2025 is turning out to be a year when Farm Jeep items have found us. We are incredibly thankful that individuals have taken the time to write when they discover something unusual. In June, Brett wrote to say he had found a stash of implements for a Farm-Aid lift. We wrote about saving this bit of Farm Jeep history.
Recently, Kaleb from Missouri sent us this photo of a tag he found on “an old disc.” We will write more about this find. It does give us another interesting data point on both Farm-Aid implements and Transport Motor Company. TMC was a major West Coast Willys-Overland distributor before World War II and sold a line of specialty lifts (not based on the Ford/Ferguson system) and implements. TMC had a national distribution program, which we believe included the Farm-Aid line—another research project for the future.
Last spring, Kyle sent us a picture of a Newgren tag with a prefix we had not seen before. The “LL-1058” tag confirmed that Newgren had used a consistent model numbering system.
Just in the past few days, Paul from Indiana sent us the photo of a Newgren tag on a disc harrow. Based on the Newgren system, we could identify the implement as “Love Lift Harrow six and a half foot model.” Again, we will be writing more about this find.
This tag also shows that the relationship between Jabez Love and Newgren went beyond the first Farm Jeep lift. We will continue our research here, too. Stay tuned.
FJ