Family Treasures Vintage Deere Tractors

By Matthew Wilde

Progressive Farmer

Few things make Jim Loeb happier than the roar of a John Deere 5020 and the subsequent belch of black exhaust as the small-but-mighty diesel tractor lunges forward with a full grain cart in tow.

The jubilant feelings intensify when Loeb's grandson, Clayton Loeb, is behind the wheel. It encapsulates everything the La Porte City, Iowa, farmer holds dear: family, farming and vintage John Deere tractors.

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