Hold-downTo be safer when using his table saw, Wayne Miller form Rushsylvania, Ohio, made a safe hand-applied hold-down out of a 9-inch-long piece of .25-inch plywood. The narrow width fits between the fence ...

Tee upWilliam Davis has mud daubers on his farm in Platte City, Missouri. He says they were filling all the air tools and hoses in his shop with mud. Then he discovered that golf tees work very well to keep ...

RefillsIn order to eliminate wasteful gas spills Dennis Divine of Joplin, Missouri, says that he finds the compact plastic funnels ideal for two cycle engines. They cost less than $2 and are available in the ...

Hand gripAs an added safety measure for using his cord saw, Tom Crittenden bolted this inexpensive holder to a simple mount. A used spring on the bottom helps pull it back away from the wood. The Mansfield ...

Power upOn the 4x2-foot charging table he built in his Fairmount, North Dakota, shop, Gary Osborn wired all the plug-in plates through a one-hour timer. To charge a battery the timer is set and the proper ...

Sharpening guideDennis Wright of Cataldo, Idaho, discovered that two hex nuts glued or spot-welded together make a quick and accurate angle gauge for sharpening drill bits. He says that the top angle will fit ...

EyehooksIn the time it took to screw in one eye hook by hand, Keith Wurtz of Ipswich, South Dakota, found that he could install five eye hooks with a simple modification to his cordless drill. By using another ...

Knife guardJack Kiser of Fremont, Ohio, uses this homemade stand to remove the knife guard below a bad section in his combine. The stand is made from a large 1-inch threaded rod and nut plus a short piece of ...

U-jointWhen the driveshaft on a tractor is open, the universal joint can become entangled with hay. To keep his U-joint free, Thomas Foster Jr., Brookneal, Virginia, made a cover for it with a rubber mud flap ...

Groove jointBy grinding away the shaded areas (shown) on a pair of adjustable groove-joint pliers, Jerry Gray of Windom, Texas, made a tool that is very effective at helping take out or put in master links in ...

ChainsJohn Toman from Flasher shares his technique for putting chains on tires: He lays out the chains behind the wheels and puts a tarp strap through each rear wheel rim so he can connect the strap hooks to ...

Extension wrenchCraig Morton designed and built this rest to use for changing dual wheels. Made of 2.5-inch square tubing, it holds and helps stabilize the free end of the extension wrench, leaving both hands ...

Jack readyPaul Brockmeyer of Nokomis, Illinois, modified the trailer he uses for his ATV and lawn mower by welding a 6-inch-long piece of 2-inch pipe directly in front of both wheels. So if he has a flat, all ...

Clean gutters safelyThis use-from-the-ground gutter cleaner is made of a 12-foot-long piece of 2x2-inch wooden pole with two pieces of 1x2-inch wood cut to fit the spout. Willard Pearson angled the handle so ...

Shop door handlesThe 5-inch horizontal handles that came with his 17-foot-high machine shed doors were just inadequate, says W. Donald Ray of Monmouth, Illinois. He suggested to the vendor adding a second ...

Paint can holderIf you use an aluminum ladder for painting, good news: There is probably a paint can holder right in your kitchen. Donald Rolf of Shenandoah, Iowa, grew tired of holding the heavy can. So he ...

Metal roofingKeith Henry had new metal roofing to install on the barn at his Jefferson, Ohio, farm so he made a harness from a 42-inch-long 1.25x3-inch wood strip. A worker on the ground attaches the metal ...

Pail trolleyWhen it was time to tear down an old shed on Devin Middendorf’s Sauk Centre, Minnesota, farm, he saved the door tracks. Then he rebolted them on the floor joists in the stanchion barn along with ...

Wheels on ladderInstead of having to carry his extension ladder, Harry Zuhone can now push or pull it. He mounted two wheels from a discarded push mower on the top of the ladder. That modification also lets ...

Consolidated ChargersBrian McAfee was tired of having the chargers for his electrical tools all in different spots, so he mounted them on a ½-inch piece of plywood along with a power strip to plug the tools ...

Revolving Shop StandThe base for this revolving shop stand is a final drive housing found by Bryan Hoersten of Delphos, Ohio, on a worn-out tractor in a salvage yard. He mounted a bench grinder on one side and ...

