farmall H!

As part of our town’s Fourth of July celebration this year we used our H to tow the town’s vintage 1862 cannon in the parade!

Mark Brown
Sutton, Massachusetts

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!

Farmall M-D

08/10/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

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


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 – 1944 Farmall BN

08/02/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

Nothing makes a Grandpa happier than posing with his granddaughters on his 1944 Farmall BN.

Charlene Shumaker
Bellevue, Michigan
2022 Tractor Photo Contest Winner

1946 Farmall H

08/01/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

1946 Farmall H tractor owned by Chris Brady in Lebanon, Kentucky. I enjoy driving my tractor on country roads in Marion county. I plan on showing my tractor at an antique tractor show and driving my tractor in a parade at the local festival Marion County Country Ham Days in Lebanon, Kentucky the last weekend in September.

I did not restore it myself. I bought it after it had been restored. Not sure how many years ago it was restored. My dad and I have done a lot of work to my tractor.

Chris Brady
Lebanon, Kentucky


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!

The Old Ponderosa, Farmall F-12 !

06/27/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

Back around 1950, the boys were mowing hay at Lake Tahoe when the motor started to overheat and steam. They tried to get back to the ranch house for water but did not make it.  They burned a hole through the cylinder wall and there she sat for a year or two.

The Ponderosa Museum took the tractor and put it under a big old tree for the kids to play on. She sat there for about 70 years and then was headed for the junkyard. My son, Bill Jr. saw it and knew his Dad had to have it out on the ranch. I think he paid $50.00 for it and sent it out to me in 2019.

I had rebuilt an F-12 before so this was not new to me.  However, I was 83 years old at that time and I sure had my hands full. Two years later, in late 2021 I had it all back together but was not strong enough to crank it! So step two was to install the Flex plate, starter, and then alternator and a small dashboard. Now WOW, just touch the pedal, and off she goes.

Bill Watson Sr.
Lamoille, Nevada

June Featured Photo

06/02/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

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

Future Farmer and Tractor Guy

05/12/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

My name is Mason Smoker and I am 14 years old. I have a dream of farming for my whole life. I just bought a Farmall M to farm and pull with. It is a fairly stock tractor, but some little upgrades. It has an M&W live hydraulic kit on it, a homemade hitch, and front/back weight bracket. I have taken it to the antique tractor pull and it did well. I love antique tractors and will always do it the old way. 

Mason Smoker
Parkesburg, Pennsylvania

Pancakes and Tractors

04/01/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

Maryland International Harvester Collectors Club, Chapter 39, held an all-you-can-eat breakfast on March 19th, 2022. The breakfast was a way to embrace the IHC equipment from the past thru now. Everyone gathered to discuss the tractors and enjoy some good food.

Check out this year’s show, or plan for next year. Visit them at www.mdihcc39.org

Dream of Farming

03/15/2022 by ST Leave a Comment

Farmall M

My name is Henry Lawson I am a 12-year-old boy and my dream of farming has been the only thing I’ve been wanting to do for about 2 years now. My dad has a Farmall M. He would go to the farm in Iowa with his brothers and parents, almost every month. He tells me about all the things they did.

My great-grandpa bought a Farmall M and farmed with it, he passed away in 2011. My dad bought the Farmall M from the family. Almost every summer we go to Iowa and ride our 756 and see family. A couple years ago we got the Farmall M transported over to California and let it sit in a shed. Over the past two months we’ve been working on it almost every other weekend, we’ve gone through problems like hooking up the battery wrong and not having enough gas but just recently we’ve got it running.

Henry Lawson
Sonoma, California

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