Growing up behind the wheel of an old, chartreuse-colored Steiger Bearcat, I felt as if I was on top of the world. The tractor may have been worn out when my father bought it, but it still marked a ...

Alan Taggart still hears the ghosts of Detroit engines that beat the air to death between a roar and a scream on his farmland, powering eight tractors at the vanguard of the four-wheel drive era.

Not every tractor sold at auction goes for a record price. Far from it. Let’s take CaseIH 9180 4WD tractors for example. Made by CaseIH from 1986 - 1990, four of the last five 9180’s I’ve seen sold at ...