How To Keep Your Classic Tractor Alive

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is a comprehensive, one-stop encyclopedic guide for the beginning farmer, hobby farmer, and small-scale family farmer. Are you interested in the country lifestyle or becoming more self-reliant? Do you think about someday raising livestock or growing crops? If you’re ready to make these thoughts a reality, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is the perfect place to start. Farming experts Philip Hasheider and Samantha Johnson explain farming from start to finish: build your own fence, repair your own machinery, and know what to look for when you’re buying a tractor. Instead of buying a book on each subject area, you need just this one, which condenses the most important and relevant information on every aspect of running a farm into a single handy volume. And unlike other books, it’s designed specifically for the owner of a working farm. This practical illustrated guide provides hard-won expert advice on raising livestock and growing crops, making repairs, harvesting and butchering, managing a woodlot, and more. It’s everything you need to know to establish and maintain your farm.

Finally! A restoration guide with the kind of detail needed for a first class job. How to Restore Classic Farm Tractors is packed with hundreds of helpful full-color photographs, proven tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from restorers who know what works . . . and what doesn't. This guide will walk you step-by-step through the complete restoration of your tractor from disassembly to engine rebuild, from electrics to painting and final detailing. There's even a handy section on parts sources. So, no matter if you favor John Deeres, Fords, Farmalls, A-Cs, or Minnie-Mos, with Gaine's guidance you're well on your way to showing off your shiny "new" classic tractor! Tharran Gaines has specialized in agricultural writing for the past 25 years. He has written owners' manuals, repair guides, and sales brochures for most of the major tractor companies, such as ACGO's Allis-Chalmers, White, and Hesston lines.

Packed with hundreds of helpful full-color photographs, proven tips and money-saving advice. "We can't remember the last time we saw a book that took such an unflinching look at a hobby." Popular Mechanics.com.

Vintage and Classic Tractor Restoration is a complete guide to the subject, looking at how to initially purchase a tractor, through private means or at auction, and then how to restore it back to its former glory, as it would have looked when it left the factory. It is even possible to preserve a classic tractor in its working condition, which has a unique appeal to some tractor collectors and in some ways is harder than a full restoration to undertake. Practical techniques have been amply illustrated throughout the book, ranging from the simple use of a lathe or milling machine to the making from scratch of various tools useful in restoration work. Rather than just replacing items such as carburettor, starter motor or dynamo, practical advice is given on how to test and rebuild these compondents back to full operation. Fifty-two practical picture spreads show techniques suitable for restorers of all levels of skill. Contents: Setting up the workshop and making specialist tools; Finding a tractor to restore; Engine and fuel; Electrical systems; Transmission and brakes; Wheels, tyres and steering; Hydraulics and the three-point linkage; Metalwork; Painting and finishing. Aimed at serious tractor enthusiasts and agricultural machinery engineers and fully illustrated wth 1100 colour photographs.

Hundreds of helpful color photographs, proven tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from expert restorers.

The only all-marque antique tractor restoration guide is back in print, packed with the kind of detail you need to complete a first-class restoration. How to Restore Your Farm Tractorfeatures hundreds of helpful full-color photographs, proven tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from restorers who know what works…and what doesn’t. Tractor expert Tharran Gaines walks you step by step through the restoration techniques applicable to all of the most popular and collectible makes, covering: Shopping for a tractor and setting up shop Engine disassembly and rebuild Clutches and transmissions Final drives and brakes Steering Hydraulic, electrical, and fuel systems Tires and wheels Body repair, painting, and decals There’s even information on antique tractor shows and demos, as well as a handy updated section on parts sources. John Deere, Ford, Farmall, Allis-Chalmers, Minneapolis-Moline, and more…no matter your passion, with Gaines’ guidance you will be well on your way to transforming that old tractor into a shiny “new” classic!

The five-book series is about Ted, a thirteen-year-old boy. After he goes to work for Eds Marine, Ted shows off his woodworking skill by building a small sailboat. Teds father gets him fired from Eds Marine because his grades are low. He is so disappointed he decides to go live with his grandparents. He didnt realize how poor his grandpa and grandma are, but the poverty helps him become self-reliant. With hunger at the door, Ted learns all kinds of ways to make a little money; he even goes to the trash cans in the allies to search for anything he could use. Grandpa teaches Ted to plow with his mules, Red and Kate. Now, he can make a little money by plowing the spring gardens for the city folks. Woody, Teds new friend, helps him start working on his music with his guitar. He also practices on the piano at church and school. With his harmonica, Ted is a talented musician. Woody and Ted play their music on street corners almost every Saturday. It gives him long hours of practice. Teds music and plowing help relieve the poverty. He eventually buys an old Model A Roadster that comes with a trailer full of lawn-mowing equipment. Mowing the family cemetery, plowing, and playing his music have helped Ted and his grandparents shake off poverty. In book 5, Ted and his grandparents are able to buy a new farm and become successfully independent.