My wife received a call from one of our friends and wanted to know if we knew anyone interested in buying an old tractor. They did not know if it ran because it had been sitting for about eight years. I decided to go look at it because I thought it would be a fun project for me with the help of my two sons. We fell in love with it even with the flat tires, the fact that it was not running, and rust everywhere. I told my wife I was bringing it home and her first question was “does it run?” and I said no and she said “well why are you bringing it home?” She asked how I got it on the trailer and I said by putting it in gear and using the hand crank to back it up a few inches at a time for which I got the awkward silence.

The rest is history we had a wonderful time learning as we went and watching Steiner videos on how to fix it up. I bought it in October and pulled it out of the garage on Christmas night when my oldest son was home from college. I waited so he could help me put the wheels back on.

There were a whole lot of late nights in between and a whole lot of head scratching. It turned out to be a 1956 Farmall Cub and I was only the third owner. I bought it from an elderly man’s family and his father bought it new. The best thing about the tractor was the family time we had restoring it. My wife even gave up her car’s spot in the garage because she did not want it in the rain either.

Jeff Starkey
Greensboro, North Carolina

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1952 Super M

This was my daughters entry in the Missouri State fair August 10-20, 2017. She walked away with a blue ribbon (grand champion) for her FFA chapter in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Ron & Kelsey Gillenwater
St. Joseph, Missouri

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It is so much fun for us to see what happens with our parts after they leave here.

Dear Steiner,

I have always wanted to share some pictures with you to show what I have done with your parts. here are four tractors that have a lot of Steiner parts on them. You can use them for anything you want or just show them to your crew.

Dick Hollrah
Sweet Springs, Missouri

1951 Super A

I found this tractor at a salvage yard. The engine was running real good and the hydraulics worked good. I redone everything else and has a lot of fun working on this little tractor. It turned out real good, starts every time, runs good drives good and it made a nice parade tractor.

1951 Super C Fast Hitch

This is a family tractor so its had a little better care than my other tractors. It was used for nothing but mowing hay its whole life. This tractor still has the original battery box, steering wheel and the wooden steering knob. I spent a lot of time on this tractor and it is my most favorite tractor that I have driven.

1951 M

I bought this tractor on a farm auction. It had set for awhile, it ran, the tires were rotten but the tin was straight. I took it completely apart and totally rebuilt everything. I think this is the best tractor that I have done. Last Fall it was Best of Show in a pre-54 tractor show so that’s a small reward for your your work.

1959 Farmall 460

I bought this tractor at a salvage yard. I knew the man that bought this tractor new. I don’t think that is spent one night in the shed while he owned it. This was a big mistake from the start but I drove a 460 a lot when I was a kid and I just had to have one. Everything on this tractor was overhauled, rebuilt or redone, 16 months of work. Not much fun on this one. This is a fan favorite everybody likes this tractor.