The Farmall Dynasty

TractorData had the opportunity to meet with Lee Klancher, author of The Farmall Dynasty, the newly-released history of International Harvester tractors. A writer with a love of engineering, Klancher writes an engaging narrative that has a primary focus on that golden era from the original Farmall through the early 1960s.

The web site for the book, www.FarmallDynasty.com, has a video introduction by the author, a photo gallery, and the ability to get a free sample chapter.

Not a data guide or a coffee-table photo book, The Farmall Dynasty is an actual history of the International Harvester tractors. The original research into the IHC archives is immediately noticible as the early chapters document the production of the gear- and friction-drive tractors with detail.

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From the publisher...
The developmental history of the tractors built by the dominant agricultural manufacturer of the early 20th Century, International Harvester, is dramatically told in The Farmall Dynasty. The book traces the evolution of the Farmall tractor from the early Titans and Moguls through to modern times. The book includes well-researched accounts of the development of the original Farmall, the Letter Series, 4100, Cub, and other legendary IHC tractors, with first-hand accounts from factory engineers describing the challenges they faced. This book is an updated revision of the text from the rare and now out-of-print International Harvester Photographic History