Category: Tractor Stories

Ten years ago I bought this 1947 Minneapolis Moline R. Took it apart after a mouse nest caused the #1 cylinder to seize to the sleeve and lock

I grew up driving a Ford 8N on the family's prune and grape ranches in Healdsburg and Geyserville in the 1970s. The 8Ns were easy for me to

Here is a picture of my Dad's 1947 John Deere A, I grew up with stories of when my dad was younger how he would help my grandfather

My best friends father bought this Massey Ferguson 40 and I used it for several different jobs around the farm when we were in high school.

My grandfather Eli Daniel Sellers purchased this 1949 Allis Chalmers WD in January 1950. He traded some pigs and goats for the down payment.

My dad was an International Harvester dealer in Marshall Co., Kansas, until the early 1950s, when he sold the dealership to farm full time and took this 1953

It was my grandpa’s 1953 John Deere 50, which he bought almost brand new. It is the first tractor my dad ever remembers running.

The story that I have been told is that my uncle had an Avery tractor, and my mom and grandma liked the name. So, I was named Avery.