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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
This 1954 Massey Harris 33 tractor was purchased by my best friend’s family and next door neighbor. In the mid 70’s as a little boy, I can remember many times my friend and I went riding on the fender of this tractor while his Dad (Wendell Carlson) did the farming.
Later in the 70’s his Dad purchased a 10-acre hobby farm about 2 miles away from our home. I can still remember the distinct sounds of that old tractor as he passed by our house announcing he was done for the day.
In 2018 we were blessed to purchase the hobby farm, and later in an auction buy that family tractor from my friend’s family.
Scott Bernth
Westville, Indiana
2021 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
My Dad bought one of these Massey Harris 50s new in 1956 and I drove it as a youth. In 1992, I bought one for parts, and then my son overhauled it in Olds Agricultural College in 1995.
I unofficially started collecting them in 2006. All twelve are now in running condition and are used on our farm with various 3-point hitch attachments. Very user-friendly tractors!
Lloyd Laughlin
Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
2021 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
This 1950 Massey TO-20 was originally purchased new by my grandfather. It was primarily used to haul grapes and almonds, but was used in many different capacities over the years. Several family members got their first taste of driving behind it’s might! It was gifted to me when my grandparents sold their farm to retire. It’s legacy and tradition lives on with my family today.
Mike Hamilton of Rocklin, California
2021 Tractor Photo Contest Winner
I want to share with you a couple of pictures of completed projects done using Steiner parts. The clock was made by my husband’s dad using old wood pallets, scrap black walnut wood, and tractor hood emblems my father-in-law ordered from Steiner representing all of my husband’s favorite tractors. Keith did an excellent job on the clock, and we are so proud to display it in our home.
My husband, Stacy, just finished the Massey Ferguson 165 restore using Steiner parts. As you can see, it turned out great.
Glad to have Steiner to turn to for all of our tractor part needs.
Trina Fortner Wood of Centre, Alabama
Here is Jeffrey Garbutt from Keene, Ontario on his 1921 Massey Harris No. 3 tractor after a complete restoration.
The tractor was found in a gravel pit in the Bancroft area in 1969 by Jeffrey’s uncle, Trueman Dunford. It was last used to crush gravel for the local roads. In 1971 the tractor was purchased and restored by David Garbutt and Everett MacFarlane with 13-year-old Jeffrey in the middle of the action. In 2015, after Jeffrey’s father passed it was stripped down and given a complete restoration, with help from his son Richard.
The Waukesha engine is in its original condition and has only had the spark plugs replaced. The clearances in the mains and rods where all acceptable. The clutch brake has been replaced since it was completely gone. It appears the brake has been inoperable for some time, since the main gear shows damage. Low gear is no longer used to prevent further damage, it’s too slow anyway.
It is one of 3 known to exist from a production run of about 40 units before Massey-Harris discontinued the Weston-series tractors made in Toronto, Ontario. This model is based on the Parrett tractor. Massey-Harris purchased the rights to build and sell the Parrett tractor in 1918.
Photo by the talented Carrie Nickerson.
Jeffrey Garbutt of Keene Ontario, Canada
A few years ago, recognizing that a lot of local families had old tractors that they were restoring, my uncle decided to organize a “tractor ride” as a way to get local families together to socialize, have some fun, and enjoy driving them around the country roads.
Each year, he maps out a route and contacts some of the local families to arrange permissions for the route to go through a few farms to bypass some of the more traveled blacktop roads, and to have large enough places to stop for breaks and lunch. When “tractor ride” Sunday (usually in October) rolls around, tractors start showing up at the Holy Martyrs of Japan Church’s gravel parking lot from all over. Some are hauled but most are driven….rain or shine. Many pull hay or grain wagons to haul families with their picnic lunches. It is truly a day for the whole family.
Around noon, my uncle Teddy climbs up on his Farmall, and leads the way, with everyone else falling in line behind him. To add to the fun and to raise a few dollars to support our country church, there is an optional poker run, where you can pay a few dollars a hand and draw a card at each of the scheduled stops, with the winner receiving half the money collected and the other half going to the church to be used where the current need is.
There are all kinds of makes and models, new and old, and often several generations of family members driving them. The particular photo contains several members of my family. I took the photo from the back of the hay wagon being pulled by my husband and his Allis Chalmers WD45. The photo is of my daughter waving while driving her daddy’s Allis Chalmers D-14, with her uncle Chris behind her on his Case, her cousin on his Ford 901, and her grandpa Ron on his Case, with many other friends and relatives behind him. We never know what the weather will be like in Missouri, in October, but, that year we lucked out with cool temps, sunshine, and Fall colors! The perfect day in the country!
Veronica Brown of Sullivan, Missouri
2021 Tractor Photo Contest Group Photo Winner
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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.
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I came across this 1959 Massey Ferguson 65 five years ago. It was given up for scrap. In fact I paid a scrap price. I couldn’t let it die.
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This is a 1949 model MH Pony. My grandparents bought it new. It has never been off the family farm. Shown here with the field mower, which we use to trim around the farm pond. It’s all original, including the tires. I also have the field plows and cultivator. Seventy years and runs fine.
Paul Steckel of Frederick Maryland
“The Massey 1080 took the day off from haying due to rain. After the rain stopped a rainbow formed overhead framing the tractor, which I thought would make for a pleasant picture after a soaking day.” -Wayne Shaw
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May’s featured photo was submitted by David Batliner and features a Massey Ferguson 1130. It was restored in 1994 and is one of many tractors from David and Joe Batliner’s collection. The mail pouch barn in the background is located in Lanesville, Indiana, home of the Lanesville Heritage Festival.
This photo was chosen as a winner in our annual photo contest and is featured in the 2019 catalog. Click the button below to view all of the winning photos.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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