Amazing IHC Tractor Collection of Jerry Kuster in Galva, Illinois
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Machinery Pete video interview walk through of the Jerry Kuster IHC tractor collection in Galva, Illinois. Jerry shows Pete the 1st serial number IHC 7288, 3588 and 1568 tractors plus much more
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Jerry is a National Treasure. I remember how excited I was with Planes, Trains and Tractors when I was a boy. IHC was a class act because they made everything themselves all the way down to bolts and washers. IHC bearings even came in sealed cans to preserve them. Unfortunately I don't own a Red Tractor anymore, we have an old Ford and a new John Deere, but we still have our Scout.
The amount of money require to amass such a collection must have been staggering. They all look to be in almost mint condition. Congratulations Mr. Kuster on a fantastic collection.
This was the fastest 70 minutes I've spent in a long time. Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for watching :-)
So nice to see history and being preserved!🇺🇸
Thank you!
This is the third time watching this video and I love his tractors
Thanks for watching!
Boy do I remember when I was 15 years old and I would visit my grandpa‘s Farm and the days that we had to cut hay he had an MD he would drive MD and I drove a 556 and it those tractors ran like a cheetah now that I am 80 years old and I realize that now I have John Deers and I have formals and I have Kabota‘s
Jerry and Connie seem like really nice people, this world needs more of em'.
Connie is one of the few last generation that allowed the guy to have his fun with out leaving him
My great grandfather helped build and drive very first tractor off rock island moline works and great uncle helped build and drove last tractor off the line and we have the flag that flew at plant. My grandpa was a engineer and tractor tester from 1950 til 1985 when they closed
Maybe your blood is red.
I just happened across this video , awesome , if you mentioned how many tractors Jerry has I must have missed it , but did he say how many he owns ? Just curious , Thankyou for video & May God Bless
Jerry, you’re a very passionate and nice man. You remind me of Jimmy Carter, great smile and human. Thanks for the tour. Sid from Petrolia, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you to the Kuster's for sharing their wonderful collection and thank you Machinery Pete for bringing this collection to video so people like me can enjoy.
Ron fuck you Ron
That is what my heaven looks like. Wow, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Connie&Jerry for saving our history.What amazing collection.
Wow, what a collection! I was especially interested in the 123 SP combine, I have one of those sitting in my trees, it's been there all my life. I'm 54 now, and I still walk around it in awe like I did when I was a kid.
by any chance is Jerry related to ryan and travis kuster in wisconsin ?
Kieran Featherstone I thought the same thing
I have a '53 IH Refridgerator, Oct-'53 still works good in my house
63 year old IH fridge still working....COOL....literally :-)
This ol boy is awesome. Always smiling and laughing and he certainly knows nothing kills a deere like a Magnum
LOL, funny as , Chevy.... Vclever....
A magnum is an awesome tractor, but they are still crude compared to a Deere.
I can't put my finger on it, but I feel like I know Jerry, even though I don't. Thanks for saving history, and some beautiful tractors.
Jerry and Connie are good people...Thanks for watching :-)
Awesome tractor collection! My dad has a 1961 International Harvester Scout with 4x4 that has 21,000 original miles.
I'm from Minnesota and own multiple tractors my favorites are my family's international 406 my international 424 utility tractor and my farm all super C but my neighbors own all internationals with the exception of a b Allis but they own a 1206 with a custom engine in it. The tractor was previously used for pulling and had to be tuned down to be suitable for farming they also own a farm all M, an international 806 , an international 1066, and a international 5288 in addition my grandmothers former neighbor owns a 666 front wheel assist and many more rare tractors none of which I can remember off of the top of my head but also my neighbor also knows someone who owns a 666 hydro keep in mind this is all in Minnesota. But anyways awesome video loved it nice to know there are lots of people from Minnesota that like antique tractors
Interesting to hear how much you prefere them, we don use that brand so much here in Sweden as far as I know. We have old fleet of Volvo BM, they are built here so they work well with at least farms with smaller production. Last few years US brand John Deere is nr1, nr2 is US and a bit UK and Canada company Massey Ferguson, nr3 Valtra which is from Finland. After that New Holland and Case IH. Have a great day!
the tractors are cool. but the history and stories this guy can tell really makes it all tie together
All those 806s and not a single 856..? He must like the 361 a lot better than the 407 for some reason. Same with all those 1206s, except we did see one 1256... didn't we? It's hard to remember all I just saw!
