Old Tractors Never Die: Roger's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ageless Iron | 
 enlarge | Author: Roger Welsch
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 430708
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0896585638
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.28752
EAN: 9780896585638
ASIN: 0896585638
Publication Date: September 2001
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In "Old Tractors Never Die", the ever-popular Roger Welsch, author, regular contributor to Successful Farming and Ageless Iron and correspondent for CBS TV’s "Sunday Morning" show, shares his humor and unique outlook on one of his favorite subjects: farm tractors. This collection of humorous essays and photos explores the never-ending process of turning trash into treasure. Here’s just a sampling of "Roger’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ageless Iron": * Why you should name your tractors * Why you should collect just one model and make of tractor * Why, early in your collecting, you should buy a tractor you don’t want. If you’ve ever found yourself among the ruins of rust; if you’ve ever neglected your family to spend time trying to reassemble a basket of worn out parts into a machine that can actually leave the garage under its own power, then you can learn a thing or two from this old tractor nut.
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 In Total Praise January 29, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
My first exposure to Roger Welsch came from his "Post Cards From Nebraska" as aired on CBS's "Sunday Morning". The folks at CBS, lost a viewer, now that the "Postcard" segments are rarely included.
The main result of the CBS error, was that I turned heavily to the reading of Roger's books, to maintain and increase my levels of socially acceptable gratification.
"Old Tractors Never Die...Roger's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Ageless Iron" is a collection of pieces that originally appeared in the Successful Farming magazine. If I had more time, I'd be a subscriber...if for no other reason then to show respect to the folks that grow and raise my food. In reading "Old Tractors..." I've gain years worth of Roger Welsch's insightful, humorous and unique perspectives on this boy's favorite pass time.
I love tools, machinery, rust and iron. The collection, restoration and maintenance of old tractors is touched on. The reasons a person would enjoy this pass-time are shared. A deeper meaning of gratitude came to me, for those that farmed with all that old iron. It's a people kind of book that will introduce you to folks you can call friend and hobby you might just pick up.
Don't even own a tractor January 26, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
but Roger is such an interesting writer that anyone regardless of their life style will find this book entertaining..a book that is hard to walk away from..
 Ol' Rog does it again! January 22, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Yep, some folks may have seen this material before, since this book's a compilation of Welsch's enrapturing material written for Successful Farming magazine. I haven't, because I'm too cheap to subscribe, but I still got to enjoy all this hilarious writing because my wife bought me the book for Christmas. There's something genuinely funny about Roger Welsch, and whether the topic is tractors, love, or interior decoration, it shines through in his thoughtful and eloquent writing. Roger starts each essay with a topic related to tractors, tractor restoration, or tractor enthusiasts, and by applying his gentle humor and a creative logic that suggests a tenuous grasp of reality, crafts gem-like vignettes of modern rural life. This book is in a class with the author's LOVE, SEX, AND TRACTORS or Howard Mohr's HOW TO TALK MINNESOTAN ... it was so funny I had to take it out to the shed and read parts of it to my John Deere "A". We both had a good laugh.
Hilarious January 21, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Anyone that has ever read Roger's tractor books will love this. If you read his columns in Successful Farming, a lot of it will be familiar, but well worth re-reading. As has been the case with each of his tractor books that I have bought, it turns into a marathon cover-to-cover reading session. I have yet to be able to pace myself while reading one.
Liked it.......but then, I like all of His books. January 21, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Actually,the book was a compilation of articles that have appeared in Sucessfull Farming magazine over the years. His books are always funny to those who understand life on the farm and tractor restoration.
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