Once a year, members of the Orrell family wash and shine their John Deere tractor to get it ready for Christmas parades. Then, they hand-crank the machine and step back in delight as the engine roars ...

WYOMING, Minn. - A 1938 tractor is a daunting restoration for a 1937 great-grandpa. “Oh, it was pretty tough,” laughs 80-year-old Dick Collen when asked about the condition in which he first found the ...

— The collecting of antique machinery is a hobby for many locals in this area, but behind the glimmering paint of a freshly restored John Deere tractor is a sense of nostalgia that brings residents of ...

For years now, we, the Orrell family, have spit-shined and hand-cranked our antique John Deere tractor to prepare it for Christmas parades, and every year we hear people say how remarkable it is that ...

SUMMIT STATION – Gazing pensively at the track at the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Harold Smith admitted to a slight case of the nerves. The Mercersburg, Franklin County, resident was about to try ...