It's also quite surprising that a man who owns so so many IH tractors of all sizes wouldn't have any 6-cylinder 66 series, or any 2WD 86 or 88 series in his collection. You should get some of those too sir! :)
Super nice collection. Besides the amazing quantity, I am really impressed at how good condition nearly all of them are in. I like all the pictures and paperwork in the museum too.
Years ago I worked for a friend and we had a H,806,856,966,& 2 1466’s awesome tractors especially the 1466’s ❤️❤️ miss them good old days, Thank you for bringing back awesome memories
Thank you sir! My dad managed an IH dealership in the 70's and I worked at a dealership while I was in high school and college, working on many of the tractors in your collection.
this video brought tears to my eyes as i remembered my fathers tractors that he ha when i was in high school in the early 1980s. he owned a super m , a 400, a 706 gas, a 1206 turbo diesel, a 966, and a 1468. i personally restored the1953 farmallsuper m, the 966, and the 1468.between the ages of 14 and 19 years old. i sure miss my dad and those awesome red tractors!!
What a great guy Jerry is, down to earth and genuine - if i ever get to Galva IL, if possible, I'll look him up.
Must have hit oil while plowing a bean patch. Nice collection
One of the greatest things about this video is feeling that Jerry is in it for his passion for IHC , and not just for the bucks:-)
I think I'm going to have to fly to Illinois from Ireland to see this amazing collection!
bluegtturbo we'd love to have you! The most beautiful place in Illinois is known as the Driftless Area where the Palisades State Park is, which is right around the area of Galva if not a little due north. Be sure to visit Chicago if you do. (:
That’ll be a good deal
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I somehow forgot the password. I love any help you can give me!
@Porter Daxton Instablaster ;)
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Jerry seems like the kind of guy you could talk to all day
ABSOLUTLY.... I m a john deere geek but tractor guys are all family.....
16 people are John Deere fans
Easy now I’m a green guy, but man gotta pay mad respect to the man with a red tractor collection like that!!👍👍❤️ beautiful 4366💪 and 1468❤️❤️👍👍
It's very nice to make a living history of the man and his wife that made this all possible, the women who really stood behind the scenes and lifted a eye brow or two and let a man bring his dreams come to reality that is history of true love and so others can enjoy the fruits of their labors , what a tour ,I thank you and them for that !
Amazing collection of IH tractors. This outstanding video will leave you seeing RED! Great video, Machinery Pete! And thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Kuster for sharing their collection with us! 🇺🇸👍
Love these guys and videos. Their passion is infectious. But they have to be wealthy to buy and own all these tractors. Old farmer money.
He must have a couple million in tractors, toys, etc. What an awesome collection and wonderful guy!
956 xl without opening the engine until now 15 000 hours and still going up i think it international Harvester was making the machinery best ever made worldwide
We have an 856 with about that many hours. IMHO the '06, 56', and 66' series were simply untouchable when you factor in how many years you would get out of one.
Cool collection, my grandpa ran IH on the farm his whole life. Always had usin' tractors though, not collectin' tractors. He'd get a big kick out of this though. If I ever go to Illinois again I'm stopping to see these things.
Why oh why did IHC have to go....such an iconic American company that me and countless other farm kids grew up sitting on. My grandpa's first tractor was an F-14.
I'm floored by this amazing collection. Thanks for sharing. I noticed that there was no 86 tractors like my 1086. Any reason for skipping the 86 tractors?
There backward tractor never liked them
We had a 706,806 and a 1206 on the farm long ago
What a great gentleman!!!!!!!
Great video and what a great chap. Perfect viewing for my lunch hour (UK time !!)
Great memories of my local IH dealer, Lott & Walne in Dorchester, Dorset (UK)
Thanks for watching fergie! Msg me some tractor pics from the UK sometime if you get a chance. My email: greg@machinerypete.com
Y'all have Case I HAVE in the UK? Man, the more you know. Blessings from Illinois.
Eric Christian We do aswell in spain
Excellent collection, congratulations!
I just found out that there is a 1206 model with a V8 engine and another with a 6-cylinder engine; or is it that one of them was modified?
I hope one day, to be able to go to know this place and its owners.
Kind regards, from Uruguay.
I have an avery drill still runs great I even drilled beans with it. A few acres each year an it was the best yealding beans we had
I worked at the IH East Moline Works for 15 years. My dad worked there for 37 years. The factory isn't there any longer. 2 million square feet of factory completely demolished.
