May/June 2021 Antique Power
/The May/June 2021 issue of Antique Power magazine is available in our gift shop and will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our latest cover tractor is Stewart Paquette’s 1981 International Harvester Model 3588 2+2. This feature is written by Rick Mannen and photos by Mark Dalton.
May/June 2021 Antique Power
“Snoopy” Stands for Traction & Strength
Once the 100-horsepower barrier had been breached, tractor builders quickly moved up the power scale. In the early 1970s, the International Harvester Co. had a line of heavy rear-wheel-drive tractors in the 66-series. The largest, the Model 1566, produced over 140 drawbar horsepower. This series was updated in 1976 to the 86-series tractors.
International Harvester introduced the rigid-frame, four-wheel-drive Model 4100 in 1965. Its 6-cylinder engine produced just over 116 drawbar horsepower. The subsequent model, the turbocharged 4166, came in at 130 drawbar horsepower. This model was also later produced in the 86-series. The company joined the articulated four-wheel-drive club in 1973 with the Model 4366. This and the subsequent 86-series articulated tractors were built for IH by the Steiger Tractor Co. of Fargo, North Dakota. The most powerful of this set was the Model 4786 with over 260 drawbar horsepower.
In 1979, IH took the tractor world by storm with a completely new design of four-wheel drives. This series, called the “2+2” tractors, hearkened back to earlier days—1923 in fact, when IH introduced the Farmall. The Farmall name was synonymous with row crop tractors, and the Farmall line complemented International’s standard tread utility tractors. The 2+2 was specially designed for row crop work in the Farmall tradition. Its unique long hood design earned this model the nickname “Snoopy”!
A Snoopy in Florida
Our featured Snoopy is a Model 3588 owned by Stewart Paquette of Leesburg, Florida. Paquette bought the tractor near Radcliffe, Iowa, in 2009. It was the only tractor on that farm and had been well cared for and was always stored inside. The 3588 showed little mechanical wear, and—save for a missing windshield washer and a toolbox—the tractor was complete.
To read more about the International Harvester Model 3588 2+2, pick up a copy of the May/June 2021 issue of Antique Power magazine!
Other articles in this issue include:
Still Farming the Vista Way
The Lightheart family’s 1967 Minneapolis-Moline G1000 Vista diesel keeps working on the farm.
text by Rick MannenAn OilPull for the Ages
Justin Click has left his 1918 Advance-Rumely
Model H 14-28 OilPull in beautiful as-found condition for posterity
text by Robert GabrickPositive Traction—The Tioga Tractor
text by Rick Mannen“Snoopy” Stands for Traction and Strength
Stewart Paquette’s 1981 International Harvester Model 3588 2+2 is a unique tractor with a fun name. text by Rick MannenLetter from the Editor
Letters to the Editor
The Canada Connection: The Massey Way
Photos from the Attic
Scaled Down, Built Up: John Deere Toy “Caboodle”
Classifieds
Show Guide
Tech Tips: Building a High Crop Cub Cadet
Tractor Show: Readers show off their favorites
Of Grease & Chaff: The Gentle Land
Gallery
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