Heritage Iron Issue #28 - Digital Copy

Heritage Iron Issue #28 Jul/Aug 2013 - Digital Copy

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• FEATURING: Minneapolis-Moline G950. The G series of tractors for Minneapolis-Moline designated their largest models at that time. Built from 1969 through 1971, the G950 was basically the same tractor as the G900, but with updated sheet metal. Feature tractor owner: Dennis and Julie Happ - Homer, IL.

• Monster Disks of the Heritage Era. As tractors grew in the Heritage Era, so did the implements they pulled. Among the largest and most impressive tillage implements of the time period were big disks that appeared on the market during the 1970s and early-1980s: JD, Steiger, Wilbeck, Sunflower, Hesston, Bumblebee, and more.

• Around the Drawbar: Department of Labor.

• Viscosity Oil. How did Viscosity become well known yet remain anonymous? They did so by becoming the exclusive lubricant provider and blender for a number of OEMs, such as Cub Cadet, International Harvester, and now Case IH. The  most famous lubricant product Viscosity Oil makes for the Muscle Tractor Era fan is actually a hydraulic fluid.

• Ride and Drive Baling. Self-propelled equipment was making its debut in virtually every venue, as mechanized farming was emerging as a way for each farmer to handle more land: Hesston, New Holland. 

• Mini Muscle: John Ryland's Golden Oldies, Minneapolis-Moline and Artisan Customs.

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