When you are a collector and have to put on your glasses to read what year tractor it is, you know you have too many.
Not sure how I got here but thanks for the tour.
Wish I lived in the USA I would be in the museum and Jerry's shed all the time !!
I love all the tractors specially farm all’s and I like John Deers and I also like Kabota‘s to
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thank you jerry & connie for sharing. great job machinery pete. from sikeston, missouri
I grew up on IH, and I've got to say that seeing this brings back an awful lot of great memories. My dad had a 706 LP, and now he has a 1568 and (my favorite) a B-414. Amazing collection!
What a serious collection sounds like real gentleman great vid
What a nice man, feel kind of bad I bet people just always talk about his tractors hope people talk to him as himself too. I know from having cool things that sometimes to be the focal point for people and they forget about you as a person and your needs as a friend
I never grew up on a farm, had a great aunt and uncle they had a small little hobbie farm I’d say. As far as I know they didn’t have any kind of big equipment. But for some reason I love these old tractors. Sorta simple machines, yet they helped build this country.
WOW what a Great Collection, Thanks for sharing
Machinery pete, my cousin in Mississippi had a john deere veelee car. He sold it few years back but it was very cool. To give u some info about him, he has two JD 4430, farmall 766, 2 JD model Bs, an oliver 77, and an old case tricycle tractor. In his car collection he has a ford model T, Model A sport, and Model A coupe. He use to farm but know runs cattle. Once a year a good bit of my family goes and we do our "fall harvest". At fall harvest we make cane syrup from sugar cane he grows and grind it in a cane mill. He has just converted a cane mill to run from a steam engine. And we also make corn meal in his gris meal run by the JD B. Love your channel. Thanks William
Wow, very cool! Thanks for your note William. Send me a pic sometime of your cousin's JD tractors
K. whats your email.
greg@machinerypete.com
just sent it.
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Machinery Pete, is this great and kind gentleman, Jerry Kuster still living now? This was a very, very interesting and emotionally moving video for me. Excellent, and thank you so much for keeping tractor history alive!!!!
Yes, Jerry still going strong. Thanks for the watching the video! Glad you enjoyed. Jerry and Connie have done amazing job with their collection....educational and inspiring at the same time :-)
@@machinerypetethis post is now 3 years old, I’m interested in taking a trip from Tulsa to Galva and checking out this beautiful collection. Are they still welcoming visitors? He gave his phone number, but I would hate to bother those nice people if they are no longer entertaining visitors
We visited the Kusters in August 2023 . An amazing tour!
One great collection ,,,,, just wonderful ,,, stew paquette
Stew...I need to come visit you and see your collection soon :-)
Good to see Jimmy Carters younger bro doing so well in life!😂😂BEAUTIFUL collection of rare red power too!
I know him.... I gonna have to tell him you said that. 😂
we have a loader like the one on that f-20 never knew who made it good to know. thanks
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He looks like Jimmy Carter thats who i thought you were interviewing
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@@zacharywalton6560 way of life below
If one thing Dad taught me, no one color has all the best equipment for the job. But he only owned red tractors.
I love those 2+2's
Love love love
I want to buy every one I can get my hands on
@@lindam.4129 Burlington Wisconsin
@@lindam.4129 what kind of 2+2
@@lindam.4129 my email is wall192019@gmail.com
This video held my attention the entire time. It was only at the end did I notice it was 74 min long. Time flies when you are watching something interesting. Great video, thanks to Jerry and Connie for sharing
Jerry, You have an amazing collection! You got to be proud of what you are holding. And Pete, you did a great job filming it and to be very knowledgeable about so many things. Loved it! Thank you. I own the #4 of the 7288. I love it! Planted 1000's of acres and anhydrous a lot also with it. It is a beautiful tractor. Thanks to you both.
How many hours on the 7288?
Jerry, your my hero! You have a beautiful collection of history. Love all the red and so glad you saved them from the scrapyards. God bless
Beautiful collection Jerry, a credit to your life love of all things red, much appreciated from England UK.
Wow I really love your tractors, man I wish i could be there looking at your IH. Collection I have always owned IH equipment we grew and sold quite a bit of hay and beef, in my younger days,,,, those were the best years, I do miss it so. GOD BLESS you and family thank you for posting!!
I enjoy these videos of course, but sometimes have mixed feelings a bit. It's great that history is being preserved and the F -20s and 30s are saved from scrapyards and such, but tractors like the 806 and 1206 are still useful and desirable work machines. Once they go into these collector sheds it just seems like it's over. They don't seem like tractors anymore at that point. Just a toy or sculpture or something like that
Amazing stuff & so Appropriate Stuffing the jd crap in the Shitter.
