Heritage Iron Issue #75

Heritage Iron Issue #75  May/June 2021

• FEATURING: John Deere 4630: All-New Generation II. The introduction of the Generation II tractors spoiled the operator with even more comforts to keep the Long Green Line ahead of the pack. Feature tractor owner: Jim Ludwig - Lanark, IL.

• Ford TW-30. Having the first air-to-air intercooler in an Ag tractor, the TW-30 put the Ford name alongside the competition with a 165-horsepoer tractor in 1979. 

• Versatile's Bi-Directional Tractor: It's Out of this World! It was a simple idea - a tractor that could operate equally in either direction. Dan Pakosh, brother of Versatile founder, Peter Pakosh, did, and in 1975, he patented the innovation that let the operator spin their seat around to work either direction. 

• Case competed with Deere: Case 2290 vs. 4440. 

• Mini Muscle: Gary Arledge's Scale Model Tractors.