Fred OH wrote on Friday, September 01, 2000 (PDT): For some reason this one really touched me, I didn't know these tractors ever existed. When you get to think you know something about tractors, somebody throws you a curve like this. Good job! I always enjoy learning something new. L8R----Fred OH Mark Van Scoter wrote on Friday, September 01, 2000 (PDT): I thought this was one of the most interesting article I have ever seen in YT-Mag. It covers an area that is not often discussed, it was well written and well illustrated. Let's have more! Mark V.S. in Austin, TX John Zeiter wrote on Friday, September 01, 2000 (PDT): Really enjoyed the article but was wondering to which "failed" tractor the author was referring in his second paragraph? The Red wrote on Saturday, September 02, 2000 (PDT): A very well researched and written article Dsl! MIke Base wrote on Saturday, September 02, 2000 (PDT): Very interesting! Enjoyed it. Too bad there aren't more pictures available. BFO wrote on Saturday, September 02, 2000 (PDT): Neat stuff! It's more interesting learning about all that went into pre-production models. Which tractor was the total failure? Hank Calonkey wrote on Sunday, September 03, 2000 (PDT): I very much enjoyed article. Please do some more of this type of work. Thanks, Hank Jim Handy wrote on Sunday, September 03, 2000 (PDT): Very informative article - just when you think your knowledge level is getting up - along comes something like this and you are back to square one. Keep up the good work. Dan from PA wrote on Sunday, September 03, 2000 (PDT): Great article! I learned a lot. Keep them coming! Tommy Rucker wrote on Monday, September 04, 2000 (PDT): I really enjoyed the article. It is very well researched and written. Keep up the good work. I would be interested in seeing more, especially on older models from the very earliest of days. I have seen photos of some wild looking tractors from the 20's and 30's and would like to see some more. Thanks for a great e-zine! Brian wrote on Monday, September 04, 2000 (PDT): What a great article!!! Ryan Mull wrote on Wednesday, September 06, 2000 (PDT): I believe the tractor that the author speaks of failing is the MM Comforttractor. It looked like a panel truck with tractor tiers and a hitch out back. It was designed with the thought that a farmer could be in the field all day and then in the evening use the same 'vehicle' to take the family to town for dinner or whatever. I have seen pictures of it, quite odd. doc wrote on Saturday, September 09, 2000 (PDT): Great article, I've read about some of the experimental 'Deeres, but it's fun to see pictures and read about the other manf's experimentals! Hope to see more of these type articles. Doc Ari wrote on Saturday, September 09, 2000 (PDT): Interesting article! Do you might to know an exact year when the last picture was drawn (concept Oliver)? Early sixties I guess? It seems to have Allis Chalmers's rear fenders. amin thakker wrote on Wednesday, September 13, 2000 (PDT): great work thanks, amin. Bill Thompson wrote on Thursday, September 14, 2000 (PDT): Very, Very interesting....I never knew that the turbine engine had ever been applied to tractors....The pictures gave me a real feeling of being there at the development of these unique tractors.. Brian wrote on Sunday, September 17, 2000 (PDT): Very interesting. I had heard of all these tractors except the Oliver. To update on the Allis-Chalmers Fuel Cell tractor, it is no longer at the Smithsonian. It had been stored in the Smithsonian's warehouse for many years and had only recently been making appearances on loan. The Upper Midwest A-C Collectors Club arranged for the tractor to be on display for 3 years at the Mcleod county museum, and possibly permenently there after. Fuel Cell technology went on to power our space vehicles. Two benefits being the exhaust is pure oxygen and water. Ryan Borcherding wrote on Sunday, September 17, 2000 (PDT): Cool! More like it! First time reader, nice mag.. Dan wrote on Wednesday, September 20, 2000 (PDT): How can I get in touch with Danny Bowes, I have a tractor I cannot idenify. I have checked serial numbers and such but cannot find out what kind of tractor I own. Please email me back with some way to contact Danny Bowes are his helpers to help me. Thanks for your time. Dan Vernon Boyd wrote on Friday, September 29, 2000 (PDT): very neat and very interesting. keep up the good work John Church wrote on Thursday, January 11, 2001 (PST): Thank you for a very interesting article. I had not heard of some of these tractors before. Cindy Ladage wrote on Saturday, March 23, 2002 (PST): Thiw was a really neat story. I am working on a couple stories announcing that the IH Turbine tractor will be at this year's Red Power Round Up in Penfield, IL and searching for information, I ran across this article. Clint wrote on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 (PST): WHAT ABOUT THE JOHN DEERE "BUTHER BLOCK" TRACTORS? THE ATTEMPTS TO GET MORE POWER OUT THE OLD AND TRUSTED 2 CYLINDER MOTOR? SUCH AS THE CYCLONE A, THAT HAD A OVERSIZED FLYWHEEL AND HIGHER COMPRESSION PISTONS? TZieman wrote on Saturday, September 06, 2003 (PDT): This is a really