Sherry Schaefer

Classic Oliver Tractors

History, Models, Variations, & Specifications 1897-1976

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Oliver Tractors chronicles this historic agricultural brand from when James Oliver bought a quarter-share of the South Bend Foundry in 1855 to when the last Oliver-branded tractor rolled off the assembly line in 1976. This new account of Oliver's history includes its industrial and crawler tractors, implements, international ventures, and the various products that carried the Oliver badge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Octane Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 190mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781937747992
• ISBN-10: 1937747999
• Artikelnr.: 55220909

Autorenporträt

Sherry Schaefer is a Greenville, Illinois, native and grew up around tractors and equipment. Her grandfather, Ervin Schaefer, was an Oliver tractor dealer and her father, Oliver "Ollie" Schaefer, is a used Oliver tractor and equipment dealer in Greenville, Illinois. The Schaefer family also owned and operated a national tractor pulling sled service for more than 25 years beginning in the late 1960s. In 1993, Schaefer became the editor of the Hart-Parr Oliver Collector's magazine. Schaefer began her own bi-monthly Oliver publication in 2004 and started Heritage Iron magazine in 2008. Schaefer has authored numerous books, and has provided her expertise to dozens of other tractor-related books. In 2003, Schaefer assisted the Smithsonian Institution with the restoration of the oldest mass-production gasoline tractor in existence. Schaefer is a past vice-president of Farm Rescue and currently serves as vice-president of the Greenville Airport Authority. As an instrument-rated pilot, she is able to utilize her other passion, aviation, into her business by flying herself to many of her interviews and tractor events.