all this is out of an ageless iron article by roger welsh. Just thought yall might like this
-first argument about the best tractor on the market-15 minuites after waterloo boy nebraska test in 1920
-Marvin Heppelfeffer first tractor restorer in space after trying to weld a gas leak december 16 1943
-R hoolihan, only known person to try riding a belt pulley on a rumely march 17, 1927
-"gimpy" blivets, first man to break a bone walking into the extenended drawbar of a tractor, April 2, 1917
-Merkel Slepdigger, first man diagnosed with Rustitis, a disease that remains incurable to this day. October 16, 1967
-May 7, 1955 supreme court stated that "Blatent Tractorism" can be cited as alienation of affection and was legal grounds for divorce
August 1, 1982 Doris Wisteria became first wife to include details about her husbands upcoming tractor and tool estate auction in his obituary
And best of all
May 31, 2001 47 Allis Chalmers tractors in West Allis, WI were vandilized with green spray paint. The Moline Two Cylender clud declared innocence and blamed cockshutt activists from minnesota
Septemeber 24, 2005 Dave Mowitz's Cockshutt got stage fright and died directially in front of the judging stand in gretna nebraska. A humiliated mowitz was towed away by two harnessed mules.
-first argument about the best tractor on the market-15 minuites after waterloo boy nebraska test in 1920
-Marvin Heppelfeffer first tractor restorer in space after trying to weld a gas leak december 16 1943
-R hoolihan, only known person to try riding a belt pulley on a rumely march 17, 1927
-"gimpy" blivets, first man to break a bone walking into the extenended drawbar of a tractor, April 2, 1917
-Merkel Slepdigger, first man diagnosed with Rustitis, a disease that remains incurable to this day. October 16, 1967
-May 7, 1955 supreme court stated that "Blatent Tractorism" can be cited as alienation of affection and was legal grounds for divorce
August 1, 1982 Doris Wisteria became first wife to include details about her husbands upcoming tractor and tool estate auction in his obituary
And best of all
May 31, 2001 47 Allis Chalmers tractors in West Allis, WI were vandilized with green spray paint. The Moline Two Cylender clud declared innocence and blamed cockshutt activists from minnesota
Septemeber 24, 2005 Dave Mowitz's Cockshutt got stage fright and died directially in front of the judging stand in gretna nebraska. A humiliated mowitz was towed away by two harnessed mules.