Intriguing in their mechanical simplicity yet revolutionary in their day, classic farm tractors evoke a Zen-like, more unassuming time when farmers couldn't check their stock portfolios from their smartphones while plowing the fields. Classic Farm Tractors 2018 features John Deere, Farmall, Allis-Chalmers, Case, Oliver, and several other vintage marques in restored glory, unsmitten by dirt but looking ready for duty should a modern-day farmer get in a pinch. The photographs are the work of photographer-author Ralph W. Sanders, who has written and photographed a number of books of vintage farm tractors for Voyageur Press. You will not see such a diverse, concise, beautiful collection of classic agricultural workhorses anywhere else

Author Biography

Photographer-author Ralph W. Sanders has photographed tractors for more than 40 years. Ralph grew up on an Illinois farm where he had ample opportunity to "exercise" a 1933 Farmall F-12 and 1948 Farmall C, as well as a Farmall H, Farmall MD, and McCormick W-6. He has worked for Prairie Farmer; Successful Farming; and as a full-time freelance agricultural photographer for Deere & Co., Massey-Ferguson, Kinze Mfg., Vermeer Mfg., DuPont Ag, Monsanto Ag, and others. Sanders is the author of several books from Voyageur Press. He lives in West Des Moines, Iowa.