Iowa Family Collects Vintage John Deere Combines

Machinery Pete Podcast

Machinery Pete shares the story of an Iowa family that collects vintage John Deere combines, sometimes very rare ones, to go along with their antique tractor and farm implement collections.

• [1:20] - Tractor of the Week
• [5:25] - Machinery Pete previews interview with Travis Mullenger and Russ Bruhn
• [7:08] - Interview begins
• [16:25] - The story behind an unusual 1995 Crawler
• [12:05] - What do people say about Travis’ collection?
• [17:44] - When did the family start collecting and what intrigued them to collect?
• [21:49] - What Travis looks for in machines to add to his collection
• [26:30] - The types of implements people collect
• [30:35] - Travis touches on his work at Horizon Equipment in Audobon, IA
• [31:48] - Final words from Machinery Pete

Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms including YouTube with his long-running Machinery Pete TV show.

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