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They shortly gained a reputation for producing huge tractors, including the very large for its day 40 horsepower (30 kW) Avery steam traction engines, weighing 25 short tons (23 t) each. Large tractors were needed across the prairie from North Dakota to Texas to turn the virgin sod, often with roots as thick as a man's thumb, into tillable soil.
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Geneseo is a city in Henry County, Illinois, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,539. [2] Geneseo is 20 miles east of the Quad Cities, at the intersection of Interstate 80, U.S. Route 6 and Illinois Route 82.
Kick off the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 8, with free antique tractor pulls at 10 a.m. Gates open at 9 a.m. Short Course UTV & ATV Cup ATV races light up the Elwell Family Park at the Iowa ...
The NTPA was founded in 1969 by representatives of eight states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) to establish uniform rules and provide structure to the sport of truck and tractor pulling. Throughout the years, the NTPA has been instrumental in implementation of safety standards in the sport, and ...
The trucks collided in an active construction zone on Interstate 93 in Campton around noon and both trucks ended up in the median, State Police said. The 1997 Peterbilt tractor-trailer was heading ...
From Froelich's first tractors to Hart-Parr products, oil tractors seemed the way ahead. Case hired Joe Jagersberger, and he tested a motor by racing in the 1911 Indianapolis 500. Case began production of the 30-60 oil engine in 1912. Case also produced kerosene tractors in the teen years, similar to the Rumely oil pulls.