A Trip to a Tractor Museum
Last Friday the BF Avery Collectors and Associates gathered in Davison Michigan at the Best Western for their Winter meeting and a day of tractor fun. After the morning meeting the group was picked up in a bus furnished by Steiner Tractor Parts with a first stop in Hadley Michigan at Chuck Schneider’s. Chuck owns one of the biggest Orchard tractor collections in the country, and many neon signs and other collectibles. It was a rare privilege to be invited to see this private collection and hear Chuck’s stories about how he came across these restored tractors.
After the tour at Schneider’s the group loaded back on the bus and headed to Steiner Tractor Parts in Lennon for a quick tour of the warehouse and store, an overview of how things are run and a history of how things began.
It was a great afternoon full of old iron history and stories of these antique tractors. Rows of Orchard, Vineyard and Grove tractors, an aluminum Ford, John Deere, Case, Oliver, McCormick-Deering, Massey Harris, Love Tractor, to the rare 1938 Minneapolis Moline UDLX with and without the cab.
Some more pictures, sent in from Mark Cunningham of the BF Avery Group. Thanks Mark.
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This was such a fun day! Thank you to the BF Avery Club for letting us be a part of the winter meeting. If you have a tractor club that would like to tour our store, please reach out to Steiner Tractor Parts to make arrangements.
I just accidently came across the avery tractor video as I was just thinking about my childhood on the farm in Sanilac county. While looking at some photo’s , I saw a love tractor that I remember seeing back in the early 50’s one and most people think I am crazy but the photo you is proof that there was a love tractor. There isn’t much info to be found about them either. Thanks a million for the posting and I would like an opportunity to visit the museum and its only about 45 miles from me. Tom