Recently, I came across an interesting column online titled "17 Classic Tractors We Want in Our Shed" (https://www.indiefarmer.com/…). The website is based in the UK, which explains why I recognized some of the tractors, but there were several tractors in the list that I had never heard of.

After reading the article, I got to thinking: What tractors would I want in my shed if I had an endless supply of money and shed space? Half of the list that I came up with are specific tractors I would want, while the other half are tractor models I have always liked.

Here we go:

-- No. 10: Case 400

I don't really have any connection to this series of Case tractors, but I have seen a few Case 400s at some of the antique tractor shows and at tractor pulls I have attended over the years. Our welder had a 100-series Case tractor with a loader outside of his shop for many years. The two-tone color scheme is a nice touch to bring to the tractor in the 1950s.

-- No. 9: COOP E3

This is a tractor that we already have. Well, to be more specific, we have like half of a Coop E3. I wrote about this many years ago. My dad bought what was about half of an E3, which belonged to a neighbor of my grandparents when my dad was a kid. Dad bought it on the neighbor's farm machinery auction 20 years ago with the intention of restoring it someday, but it still sits behind our shed in pieces. Maybe someday it will move into the building.

-- No. 8: Minneapolis-Moline UB Special

Again, I don't really have any connection to this tractor other than seeing it at various shows and pulls. We have one local family who pulls Minneapolis-Moline tractors at the local antique tractor pulls. Prairie Gold is a sharp color when these tractors are fully restored. Minneapolis-Moline tractors in our area are somewhat rare, so it would be interesting to have one.

-- No. 7: John Deere 60

I have one specific tractor in mind for this one. When I was a kid, my dad and uncle borrowed a neighbor's John Deere 60 tractor one fall because our 620 had some mechanical issues. We had an old, narrow grain elevator that was in our corn crib that was still run on a belt pulley. Shortly after that, they put a PTO shaft on it so any tractor could run it.

The neighbor had a farm equipment auction several years after that, and the 60 sold for $800. I bid on it, but I didn't get it. I think about this tractor occasionally, even though the auction was almost 28 years ago.

-- No. 6: IH Farmall 756

I have always liked the 56 series from International. When I was in college, I helped a neighbor who had a farrow-to-finish hog operation for one school year. His feed-grinding tractor was an IH 756 diesel. It was a smooth-running tractor, and it maneuvered well, as I had to back up to bulk bins around the hog buildings. He also had a 656, but it had a hydrostatic transmission and was extremely touchy. I was not a fan of that tractor.

-- No. 5: Allis-Chalmers WD

One of my great uncles, Vernon Grimm, farmed just south of the Omaha metro area for many years. My cousin still lives on the farm, and his two old Allis Chalmers WDs are parked in the trees. Whenever we see them, we always talk about me getting these tractors and getting them running. I may be a green guy, but someday I will hopefully end up with a couple of orange tractors.

-- No. 4: Ford Jubilee

I have always been kind of fascinated by this particular series of Ford tractors. I don't know if it is because they were only made for one year or what, but I do find them somewhat interesting. One of my uncles, Dennis Plambeck, had a Ford Jubilee when he and his family moved to a new house after their family farm was developed on the outskirts of Omaha in the mid-1990s.

-- No. 3: Oliver 1600/1650

One of my other uncles, Jack Quinn, had several different Oliver tractors over the years. A couple were three digits (660s, I think), and a couple were the four-digit series. I think he had a 1600/1650 a couple of different times. As I mentioned earlier, I am a green man, and my favorite green is a different shade than that of the Olivers, but I would be open to having an Oliver someday if money were no object.

-- No. 2: John Deere 4010

I have another specific tractor in mind for this one. If you have read this column recently, you might remember me writing about the 1961 John Deere 4010 tractor my dad and uncle owned for 50 years, and how I was not able to buy it back on my uncle's online farm equipment auction last November. The downside is we don't own it anymore, but I do know who has it now. Maybe someday it will be in our shed again.

-- No. 1: International Farmall M

If you have ever read any of my columns over the years, you won't be surprised that this would be the No. 1 tractor I would want in my shed. I have one tractor in mind: a 1945 Farmall M that my grandpa bought new right after World War II.

My dad and uncle traded it in the late 1960s for a John Deere 730, and a local farmer bought it. The farmer had an equipment auction later, and his son-in-law, who also farmed locally, bought it. The son-in-law then sold it at an equipment auction in the late 1970s, and that is as far as I could trace it. Whoever bought it at that point was not a local person, evidently. I would LOVE to have that tractor in my shed someday, but without a serial number, that is more a dream than anything else.

What are some of the tractors you would want in your shed? Send me your list, and I'll include it in a future Vintage Iron column.

Russ Quinn can be reached at Russ.Quinn@dtn.com

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