Green Magazine September 2013 | Page 12

Most of us have probably hatched some idea in our brains about building a tractor that Deere never did. Perhaps you wanted to put tracks on an “R,” MFWD on a 730 or a diesel engine in an “L.” The trouble is that, with most of us, the project never gets beyond the dreaming phase. One person who turned his dream into a reality, though, is Obie Van Dyk of Pella, Iowa. His dream was to build a styled “A” standard, something a little different than what we know of as an ?qH??t?Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????qK?t????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????=?????????????????????????????????????????????????????]???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????1?????????????? ????Y???i??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????q?t???????????qH??t?Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????1???????Y???i???????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????qK?t?????????????????????????????????????????????????=????Y????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]????????????????????????????????????????????????????????A??????%???)A??????M??????????????????5????? ?()I???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()1????????????????????() ??I??????!???((0