Old tractors

[Old Crank]

Oktoberfest started yesterday. We were in a tent with friends at the Oide Wiesen, the old style area. They have adisplay of old operational tractors. Antohe rpart has a Museum with other old things. Here are some close ups of the machinery. The oldest is from 1920.





Better than new


I know what all those thing do... right.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I seem to recall reading there were over 600 manufacturers of tractors by about 1920

Many of the earlier ones were steam tractors. Everyone wanted mechanized agriculture for the obvious reasons. It was an economic wave every bit as much as automobiles, televisions, computers, and smart phones.

[Squaredeal]

2. A lot more farmers then too.

You don’t see any of these old tractors working the fields today. More likely a plow team, if anything.

[Old Crank]

3. Back before Tractors

you were limited in the area you could plow per day. It was a relatively small area. Tractors changed that. The start of larger farms. But more efficient production.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Great photos, my dear Old Crank!

And of course I know what all of them do!

[EarthboneArt]

5. Very sharp photos,

what lens did you use ?

[Old Crank]

6. Whatever lens

Comes on my Samsung A21 phone. I adjust the exposure down a tad when shooting, then found a further control with the edit function. I think it is about 12 mega pixel. Direct to jpeg. It works quite well with good lighting but low light is the pits.

[alfredo]

7. Black and white might get rid of some of the artifacts

Lamborghini started off as a tractor manufacturer

[Old Crank]

8. I have seen some Lambo tractors

[alfredo]

9. They have an interesting origin story

https://monochrome-watches.com/the-petrolhead-corner-lamborghini-centenario-tractor-ferruccio-fabio-lamborghini-100th-birthday-anniversary-adler-capelli-classicdriver/

[Grumpy Old Guy]

10. My grandfather worked for Allis Chalmers.

They were a huge tractor manufacturer in Milwaukee.