VINITA, Okla. — The veil is thin between what Rick Johnson sees in a tractor engine and how he sees the rest of the world.

Eli Klessig has restored a handful of tractors, some of which are used by his family on their farm in southeast Minnesota. Eli Klessig, right, stands with Max Benson in front of a Farmall C tractor ...

If he had his way, Bill Driscoll would restore all of the hundreds of old, rusty tractors stored at the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap. "Fix 'em all, but not in my lifetime," the ...

ELLETTSVILLE — Some of you reading this column know Chris Kleindorfer, a man who for 35 years repaired vehicles of all kinds at his no-frills shop in a refurbished hog barn west of Bloomington near ...

Jake Lieb stands by his John Deere planter March 18 on his farm near Monticello, Ill. Deere signed a memorandum of understanding last year that should help farmers like Lieb and independent repair ...

United States farmers have fought John Deere hard over the right to repair their six-figure pieces of equipment. For years, the ag manufacturer has set up software locks that can only be disabled by ...

Like many parts of modern life, tractors have gone high-tech, often running on advanced computer systems. But some manufacturers are tight-lipped about how these electronics work, making it difficult ...