A Brockway Farm Tractor?

I have been collecting antique tractors for about ten years now and up until I took this photo I never new the Brockway Company made farm tractors. The company which is well-known among antique truck collectors due to the fact that it was a truck company from 1909-1977. The Brockway Motor Company made very few farm tractors in the early 1950's making this a very rare find for me in Brooklyn, CT.

A Step Back in Time

Most antique tractor collectors tend to love history. I know that I certainly love American industrial history from the early 1900's to the 1960s. Pioneering something as simplistic and genius as the "lift-all" and "culti-vision" was a major success for the International Harvester Company. With one easy lever, a farming could lift all cultivators without using hydraulics and he could see where he is going. This ad was feature in the February 1940 edition of Farmer Journal. 

An American Tradition

Every Fourth of July I like to parade the tractors around with American Flags all over them...American fun at its finest. Pictured is my 1945 Farmall A beside my barn and grapevines. Something about those stars and stripes looks good on an antique tractor.

Washington County Fair

One of my favorite local events in the summer is the Washington County Fair here in southern Rhode Island. I snapped this photo over by the tractor/truck pull ring where many local collectors had their tractors up on display! Sometimes its good to take a break from buying and working on tractors to just admire the antiquity and simplicity in them at shows like this.

Another Great Buy

Just last summer I made a short trip up to Blackstone, Massachusetts to check out a Ford Model T dump trailer I had found on Craigslist.org. I instantly fell in love with the nearly 100 year old piece of equipment and for the price of $100 I just had to drag it home with me. After about a month I turned the 100 years of rust into a fully functioning dump trailer with custom lettering. The dump trailer has wooden spoke wheels along with solid rubber tires! Not something you see everyday..especially for $100.

Lawn Ornament

I'll reluctantly admit that not all of my antique tractors are in running order. My 1941 Allis Chalmers C only cost me $250 but sadly the engine is seized and I drag her up to the front yard for a Halloween Decoration for now. Perhaps one day this tractor will be in my restored collection!

Best Purchase

Nothing makes me feel as good as when I buy an antique tractor for a fair price. In the condition I bought this tractor in, it was worth far more than what I paid. It needed minimal things such as paint and gaskets, as well as a radiator weld. After investing a few months of work (during my free time) I managed to get my 1940 Farmall H to look like this for a total cost under one-thousand dollars. You jealous?

A Beautiful Fall Day

There was nothing subtle about the way Autumn fell upon us here in New England. One day I was wearing shorts and changing gaskets in my 1945 Farmall A and the next day I was wearing a jacket and using the John Deere to clean up all these leaves!