interesting article one can only imagine the reason these machines never went into production was cost. tzieman wrote on Saturday, September 06, 2003 (PDT): Does anyone know how many different tractor manufacturers there are world wide? This is not a quiz I have know idea myself. TZ RJ-Az wrote on Saturday, September 06, 2003 (PDT): I was working as a mechanics helper at a Deere dealership in Hardin MT when we unloaded the first Sound-Gard cab tractor. i remember that the old mechanic threw his hat on the ground and said "that's it I quit. Aint nobody can work on that tractor". I think it was a 4430. Funny thing we had just finshed a synchro range trans job on a 4020 with a Hinker cab. Richard Haffner wrote on Saturday, September 06, 2003 (PDT): Brilliant artical,well written.Could really use Olivers automatic gate opener! J.C.IN AZ. wrote on Monday, May 03, 2004 (PDT): THE INTERNATIONAL HT340 IS VERY FAMILIAR TO ME. IN 1961 I WAS EMPLOYED AT IHC, HICKORY HILL FARM AT SHERIDAN IL. A DIVISION OF THE IHC CONSUMERS RELATIONS DEPT OF 180 N. MICHIGAN AVE. CHICAGO IL.MANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ADVERTISING LITERATURE SALES MANUALS,SERVICE MANUALS ETC. WERE TAKEN AT HICKORY HILL FARM BY A GROUP OF STILL AND MOTION PHOTOGRAPHERS. ONE OF MY JOBS WAS TO DRIVE THE EQUIPMENT HAULING TRUCKS PICKING UP ANDDELIVERING TO PHOTO SITES ALL MANNER OF PRODUCTS MFG. BY IHC. ON ONE OCCASION I PICKED UP THIS TRACTOR AT THE FARM RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING CENTER AT HINSDALE IL AND DELIVERED IT TO HICKORY HILL FOR A PHOTO SHOOT. I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO START AND STOP IT AND TO OPERATE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH TOOK ALL OF 10 MINUTES. AT THAT TIME IT WAS QUITE THE EXPERIENCE TO OPERATE SUCH AN EXOTIC MACHINE AND I OFTEN WONDERED WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO IT. NOW I KNOW. bill satterlee wrote on Thursday, October 28, 2004 (PDT): enjoyed article very much, would like to see article on caterpillar wood burning tractor of 1934 Walter Squires wrote on Monday, December 20, 2004 (PST): Very good article, would love more of this american history about tractors. Gene Davis (Ga.) wrote on Monday, December 20, 2004 (PST): Wasn't Ford the one with the exchange program where you took the tractor in or if it wouldn't run they came got it and you put the tires from the old one on the new tractor and the dealer supposedly sent it back and the factory rebuilt it and sold it again. Gene Davis (Ga.) wrote on Monday, December 20, 2004 (PST): Wasn't Ford the one with the exchange program where you took the tractor in or if it wouldn't run they came got it and you put the tires from the old one on the new tractor and the dealer supposedly sent it back and the factory rebuilt it and sold it again. Gene Davis (Ga.) wrote on Monday, December 20, 2004 (PST): Wasn't Ford the one with the exchange program where you took the tractor in or if it wouldn't run they came got it and you put the tires from the old one on the new tractor and the dealer supposedly sent it back and the factory rebuilt it and sold it again. Shari Schwartz wrote on Sunday, March 18, 2007 (PDT): We have press release info on the Ford Typhoon dated 1957. This was from the head engineers estate. It includes the original proposel to the Board of directors with specific information on the tractor, transmission and the turbine motor. Some of the info is marked classified. We are going to put it on E-bay. Do you have any contacts before we do this Robert Tiemann wrote on Monday, January 30, 2012 (PST): Ford was the one that did the exchange. One of my uncles was a Ford dealer at that time and another uncle bought the first 6000 he sold, that tractor was exchanged for a new with all the new updates. I think that was when the color was changed to blue and gray and the exchange tractor was painted that color. jon erickson wrote on Saturday, January 30, 2016 (PST): Very interesting and well-written story. Thank you for posting it. J.J. Ray wrote on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 (PST): I thoroughly enjoyed this article. I see that I am not the only person who only found it years later in 2016, although the prior comment is almost a year old now. I would love to see more articles like these, as learning about old tractors is very enjoyable to many of us who weren't around when any of these prototypes were actually designed and built. I had no idea any of these existed. I would like to read about more of them, like the ones some readers asked about. Jim Cook wrote on Friday, January 31, 2020 (PST): I noticed that the '59 AC Fuel cell tractor also sported a pretty hefty dry chemical fire extinguisher next to the operator...... Jay O wrote on Friday, July 08, 2022 (PDT): About the Ford free piston turbine, if you go to a website called sci-hub.st and enter the following doi,10.4271/570051 you will get access to the research and performance of this engine. FREE PISTON TURBINE ENGINE was a paper presented at a meeting in Detroit, 1956, by Donald N. Frey, Paul Klotsch, and Adolph Egli of Ford Motor Co.

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