Heritage Iron Issue #63 - Digital Copy

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• FEATURING: Allis-Chalmers 7060. Throughout much of tractor history, it seems that three main features have been the focus of new models and new product introductions. Those include more power, more gears, and more comfort. First introduced in 1974, the Allis-Chalmers Model 7060 tractor had a little bit of all three, especially as modifications progressed through its final year in 1981. Feature tractor owner: Mark Hacker - Athens, MI.

• John Deere 4320. The year was 1972. An Iowa farmer needed a new tractor for his hog and cash crop farm, and found that a John Deere 4320 would fit the bill. For nearly 34 years, the steadfast green and yellow powerhouse would be his “go-to” tractor on the farm until his retirement in 2006. And then for nearly a decade, it sat resting and waiting in the farmer’s corn crib... waiting for another chance to work. That opportunity finally came in the form of the farmer’s great nephew, 15-year old Garrett Conway from Washington, Iowa.

• Hydra-Mac: Another Steiger Innovation, Part 2.

• IH Cyclo Planters: The 400 & 500, part 1 - development of the 400 planter. 

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

• Wanted: Allis-Chalmers One-Eighty, serial no. 9729.