This award-winning history of International Harvester and Case IH tractors includes data and photos of every model built from 1958, as well as in-depth information about how these tractors were designed and constructed.
With interviews of engineers and executives, the book covers how the 40 and 60 series were created, and thoroughly covers the red tractors from the 1960s through the 1980s. The book also traces the innovations and struggles of the final days of International Harvester. The authors unearthed a treasure trove of concept drawings and photos of prototype machines to shed new light on how these tractors were created.
The book includes the exciting story of the creation of the Case-IH Magnum, an innovative machine that blends some of the great engineering done by IH with the Cummins engine built by Case. The modern era of Case IH is also included, with the story of the creation of the Quadtrac as well as the entire line of tractors. With a mix of new photography of some of the most exceptional collectible models in existence along with hundreds of previously unpublished photographs, this thorough book is the most authoritative guide on red tractors ever published.
Kenneth Updike has spent much of his life immersed in farm equipment. His work appears in Red Power, Heritage Iron and several well-respected books about Farmall and International Harevester Tractors.
"Red Tractors is without question the most comprehensive and lavish book ever produced on post-1958 IH tractors and the Case IH models that followed in 1985."
--Rory Day "Classic Tractor magazine""This book was a massive project by all involved and it really shows. Even in physical size the book is huge...This isn't your average tractor collector book. It is of very high quality and it really shows as you read it."
--Todd Markle "Red Power magazine""A comprehensive and beautifully produced history of modern-era International Harvester and Case IH tractors. . .. Red Tractors bears the unmistakable stamp of quality."