Heritage Iron Issue #07 - Digital Copy

Heritage Iron Issue #07 - Digital Copy

• FEATURING: Massey 97, the new giant of the Massey-Ferguson line. When the country entered the Muscle Tractor Era, Massey was a little behind. Without time to design and put into production a model of their own, the company turned to other manufacturers to provide them with a higher horsepower tractor. Feature tractor owner: Dean Zingre - Sandwich, IL.

• John Deere's Power Shift Transmission: The Power Shift transmission, initially introduced by Deere in 1964, was the incubator for many of today's transmission technologies. 

• International Harvester STS Series: In the summer of 1984, IH unveiled its last series of tractors that would barely start production being being axed, the new IH Super 70 Series STS tractors.

• Machinery Profile: White 9320 Rotary Combine... so close! Introduced to WFE dealers in Scottsdale, AZ, in January 1985.

• Big Bud 16V-747: The world's largest tractor made its debut showing at the 2009 Half Century of Progress Show, all the way from Big Sandy, MT.

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

• Short-Line: Simonsen Iron Works/Grabill-Dixson of Sioux Rapids, IA: Simonsen built a reputation for making quality metal products for a number of industrial and other commercial customers. 

• Tractor Trek USA: Chamberlain 9G Group from Australia drives across the USA.

• Museums at the Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Association in Mt. Pleasant, IA.