Heritage Iron Issue #02 - Digital Copy

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• FEATURING: John Deere 8020: 8010/8020, Early Muscle... Too Early? In Marshalltown, IA, the fall of 1959, Deere shocked onlookers as it demonstrated for the first time the John Deere 8010, which was to become available to the public in April of 1960. Feature tractor owner: Donner Family - Three Oaks, MI.

• M&W Gear, Part 2: Piston & Sleeve Kits: This company built many successful products through the years to help improve efficiency and add more power. In this installment, we'll cover some of those various products along with the reasoning behind them.

• Homes Every Collector Should See, Part 2: IH Connection, The Tinker Cottage, The Glessner Mansion, and Cantigny.

• Machinery Milestones: The tractor scene 30, 40, and 50 years ago.

• Machinery Profiles: David Brown + Case Muscle Tractor? Case purchased David Brown in 1972 to round out its tractor lineup and add smaller utility tractors to its hefty tractor series.

• White Motors Buyers Guides: White's slogan for 1973 was, "WHITE IS UP TO SOMETHING." Unfortunately, no one could figure out what.

• Field Sprayers in the Heritage Era: You have to have a reason for owning a field sprayer. In the early part of the Heritage Era, weed control had more to do with cultivating a couple times or crop rotation. But, as the 1960s dawned, so did a whole new era of herbicide chemistries that changed the way we farm. 

• Dealer Feature: Herschel Johnson Implement - Albion, IL. If Allis or AGCO were to present an award for "Dealer Loyalty" to the brand, it would have to go to Herschel Johnson Implement. 

• Hydrostatic Drive Tractors, Part 1: A Shift Away from Gears: The onset of WWII  only forced researchers and industrial designers to rapidly advance their work on using high-pressure fluids to transmit mechanical energy in a compact, simple form. 

• Shop Talk: Rebuilding a Model M6 Century Converter.