Hose CapsCarson Tardy says they hang their extra hydraulic hoses on the wall to keep them out of the way in their farm shop in Effingham, Illinois. The hoses drip oil making a mess. So before they put a hose ...

Extension Cord ReelTo create an extension cord reel remove the pour spouts from two 5-gallon bucket lids. Fasten a handle to the center of one lid with one screw so it can spin, and fasten a second handle on ...

Torch StandWhen he needs to heat iron until it’s red hot (for straightening or shaping), Jack Kiser uses this stand he built at his farm in Fremont, Ohio. This is an advantage because if he has to turn off ...

Wired kernelTo keep mice from removing and escaping with the bait from his mousetrap, Dennis Nahrwold of Ossian, Indiana, drilled two tiny holes in a kernel of corn. Then he threaded the holes with very small ...

Tee upMud daubers were filling William Davis’s air tools and hoses with mud when he wasn’t using them in his Platte City, Missouri, farm shop. That is, until he began to push golf tees into the openings ...

Owl perchGophers were making a mess of Ted Paulsrud’s alfalfa fields near Danbury, Iowa. Using scrap steel laying around he built a set of perches. With a perch to rest and hunt on, owls and hawks control ...

Bird Food ProtectorTo keep squirrels off of his bird feeders, Minot, North Dakota, farmer Al Bennett rests two popcorn tin lids with holes drilled in their centers on electrical tape wound around wire threaded ...

Barbed wire spacerRay Schroeder, Buhler, Kansas, made this device to support the barbed wires a few inches from the post, which frees both hands for driving staples. The 2-inch pegs made of ¼-inch iron are ...

Walk-through fenceWithout a latch or chain to undo, it’s much easier to go through a fence, says Jerome Hofer of Mitchell, South Dakota. This modification creates space that is wide enough for a person to ...

Heavy-duty eyeEyes made of wire often bend out of shape. Unable to find a company that makes an eye for a heavy-duty electric fence gate, Art Jansen made his own at his Fordyce, Nebraska, farm. He used ¼-inch ...

Dirt packerUsing a piece of 6-pound pipe, 5/8-inch rod for two 4-foot-long bars, and two bicycle hand grips, D.H. Smith Jr. and his son made this device to pack dirt extra tight around fence posts. A ...

Wraparound hingeWith its conventional hinge, Vance Haugen’s gate would only move 180 degrees. With the hinge he built in place, he can fold the gate 350 degrees. This makes it easier to maneuver the tractor ...

Spring tightensStanley Stewart of Fairbury, Nebraska, says he uses old springs from car hoods to keep his electric fences tight. Available in salvage yards, they have saved him a great deal of breakage, he ...

Villwock Farms added a 64x32-foot structure centered along the western side of their shop structure to house an office complex. Besides accommodating both Don and Jason’s office, this structure provides room ...

The 12x24-foot part’s storage room was created to avoid having to locate parts bins and shelves in the main repair and maintenance bay. Because the part’s room is located in the office structure it is air ...

The shop features three doors located along the south side of the structure. The doors were thus positioned as they face a large open staging area in the farmyard. Equipment enters the farmyard to the right ...

The 72x80-foot area that constitutes the main repair and maintenance bay provides adequate room to unfold a 24-row planter. The bottom 8 feet of the wall is covered with white glass board “that is impact ...

Combination outlets providing access to electricity, air and water are located in three positions around the exterior wall of the maintenance bay. Beyond typical 120-volt outlets, electrical service included ...

Four large casement windows over the workbench provide outstanding work light over the workbench, particularly during the winter months. But, as the windows face north that light is not direct and thus ...

The 31-foot-wide by 68-foot-long wash bay has a drain running the length of the room.

A loft at the north end of the wash bay provides for long-term storage of large parts as well as two old stainless steel tanks that old lubricant.

The Villwock Farms also poured a 32x64-foot concrete pad on the east side of the shop to serve both as a staging area for equipment as well as an additional wash pad. “This is where we would wash off ...

This single door design employed by J&J Farms of Milledgeville, Illinois, provides a single 28-foot-wide door that opens into a major service and repair bay. The farm’s office and break room, restroom ...

This two-door design employed by Greg and Heidi Otto in their Lester Prairie, Minnesota, shop features a massive 35-foot-wide door and 20-foot sidewalls. A second door provides easy access to a second vehicle ...

Brit Liljedahl of Missouri Valley, Iowa, took the approach of placing two doors on the side (his shop’s main entrance) and end of the structure. The 20-foot-side side door to the side opens into a wash area ...

