Heritage Iron Magazine

Heritage Iron Magazine The official page of Heritage Iron Magazine, HOME of the Muscle Tractor! heritageiron.com/subscribe Heritage Iron Magazine, your HOME of the Muscle Tractor!

Founded in 2008, Heritage Iron Magazine is a full-color, bi-monthly publication featuring all brands, makes, and models of muscle tractors and equipment from 1960-1990! Each issue includes articles on several different models with company history and technical information, plus classified ads, auction and event listings, letters from readers, and MORE! Subscribe online at HeritageIron.com/Subscribe or call toll-free 855-OLD-IRON.

🚜 Machine Crush Monday 😍🟥 Model: IH 1566🟥 Years Produced: 1973-1976🟥 Units Built: Just over 7,400 before being replaced ...
10/06/2025

🚜 Machine Crush Monday 😍

🟥 Model: IH 1566
🟥 Years Produced: 1973-1976
🟥 Units Built: Just over 7,400 before being replaced by the 1586
🟥 More power for the 66 line 💪

Get all the specs and history in Heritage Iron Magazine issue #74 (Mar/Apr 2021)! 📖

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Past owner: Butch Begle - Huntingburg, IN
📷 Photo Portrait: Super T

🚜 Tractor girls have always represented grit, tradition, and family values. Perfect for the field, the shop, or a tracto...
10/02/2025

🚜 Tractor girls have always represented grit, tradition, and family values. Perfect for the field, the shop, or a tractor show, this t-shirt is made for the women who keep agriculture running strong. 💪

👚 Available now in the Heritage Iron webstore – but only while supplies last! Only $19.99!

✅ Stand out.
✅ Show your style.
✅ Prove tractor girls are much better.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we’re proud to introduce this Tractor Girl T-shirt - pink for the cause, tough for the farm. Whether you’re in the cab, at the market, or cheering from the stands, this shirt shows your pride and your fight. Wear pink on the farm this October in honor of those affected. 🌸💗

The Merger That Didn’t Happen… and the One That Did1985 was a tough year in farm country. Low commodity prices. High int...
09/29/2025

The Merger That Didn’t Happen… and the One That Did

1985 was a tough year in farm country. Low commodity prices. High interest rates. Every farm equipment manufacturer was scrambling to survive the economic slump - and figuring out their next move.

Some mergers were only talked about. Others changed the industry forever.

👉 Read the full story in Heritage Iron Magazine, issue #102.
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🚜 MONDAY MUSCLEThrowback to 1969 when John Deere rolled out not one, not two, but THREE new tractor models for dealers.T...
09/29/2025

🚜 MONDAY MUSCLE
Throwback to 1969 when John Deere rolled out not one, not two, but THREE new tractor models for dealers.

The 4520 (rated at 120 PTO hp) was between the mighty 5020 (new rating of 140 PTO hp) and the workhorse 4020 (94 PTO hp).

👉 Fun fact: the 4520 tipped the scales at 12,285 lbs., compared to the 5020’s 15,600 lbs. and the 4020 diesel’s 8,555 lbs.

Another classic chapter in our series from Heritage Iron Magazine issue #59.

📸: John Deere Sales Literature

📸 Congratulations to our 2026 Calendar Photo Winners! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered! your photos captured so ...
09/26/2025

📸 Congratulations to our 2026 Calendar Photo Winners!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered! your photos captured so much history, heart, and horsepower! Picking just a handful for the calendar wasn’t easy, but we’re thrilled to showcase this year’s winning shots.

👏 Please join us in celebrating these photographers whose work will be featured in the 2026 Heritage Iron MUSCLE TRACTOR collector calendar. We can’t wait for you to see it hanging on your wall all year long!

PRE-ORDER your calendar HERE:
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WINNERS:

Phil and Travis Most
White 195 Workhorse
(Photo by Super T)

Dakota Butler
Massey 97

Dan Richter
Ford 8600

Blaydon Williams
White 100

Gil Partin
John Deere 6030

Brian & David Gonyea
Minneapolis-Moline G1000

Duane & Kyle Jackson
Case 1896
(Photo by Super T)

Jeff Van Voorst
Oliver 1655

Kelly Boney
Earthquake
(Owned by Randall Bros.)

Matthew Qualkenbush
Ford TW-20 and Ford 8000

Sam Bezner
Gleaner F2
Herbert Starzinger
IH 3388

Tom Griffie
Allis-Chalmers D21

Marty Ritchie
Massey-Ferguson 4900

She's a beaut, Clark. 😍The latest issue of Heritage Iron Magazine is AT THE PRINTER! Inside stories feature the CASE 189...
09/25/2025

She's a beaut, Clark. 😍

The latest issue of Heritage Iron Magazine is AT THE PRINTER! Inside stories feature the CASE 1896, a RECORD-BREAKING Massey-Ferguson auction, MERGERS that did and did NOT happen, corn pickers, and we threw it back 40 years to the day the last Allis-Chalmers rolled off the assembly line.

It's History. It's Horsepower. It's HERITAGE IRON.

SUBSCRIBE and start with this issue, Nov/Dec 2025!
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The wait is almost over! This Friday, we’ll reveal the 2026 Heritage Iron Magazine Muscle Tractor Calendar Winners - the...
09/23/2025

The wait is almost over!

This Friday, we’ll reveal the 2026 Heritage Iron Magazine Muscle Tractor Calendar Winners - the tractors chosen to represent the best of heritage iron machinery all year long! 🚜

Who made the cut? Which tractors will you see hanging in your shop or office? 👀 Find out Friday and celebrate with us, because nothing beats seeing YOUR iron make the calendar!

Heritage Iron Magazine - HOME OF THE MUSCLE TRACTOR.

📸 White 195 Workhorse Owners: Phil and Travis Most - Prescott, WI. Photo by Super T.

09/18/2025

Meet Sarah! The newest (but not entirely new) face behind the scenes here at Heritage Iron Magazine. Sarah is an accomplished author, having published both books and magazines! Chances are if you're in the red world, you've seen her name on a title or two. 📚🚜

Welcome, Sarah! We're happy to have you!

🦅 Did you know? Back in the day, Case donated a massive 20-foot metal eagle nicknamed Old Abe to Ashland College in Ohio...
09/18/2025

🦅 Did you know? Back in the day, Case donated a massive 20-foot metal eagle nicknamed Old Abe to Ashland College in Ohio.

The eagle was meant to “watch over” 14 smaller eagles that had mysteriously appeared on campus - all swiped from local Case dealerships! Some were returned, some weren’t, but when Case retired the eagle from their branding, they stopped chasing them down.

Today, that towering Old Abe still stands proud as the mascot of the Ashland Eagles. The globe no longer says “CASE,” and the eagle has been painted the school’s color - purple.



📸 Implement & Tractor, September 7, 1965.

Guests of honor, for sure!
09/08/2025

Guests of honor, for sure!

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