High riding with the Big 4 Fair tractor drive

Press photos by Amie Johansen Two of the tractors participating in Friday morning’s ride quite were unique. Two Olivers, a 550 and a 660, were diesel tractors. According to Big 4 Fair tractor ride coordinator Dave Bucknell, “nobody has ever seen diesel.” The diesel pair of Olivers lined up together for the Friday ride.

Press photos by Amie Johansen Two of the tractors participating in Friday morning’s ride quite were unique. Two Olivers, a 550 and a 660, were diesel tractors. According to Big 4 Fair tractor ride coordinator Dave Bucknell, “nobody has ever seen diesel.” The diesel pair of Olivers lined up together for the Friday ride.

Press photo by Amie Johansen Wayne Indrelie, of Albert Lea, Minn., stands next to his 1954 Allis-Chalmers tractor. Having owned it for 22 years, he decided it needed to look like new again. In working with a friend, Indrelie took a year and a half to restore the tractor to look like the one he used when his dad farmed.