This is one of the most extensive shop and office complexes ever featured in Successful Farming and is the brainchild of Patrick and Sarah Schaffer.

Brad Minor of Rutland, South Dakota, utilized three doors in his shop design. His shop’s main entrance is a combination of side-by-side doors at the end of the shop. The stile separating the doors can be ...

Here is a variation on the shop-and-storage under one roof theme. However, this shop layout also includes a second door positioned on the side of the shop which creates a second work bay that can be used for ...

Notice the two 30-foot-wide doors leading into the storage area. The door to the left leads into a machinery storage area. The door to the right provides access both into machinery storage (on the rock floor) ...

Bob and Debbie Klempf were in great need for a business center for their operation located near Wheatfield, Indiana. Originally, the Klempf’s office was located inside the shop (at the left side of the ...

We featured Patrick and Sarah Schaffer’s shop in a previous illustration. This layout provides more detail on their office complex. Note the two-story approach to the design. The farm’s main offices are ...

Shyrock Farms floor plan- See more at the Agriculture.com Farm Shops page

Allis-Chalmers MOffering up to 30 drawbar horsepower, the Model M Allis-Chalmers crawler tractor was introduced in 1932 packing a 300 cubic-inch Allis-built engine. This variation of the M was designed for ...

Bates Steel MuleThe advantages of the Half-track design, rear tracks that provided great traction, and front steering wheels for easy maneuverability, caught the attention of the Joliet Oil Tractor Company ...

Caterpillar D6Caterpillar established itself as the king of crawler companies with the introduction of the D-Series of tractors in the late 1930s. All three crawlers utilized a two-cylinder gas “pony” ...

Ford 4040 IndustrialBased off of Ford Model 1801 industrial tractor, the Model 4040 was produced for a short time in the early 1960s. The adaptation was made using a Caterpillar Model D2 undercarriage and the ...

IHC McCormick-Deering T20It was inevitable that International Harvester, with it huge line of tractors, farm machinery and vehicles, would offer a crawler tractor. Just over 15,000 Model T-20s were built from ...

Oliver OC-6The OC-6 was introduced in 1953 and was derived from the Model 77 wheel tractor. It was powered with a six-cylinder, Oliver-built engine and was offered in four track treads of 32, 42, 60 and 68 ...

MechWart'sThe world’s oldest existing tractor, the Hungarian-built 1896 Mechwart’s, was discovered by Graeme Quick shown with curator Klaus Kerrmann, in the German museum where the tractor now ...

Johnston went on to fabricate another machine with a two-cylinder power plant. No one knows what became of that two-cylinder Auto-Mower. But the single-cylinder tractor served as the model for a patent ...

Created by Daniel Albone in Biggleswade, England, the Ivel was capable of pulling a two- to three-bottom plow thanks to a British-built engine with two horizontally opposed cylinders.

The use of oil, rather than water, allowed for higher cylinder temperatures that allowed the 18-30 to readily burn low-grade distillate fuels. Water was injected into the fuel to reduce premature detonation.

International Type ABuilt in 1906, the 15-horsepower International Type A was IHC’s first attempt at making a large-scale tractor. The single-cylinder engine’s speed was regulated by a governor and cooled ...

CockShutt 30The power take-off (PTO) concept is almost as old as the tractor itself. But, the PTO fell short in the field--until the Cockshutt 30 (1946). It offered an independent PTO running directly off the ...

Massey-Harris 44Massey-Harris always came up short in establishing itself in the market. But in 1947, the same year they celebrated its hundredth anniversary, the company hit a lick with a new series ...

Rockol B77The Rockol was spawned as a sideline to construction equipment like so many other short-lived tractors made after WWII. Tractor sales were at all-time highs, luring otherwise non-ag firms into ...

Waterloo Bronco 100Vets returning to their farms after WWII were convinced that mechanical hp was the way to go. Firms like Waterloo Mfg. Co. capitalized on that demand by making swarms of new tractors, like ...

Allis-Chalmers GThe Model G, with its unique rear-mounted engine, was the king of truck-garden tractors. During its production life from 1948 to 1955, nearly 30,000 Model G s were sold. Built at ...

Baltes Steel MuleHalf-track crawlers first started to appear on the farm in the 1910s followed by appearances in World War 1. The advantages of this design caught the attention of the Joliet Oil Tractor ...

