Heritage Iron Issue #83

Heritage Iron Issue #83 - Sept/Oct 2022

• FEATURING: International Harvester 7488. Unveiled at the Farm Progress Show in the fall of 1984, the last new tractor series from IH was the Super 70 Series. Feature tractor owner: Hermann Collection - Hermann, MO.

• Allis-Chalmers 440 Landhandler: The Steiger-Built Model Became the New "Giant of the Line." Nobody likes to finish last or even close to last in the race, especially if it is costing you money. However, that's the position in which AC found itself in the early-1970s.

• Year-A-Round Cab Company: More Than A Cab Builder, Part 1. Some of the Muscle Tractor Era's greatest innovators weren't engineers. They were farmers whose skills came from hands-on working on the farm, such as Merton Anderson, founder of Year-A-Round Cab Co.

• From the History Vault: What was happening 40, 50, and 60 years ago in the tractor industry? Read these tidbits of history straight from Sherry Schaefer's personal literature collection.

• Steiger Heritage Club: Keeping the Legacy Alive. 

• Mini Muscle: Jim Gorman's Custom-Crafted Field King Tractor Models.