BLENDON TOWNSHIP — As tractor enthusiast Dave Snyder demonstrated, it takes a bit more effort than turning a key to fire up a vintage 1913 Case 20/40 tractor. After squirting some gas into a couple ...

Clark Bandimere’s 1912 Case Steam Tractor was once a regular visitor to farms across Carver and Scott County. Today, catching a glimpse of the 10-ton machine is a bit of a special occasion – one ...

Advances that helped the introduction of steam-powered cars and that could be adopted for steam tractors included using paraffin instead of coal to heat the water. The liquid fuel needed less space ...

HITTERDAL, Minn. — Inside one of several sheds at the Larry and Regina Jacobson farm near Hitterdal in western Minnesota's Clay County are dozens of gas and diesel relics parked so close together you ...