David Bradley Tri-TracThis unique straddle-seated garden tractor was produced by David Bradley Mfg. Works for Sears in the 1950s. The Tri-Trac was unique in many ways featuring a “three-wheel steering” ...

Ford 8-16The Ford 8-16 is not only unique for its design but also famous in its poor engineering. Wilmot Crozier of Polk County, Nebraska, was one of many farmers swindled by purchasing a Ford tractor. It was ...

IndianaThe later 1910s saw a great many “motor cultivator” tractors produced such as the Indiana. These machines placed the engine up front. But power was transferred to front-mounted drive wheels. The ...

John Deere All Wheel DriveThe All-Wheel-Drive (AWD) was a successful failure. Successful in that the tractor represented state-of-the-art advances. But its price of $1,500 when the tractor was introduced in ...

Lanz AlldogCertainly one of the most successful, if not also unique, multipurpose tractors was the 1951 Alldog Implement Carrier. The innovative machine was built to work in the field as a tractor utilizing an ...

Power Horse 20AThe Power Horse’s rein-pull steering and clutch controls allowed it to be driven from sulky-seated implement left over from horse farming. EIMCO Corp. was aiming to convert the last of the ...

ThiemanFarmers hungry for mechanical horsepower but short on cash found a solution in Thieman Harvester Company’s “economy” tractor. The Albert City, Iowa, firm sold its Thieman tractor with a Model A ...

Avery 12-25The two-cylinder engine in the Avery 12-25 featured reversible cylinder walls. Built between 1916 to 1922, the 7,500 lb. model 12-25 offered a two-range transmission with speeds of 13⁄4 and 23⁄4 ...

These tractors were traditional in every sense except for their trademark “spudded” drive wheels. Fageol Motors Co. went on to build trucks and buses that sold worldwide. Today, the Fageol name lives on in ...

Grain Belt 18-36Grain Belt Tractor Company got its start in 1917 in Fessenden, North Dakota, selling plow and thresher tractors like the Model 18-36. Grain Belt rated the tractor to pull a four-bottom plow ...

Minneapolis Threshing 22-44Weighing in at 6 tons, the Minneapolis Threshing Model 22-44 is a giant by today’s tractor standards. But it was the smallest tractor in this manufacturer’s line. Its big ...

Recognizing the need for lithe horsepower, Russell came out with a smaller tractor with the introduction of the Model 12-24 (shown here). Powered by a four-cylinder Waukesha engine, the tractor 12-24 delivered ...

GMC would later introduce the Samson Model D Iron Horse, a unique motor cultivator, in 1919. But that tractor was plagues by mechanical problems and was promptly withdrawn from the market. GMC discontinued ...

But after production ceased on Bull tractors, Toro decided to get into the tractor business in 1918 by building this simple but affordable machine, the Model A, assembled mostly by utilizing purchased ...

Wallis Cub Junior 13-25The Cub Junior was the successor to the Wallis Cub which was the first to use a one-piece frame. The unit frame design was improved upon in the Cub Junior by enclosing the final drives ...

Aultman & Taylor 30-60Aultman & Taylor gained fame by producing excellent steam traction engines. The model 30-60 was the pride of the line generating 9,160 lbs. of draft in Nebraska tests. Power came ...

Fairbanks Morse 15-25An air pump was used in the starting process to bring pressure up in the cylinder. This powerplant had a single horizontal cylinder that was none-the-less smooth running thanks to a huge ...

Holt 75The Model 75 provides a single example of Benjamin Holt’s engineering greatness by making crawlers accesible to farmers. His second notoriety was the method by which his machine’s tracks were ...

IHC Mogul Type CInternational Harvester was producing tractors as early as 1906. The Type C, built between 1907 and 1913, was rated at 15 hp. which was generated by a single-cylinder engine rated at 240 rpm ...

Minneapolis Threshing 35-70Minneapolis Threshing Machinery Co. was famous for building large and heavy-duty equipment. The model 35-70, introduced in 1920,  was no exception turning out a maximum 52.5 ...

Minneapolis Steel Twin City 40-65Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. was known for building powerful tractors and the Twin City 40-65 was no exception. The tractor, introduced in 1920, was powered by a ...

Pioneer 30The horizontally-opposed cylinders on the Pioneer 30’s engine operated with such balance as to create an almost vibrationless operation. The Pioneer Tractor Manufacturing Company of Winona ...

