Douglas Fisk's Antique Tractor Collection

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A Farmall M Lookout Runner photographed in the fall.

My Story

I grew up driving International Harvester and Allis Chalmers tractors on a farm in northwestern Wisconsin. In the 1960s, I worked for International Harvester as a sales representative. This job included demonstrating Farmall tractors at the Minnesota State fair. My passion for IH Farmall tractors has never waned. During retirement, I've restored the tractors seen below to near original condition. Most of these are IH Farmalls, but the collection also includes John Deere, Allis-Chalmers, Ford, McCormick-Deering, and BF Avery. The lawn and garden tractors are four Cub Cadets, a Wheel Horse, and a Ford. The photos and videos below are a few examples from my collection. Please enjoy these photos and videos from the collection. For correspondence, send email to oakridgefarm@garyfisk.mozmail.com.

The Auction

Sadly, the tractor collection was sold at auction in June, 2025 due to health issues. Another reason for selling was to pass on a love of these iconic tractors to a younger generation. Here is an announcement that includes praise from a former student.

The hope is that the new owners will enjoy and treasure these machines. Doug and his family greatly appreciate all of the family, friends, and neighbors who helped to make this event possible.

Facebook comment from the Machinery Pete page by Rick Salber

Vintage Tractor and Farm Equipment Photo Gallery

Douglas Fisk with a restored Allis Chalmers. Douglas Fisk on a Farmall cub. Douglas Fisk with a Farmall McCormick. Douglas Fisk With a Farmall Super C. Douglas Fisk wit a Farmall Super H, stage 2. Douglas Fisk with a John Deere 620. Antique International Harvester (IH) Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractors with hoods up Antique International Harvester (IH) Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractors with their hoods up The entire Doug Fisk collection lined up in May, 2025. The entire tractor collection with emphasis on the International Farmall tractors The entire tractor collection with Allis Chalmers and other brands included. Farm equipment including scales, creamery, and grading equipment. Farm equipment including cultivators and lawn garden tractor cab. Farm equipment, plow and saw.

Antique Tractor and Farm Equipment Videos

This is the promotional video from ProCountry Auction. It has a good overview of the collection, especially the IH Farmall tractors.

This second promotional video from ProCountry Auction shows a variety of farm equipment.

The third promotional video from ProCountry Auction shows all of the tractors, including the lawn and garden tractors.

This shows a variety of hit-and-miss single cylinder engines. These were state of the art technology in the early 1900s.

Here's a mysterious and obscure piece of equipment.

This antique plow was once used to clear fields after cutting down trees.

Doug explains dairy equipment from the 1950s.

There are multiple cultivators from John Deere and International Harvester.

This is a Ford two-bottom plow for the 8N tractor.

An International Harvester Farmall tractor is shown and described.

The early BF Avery tractor is compared to a later model made by Minneapolis Moline.

This IH Farmall tractor has a great sound.

The International Farmall Cub was a small tractor sized between the regular models and lawn/garden tractors.

The Ford 8N tractor was a very popular small tractor made in the 1950s.

Aaron Gierok from Gierok Farms interviewed Douglas about the collection in the fall of 2023. This two part video showcases the collection and includes many tractor stories. The first part had 29k views in a little over one year with very positive comments.

Gierok Farms: A Fully Restored Antique Tractor Collection! - part 1, 43:02 minutes

Gierok Farms: A Fully Restored Antique Tractor Collection! - part 2, 20:34 minutes


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