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From Tinkering to Torquing: A Beginner's Guide to Tractors and Tools
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Antique tractor collecting and restoration has never been more popular—and all the newcomers need to be warned, according to old tractor guru Roger Welsch. Otherwise, they’ll end up alone with three mortgages and two ex-wives—but they will have a barn with a sparkling restored tractor. Here, in a tone comfortably lodged between wise and wisecracking, the man Charles Kuralt called "America’s premier storyteller" recounts falling in love with bringing old tractors back to life—and, along the way, manages to impart some sound advice, including the basics: What is old? What is a tractor? And what is it with old tractors, anyway? He also covers the finer points of restoration and repair, from the tools of the trade to tractor parts to the restorer’s use of common household objects in a pinch.

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Ole Rog does it again!
 
Review Date: October 17, 2005
Reviewer: Bruce W. Ewing, Oklahoma City, OK USA
Pretty basic stuff for a veteran tractor enthusiast, but the humor is worth checking out. Rog does a great job, especially on the workshop and tools section, which even the most experienced tractor fan will identify with!
Another great Roger Welsch offering
 
Review Date: March 19, 2006
Reviewer: P. J. Moran, Florida Panhandle
Facts fight their way to the reader through opinion, hyperbole, border-line sarcasm, slapstick, somewhat jingoistic anecdotal narrative. In short--another good read from one of Nebraska's best.
Should have researched better
 
Review Date: January 26, 2006
Reviewer: Dan,
Don't get me wrong - I am a HUGE Roger Welsch fan and have several of his books - this is why I rushed out to aquire this latest release. My wife got it for me for Christmas and unless you are completely clueless about antique tractors, or internal combustion theory in general, you will have a very hard time chewing through this one. It is so basic you could use it to describe the inner workings of an antique tractor to a 3 year old city boy. I am sure it has some of old Rog's witty banter in it - but I couldn't get past the first chapter. Buy it for your significant other in hopes they will read and at least understand what you are talking about at the next antique tractor show.

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