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3 days ago · International Harvester survived the recession and reemerged under the name Navistar in 1986. Despite the company’s departure, the spirit of Harvester stayed in Fort Wayne. In 2019 a nonprofit, Harvester Homecoming, was founded by Ryan Duvall with the mission of keeping the history of International Harvester’s impact alive in the community.
23 hours ago · Gold Demonstrator tractors were part of a marketing campaign by International Harvester in the early 1970s. The gold tractors appeared in the 544, 656, 826, 1026 and 1456 models, and one tractor was given to each dealership to be lent out to area farms to test. After a year or two, the demonstrators were sold and subsequently painted red.
5 days ago · Yesterday at 10:25 AM. #1. We purchased this beauty in hopes to keep her working. BUT, when it is engaged to begin harvesting potatoes. The wheel will lock up. Everything stops . My husband is at his wits end trying to figure out why. Any suggested help would be greatly appreciated.
5 days ago · International Harvester (IH) is emblematic of how thin the line between success and failure can be when it comes to the automotive industry. The company was founded in 1902 through a merger between McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Deering Harvester Company, and three other smaller companies, but its history dates as far back as 1831 with Cyrus Hall McCormick’s horse-drawn reaper.
1 day ago · Historical Narrative. Introduced in the USA in 1940, the W6 was one of the new line of Raymond Loewy 'styled' tractors. The W6 was a medium size available in petrol and diesel (WD6) models and was mechanically similar to the Farmall M but not designed for row-crop work.
3 days ago · It's a photo of the last tractor produced at the International Harvester Farmall Plant in Rock Island, rolling off the final assembly line 30 years ago this week, a model 5488 with all-wheel...
4 days ago · Carter Tomas (left) and Mason Tomas (right) from Johnson County accept their award for their 1970 international 826 gold demonstrator restoration project with International Harvester Collector’s Club Chapter 5 4-H scholarship chair Paul Schaefer.
