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W-40 McCormick-Deering

By Rene Vandoorne

346 McDiarmid Drive, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada 7RB 2H4

My story began on Boxing Day, December 26th, 1991.

My brother and his wife were visiting and I was showing them pictures of different tractors that I have restored. He told me that he knew where there was a W-40 McCormick-Deering on steel; he had seen it while deer hunting in the Turtle Mountains. Turtle Mountains are a ridge of rolling knolls between North Dakota and Manitoba, and the International Peace Garden is located in the Turtle Mountains.

The tractor was originally owned by George Griffith, who did bull dozing with a Caterpillar and the W-40 was used on the breaking plow. During the 1940s, the W-40 was left and parked on the George Schoonbaert farm. Needless to say, I just had to see this tractor. I picked up my brother Duffy. We were only able to get within a quarter of a mile wit...

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