That 7-up edition look alike 1989.6 /90 25th Anniversary 6 cylinder Soft top Stang on Deep Emerald Green Over Parchment & /Parchment top @50:00 minutes is a Super OCD Gem with only 1100 Actual highly document original verifiable to the teeth Senior rarely serviced & unmaintained driven miles is worth over 5 figures at Farret Backson ( Censored ) Feeding frenzy auction house the dirt bag fennis Lollins ( Also censored ) made feeding frenzy records at said auction by off loading a few low mile Stangs recently , the Sad thing is this 1 Senoir Aged Owner stang looks to have the Donkey engine v6 or inline 6 engine in it & Not the zero tech 4.6 litre v8. Either way said dirt bags previously Molested high mile 7up edition BASE LX trim Plastic steering wheel hard top went for over $82.000. 00 with added Seller & buyer's fees at said Frenzy Arizona auction house
Is there anywhere that I can get more info on the v8 swapped 1206?
Amazing collection
Very humble man
Great to see him share his love of tractors
Greating from Finland...Folks...We have also had "only" IH on our Farm (except one odd FIAT)....But They are Tiny compared to Those Beast...There is Something Majestic in Those Ones...In Finland We have a Own manufacturer....Valmet now Valtra..."sadly" now a part AGCO...They made once Their Own "Beast" 1502...a 6 wheel model...
Does anyone know if there are any Valmet/Valtra tractors in the US...?
Wow. Simply impressive. Glad I watched this.
My two uncles have a ih 766 and a 966 along with a jd4350 and a David brown.
Why dont you put his contact info in the description.
I grew up in a 4386 international
You remember Kasten Manufacturing in Allenton Wisconsin?
Best video I have watched ,Thanks so much !
Deere till’ death, but dang I wanted to see one of the old 123’s restored. Yea, Deere till’ death, but I’m starting to develop a tiny soft spot for the Reds.
May I ask what happened to though 7488
His old mechanic buddy that he spoke of... Bill Grabbe. He was into wheel horse garden tractors also. I Bought part of his collection. Great video Im from the Galva area.
Henry Ford's first car bodies were made of hemp which made the cars much lighter, and 10x stronger than steel. The seed oil was used to power them also. That is why the gubment likes to compare hemp with marijauna, big oil and steel TOLD them to. I would pay to see someone get 'high' on hemp.
My father used a 1206 on our dairy farm four years and have to say was always dependable and was my first tractor to drive at age 11 this video brought back some good memories. Thank you!
Thank you for watching :-)
My understanding is that now they make Case-IH tractors as a brand name, as the company was sold to another conglomerate.
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All I can say is Wow.
I have lived on a farm 30 years +,now 70,(me).the last tractor i new was D'ASIE .Les the owner asked me to look on hear when he was in ill health.Witch i was happy to do.But now wow i might just love them.All the best from Sussex UK
tony Wyatt 7
Nice collection, in and around Winesburg, OH there is a collection of Internatinal tractors of EVERY MODEL ever made, restored by the Hostetler FAmily. It is something to see. Every obscure and strange model ever made. I'm sure Mr. Hostetler has probably now died, not sure what the family has done with them.
Awesome people... Great video! Thanks!!!! 😃👍
Might need to look at the museum next time I get home to Kewanee.
They just don't make em like they used to and that includes you Jerry. Great video Pete.
And to bad I don't think they ever will...
IHC Power.
;-)
Watching this after I just went to Stew Paquette’s place in Leesburg Florida it was amazing as well. Thanks for sharing this.
I live less than a hour away from it. I worked for the Middlesex Corporation who bought out their construction company and Asphalt plant in Leesburg many years ago.
God bless you Jerry and Connie love your big red collection love that Crown Victoria very classy God bless you
Wow this was so much more then I was expecting... a Big Thank You..!!!
What a cool fella. And even cooler wife for letting him have such a timeless collection.
Something interesting to tell Jerry if you are in contact with him is that my grandfather and great grandfather had a super m-ta diesel for awhile that they farmed with.
First tractor I ever drove was also a Farmall H which was bought new by my grandpa also in 1946, the first thing I ever drove period.
Me too! My grandfather and my uncle were hauling in tobacco and I was 6 and more than eager to learn to drive. Hooked from then on.