GarnerThe Garner tractor was built by William Galloway’s firm in Iowa. Galloway had been in the car \business for several years prior to introducing his Farmobile tractor in 1916. Galloway struck a deal with ...

GS&M 12-24 BeaverAt one time in the early 1900s, eyes were on Canada and its millions of acres of prime prairie waiting to be opened up to farming. Canadian manufacturer Goold, Shapley & Muir Company ...

Holt 2 TonAlthough the baby of the Caterpillar line, the 2-ton still weighed 4,000 pounds and packed enough power to pull a four-bottom plow. The powerplant on the 2-Ton was a Holt-built overhead cam affair in ...

LausonThe sleek-looking Model 15-30 helped maintain Lauson’s reputation for building high quality and dependable tractors. The 1920 Model 15-30, called the Lauson Full Jewel, employed a Beaver four-cylinder ...

ParrettAt one time the Parrett was manufactured in the largest tractor plant in the world. The Parrett brothers, Henry and Dent, helped pioneer modern tractor development in the early 1900s starting at least ...

Turner SimplicityTurner Manufacturing was short-lived in the tractor business but did provide the foundation for today’s Simplicity garden tractors. However, its former sale manager William Niederkorn and ...

Bradley (Sears)When Sears was looking to expand sales to farmers and was trying to find a full-featured tractor to sell under their Bradley brand, they struck a deal with Parrett Tractor Company. The Bradley ...

Graham-Bradley 103 (Sears)The 32 horsepower streamlined beauty was built by automotive manufacturer Graham-Paige for sale exclusively in Sears department stores. To be accurate, the actual manufacturer of the ...

David Bradley Handiman R-T (Sears)Built by David Bradley Manufacturing and sold by Sears from 1938 until the 1950s, the Handiman was sold in three different 2-wheel models that include the B38 (2 hp.), C38 (3 ...

Wards TwinMontgomery Wards competed with Sears in the tractor business with this powerhouse built for them by the Harry A. Lowther Company of Shelbyville, Indiana. The Model HR, built in the early 1950s ...

AllgaierManufactured between 1946 and 1949, the single-cylinder, 18-hp. Allgaier, a tool company, offered German farmers affordable horsepower to replace their horses. Best described as a stationary engine on ...

ChamberlainAustralian tractors are not as renowned as their counterparts in America. But for years an Australian machine held the record as the world’s fastest tractor! The first prototype Chamberlain ...

Deutz FLThe Deutz FL was part of a range of tractors that were offered in one-, two- and three-cylinder diesel models. This particular tractor employed a 45 cubic-inch single-cylinder air-cooled diesel. A ...

Ferguson Type ARarely does engineering advancement come along that has such an impact that it changes agriculture. Such was the case with Harry Ferguson’s Type A tractor. Ferguson didn’t create the hitch ...

Holder A-20Holder’s lithe but powerful four-wheel-drive tractors were ideally suited to operate on the hilly fields or confining vineyards of the German countryside. The 2,569-pound Model A-20 (pictured) put ...

Lanz FamilySimple, rugged, dependable, and economical. Built by those attributes, Heinrich Lanz’s tractors became a favorite of fellow Germans, and farmers across Europe all the way to Australia. Lanz ...

Lanz AlldogCertainly one of the most successful, if not also unique, multipurpose tractors was the Alldog Implement Carrier. When it came time to haul produce to town and even the family to church, the Alldog ...

MarshallAt the end of World War II, the vaunted British manufacturer Marshall Sons & Company looked to the future and introduced a highly stylized tractor that also featured a diesel engine. Operating at ...

Nuffield 4/65The Nuffield tractor story began in 1945 when the British government, attempting to restart the economy following World War II, approached the Nuffield Mechanisations organization to see if they ...

Porsche Super DieselThe three-cylinder Porsche Super Diesel Model 3 PL 33 employed an air-cooled engine that was rated for 37 horsepower. Built from 1957 to 1964, the Super Diesel offered such innovations as a ...

GMV Model 25This is a copy of a John Deere Model B built to capitalize on Deere’s popularity in Sweden. Gnosjo Mekaniska Verkstad’s Model 25 mimicked the B in every aspect, except every part of the tractor ...

