This is one of the harder things I’ve written. I’ve been in denial for a while. I didn’t want to recognize that there’s a shift coming. A shift I saw coming. For over 30 years, I’ve been a part of this wonderful hobby and I’ve been blessed with a lot of opportunities and met so […]
Last week John Deere announced they’ll be tooling up and reproducing their iconic two-cylinder tractor.
*Satire I’m still struggling to accept that tractors built in 1925 are now considered antiques. That just doesn’t sit right with me. I always figured the magic number was 100 years. If your engine or tractor hit the century mark, congrats, it’s an antique. But here we are in 2025, and that logic has betrayed […]
If you’re debating between a vintage International Scout and a Ford Bronco, here are five reasons why the Scout might be the better choice: Some History What’s a Scout? The International Harvester Scout was introduced in 1960 as one of American’s first compact SUVs, designed to compete with Jeep. International Harvester was a company known […]
Maybe it’s not impossible to find, but it’s one we’ve tried to find for decades. Sure there’s a few around, but no one wants to part with it. Then just a couple months ago, a tractor, plow guide and plow setup came up on auction, and we decided we should try to own it.
There’s a few reasons, lets break down three of them. ONE The other owners of the Ford Motor Company wanted nothing to do with a farm tractor, so they didn’t want the name associated with it. TWO The Ford Tractor Company of Minneapolis Minnesota already took the name. This was an attempt to trick customers […]
The rare 18-35 Titan built by International from 1912 to 1915.
This article first appeared in the December 15, 1920 issue of Agrimotor magazine. Pacific Coast Concern Builds a 20-35 hp. Model and a 12-20 hp. Model, Both Featuring a Crawler Tread Running on Balls. YUBA TRACTORS are raised on the Pacific. Coast and being thoroughly acclimated to the conditions in that part of the country […]
About 8 years ago, a collector posted some photos on the Smokstak forum about an engine he found in the woods of Nova Scotia, Canada. What interested us, was that it was a 20 HP Mogul Stationary Engine. First it was International and second, it was a hard to find Mogul Stationary Engine. The story […]
The largest of International Harvester‘s line of Titan tractors is the 30-60 Titan. This massive beast has a horizontal, two-cylinder side by side engine with a nine inch bore and fourteen inch stroke giving it 1,781 cubic inches of displacement. International Harvester built the 30-60 Titan at the Milwaukee Works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1915 […]
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