Tractor & Equipment Guide is a publication. We write practical articles about used farm equipment because most of the information floating around online is either thin dealer marketing copy, forum posts from 2007 with broken image links, or trade coverage locked behind paid subscriptions. Landowners shopping their first 45 horsepower utility tractor and farmers trying to figure out whether a 1988 Massey Ferguson 399 is worth the asking price deserve better source material than that.
What we cover
The site is split into four editorial areas, and every article lives under one of them.
Used tractors. Utility tractors, row crop tractors, compact and subcompact machines, and hay tractors. We focus on the brands and model series that dominate the actual used market: John Deere, Case IH, Massey Ferguson, Kubota, Ford, New Holland, Farmall, International Harvester, Allis-Chalmers, and Oliver. A 1978 IH 1066 is still a working tractor on thousands of farms. So is a 1965 MF 135. We write about the machines people are really buying, not just whatever is new at the dealer.
Farm equipment and implements. Hay tools, tillage, planters and drills, loaders, and attachments. Implements often outlast the tractors that pulled them, and the used implement market has different rules than the tractor market. We cover what to look for, what tends to fail, and which brands hold up.
Parts and maintenance. One of the uncomfortable realities of buying used is that you become your own parts department. We write about where parts actually come from for legacy models, which tractors have healthy aftermarket support, and what DIY maintenance looks like when the nearest authorized dealer is two hours away.
Dealers and auctions. How independent used equipment dealers price their lots, how live and online auctions differ, what consignment really means, and how to read online listings from sellers you have never met. This area exists because the buying channel often matters more than the machine.
How we write
No sponsored content. No paid placement. No affiliate links on any article. We reference real brands and model numbers because you cannot write credibly about used tractors without them, but a mention is not an endorsement, and the absence of a brand is not a warning. We try to avoid scare tactics, and we try to avoid the opposite problem too: pretending that buying a 40 year old tractor is always a clean, predictable process. It is not. We write about the messy parts because that is where buyers lose money.
Plain language is a house rule. If an article uses a term like "pressure compensated hydraulics" or "synchro shuttle," it should explain the term in the same paragraph. We would rather repeat ourselves than leave a reader guessing.
What this site is not
We do not sell tractors. We do not broker equipment. We do not take consignments. We do not offer appraisals, and we do not provide individual buying consultations. This site exists to inform buyers and sellers, not to transact with them. If you need to appraise a specific machine, talk to a local auctioneer or an independent mechanic who works on that brand. If you need parts, the parts and maintenance section lists the kinds of suppliers to look for.
For questions about the articles themselves, including corrections or topics you wish we covered, the contact page has a form. For general buying questions, the buyer guides will get you further than an email will, because most of the common questions already have an article written about them.