Tractor books

[Cliff_Johns]

I've read all the Roger Welsch books, which are great fun, sort of story telling side of tractors (and women), and I've read the Alaxander Botts and the Amazing Eatthworm Tractor compilation -- about a tractor salesman who has odd ways of selling track tractors and earthmovers in the 30's, 40's and the 50's (there's a movie version, but I've never found it).

There is also a series books with great pictures and reminiscences of older tractors, which are interesting though they focus a lot on thrashing.

What other books are there? I know there are lots of books about repairing and using (TBN's compact tractor book for one) and lots of picture books and historys, but I'm wondering if there are novels where tractors play an important part, or other tractor humor books -- something like that?

Sugestions?

Cliff

 

[YanmarFever]

MAN O MAN
And I thought I HAD tractor fever !!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ScottAR]

Stephen W. Meader

Bulldozer - out of print as of my knowledge.
Tmodel Tommy - available in reproduction here.

Bulldozer is a story in Maine about a young fella (18) named Bill Crane that starts a small earthmoving company after finding a Cat D2 in Megadahunk pond with his friend "Ducky" Taylor (??) on a camping trip. They pull it out of the pond, rebuild it, and then the fun begins.

I'm starting to ramble...


I mailed them awhile back about reproducing Bulldozer. They mailed me back that it would be the next for reprinting due to demand. This relieved me as the only original copies I could find were over $100. I really liked that book when I was young. I could probably write it from memory, and I last saw it 18-20 years ago.