The father of an Augustana College student was lunching at Arthur’s Garden Deli in Rock Island, looking at the big framed photo above the beverage counter.
Last Red Tractor: The Farmall story
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Jim Sigler, left, and Paul Hayes, both of Moline, Ill., share a laugh at the Hy-Vee on Avenue of the Cities in Moline. Both Sigler and Hayes watched 30 years ago when the last Farmall tractor rolled off the assembly line in Rock Island. Sigler was a forklift operator and Hayes was a gear lab worker. Sigler gets together every week with three or four other retirees for breakfast.
Herbert Hall Sr. helped build the first tractor at the International Harvester Co. Farmall Plant in 1926; Herbert Hall Jr. worked on the last tractor and drove it off the line on Tuesday, May 14, 1985.
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