Cockshutt, a Canadian horsepower company based out of Brantford, Ontario, enjoyed a long prosperous history beginning in 1928 selling tractors not only in Canada, but across the US and overseas. Cockshutt made ...

Cockshutt 30Until the Cockshutt 30 was introduced in 1946, PTO shafts would stop dead whenever the transmission was disengaged. The Cockshutt 30, however, offered an independent PTO that ran directly off the ...

Cockshutt 40In 1950, Cockshutt introduced the Model 40 as an expansion of a line of tractors in response to their popular Model 30. The tractor used a 230 cu. in. Buda, six-cylinder, I-head engine rated at ...

Cockshutt (Oliver) 60This tractor was an Oliver Model 60 in all aspects except for color. The tractor was powered by an Oliver-built, four-cylinder I-head engine that generated 131/2-drawbar hp. A four-speed ...

Cockshutt (Oliver) 80Prior to manufacturing their own tractor line, Cockshutt had Oliver Corporation build tractors for them. The Cockshutt 80 was offered in 1937 but not adorned with the fancy sheet metal ...

Cockshutt 580This rare Model 580, the one and only 580 built as an experimental tractor, and was to be introduced as part of the 500 series expansion. At this time, however, Cockshutt was acquired by White ...

Co-op E-3 (continued)NFMC later added the Cockshutt Models 20 (with an E-2 decal), 40 (E-4 decal), and 50 (E-5 decal) to their line respectively introduced in 1952, 1949, and 1952. To increase market share ...

Gibson Manufacturing traces its roots back to Wilber Gibson who founded the firm in 1946 establishing a manufacturing plant in Longmont, Colorado. What was unique about the early Gibson garden tractors is that ...

AThe first production tractor of Gibson, the Model A, was powered with a 6 horsepower Wisconsin Model AEH engine that worked with a three-speed transmission. Equipment included two independent rear wheel ...

SDThe Gibson SD brought styling to the tractor line featuring fenders, a hood and front grill. Original SDs employed the Gibson lever-steering system. The 1,065-pound tractor was powered by a 5 horsepower ...

Super D2The predecessor to the Model Super D, the Super D2 continued to use the 12 horsepower Wisconsin Model TF two-cylinder engine. Power was transferred to a three-speed (2 to 7 mph) transmission through a ...

HRated at 24 horsepower by its manufacturer, the Model H was Gibson’s first full-sized tractor. Equipped with a Hercules Model 1XB Hercules four-cylinder (3 1/4x4-inch bore and stroke) engine. Power was put ...

IThe largest Gibson tractor built, the Model I, was powered by a Hercules Model QXD-5, L-head six-cylinder engine with a 3 7/16 x 4 1/8-inch bore-and-stroke rated at 40 horsepower. Power was transferred ...

Centaur Designs like the Centaur tractor were created to fulfill demands for horsepower by truck farms and orchards. The Greenwich, Ohio-based firm, Centaur Tractor Company, rolled out their Model 6-10 in 1932 ...

David Bradley Tri-Trac (Sears)The unique Tri-Trac was one of six garden tractors produced by David Bradley for Sears, Roebuck and Company. The Tri-Trac was unique in many ways featuring a “three-wheel ...

Gard’n Mast’r GB35DThe maker of the Gard’N Mast’R, Garden-All Tractor Inc., was a serious force in the garden tractor market. The Liberty, Indiana-based Garden-All Tractor group, Gard’n Mast’r was ...

HeftyWhile designed for gardening and grounds keeping chores, the Hefty model G was anything but light duty packing a Continental four-cylinder, water-cooled engine that generated 27 PTO hp. The tractor’s ...

LincolnThe “Plain Jane” Lincoln Garden Tractor provided acreage owners a cheap form of horsepower. Huge demand by returning soldiers for modern conveniences like garden tractors caught the attention of ...

Ottawa Serious gardeners and “after supper” farmers were the target market of Ottawa Manufacturing Company’s Mule Team tractors. Unlike most garden tractors sold in the early 1950s, the Mule Team line ...

Standard TwinGarden tractors in the early days of its development lack an operator’s seat let along a rear axle. Instead, power was delivered to a single axle. The Standard Twin, one of the earliest examples ...

Windolph Chain-TredTraction was never a problem for the Windolph Chain-Tred Deluxe garden tractor. Built in the early 1950s, the Chain-Tred employed tracks featuring spade-like treads that bit into the soil ...