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Talking classic tractors

Jeff Caldwell Jeff Caldwell 10/03/2012 @ 1:13pm Multimedia Editor for Agriculture.com and Successful Farming magazine.

What's your favorite classic workhorse? There's been no shortage of innovations that have come and gone over the decades -- some for better and others for worse -- from the tricycle front to tracks and on to some of the larger 4-wheel-drive machines of the 1970s and beyond. So, what's been the most important innovation in tractors over the years? Check out a few classics here! So, what's your favorite classic tractor of all-time?

WEIRD tractor designs

  

4-wheel drive pioneers

 

A jet-powered tractor?





Wide world of crawlers

  

Horsepower up north

  

Tractors & memories
 

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