It may sound hard to believe, but there was a time when tractors were in such short supply that people used their cars to plow, make hay, and haul logs. It happened in the 1940s when farming equipment ...

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Ever heard of the Ford Doodlebug? Of course, you haven't, it's not even a real nameplate. Doodlebug is a slang name for a home-built tractor during World War 2. Why did farmers build their own ...

Farm vehicles live rough lives. They work hard and go without washes or covered storage, rusting in the rain and breaking under the strain. But even for a tractor, this Model A has had a rough life.

2018 is the Year of the Tractor at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and this 1918 Waterloo Boy, one of the first tractors with a combustion engine, just went on exhibit.