Because when you live in farmland, the local tractor store carries John Deere and International Harvester instead of HW and MB.
This bunch is a mix of new and old, some bought for me when I was a child, others belonged to my father before they were passed down to me.
First is this cool 1955 Chevrolet Cameo by ERTL. I have a red civilian version with detailed headlamps and functioning doors but this one is special.
It's a piggy bank! The crate load is a clever way to increase coin capacity and it looks more like a properly used truck. Coin release is a simple lock on the bottom of the truck that's opened with a basic key. This one is about...10 years old.
This next one is an old tractor hay baler set by ERTL, I think I got these 15 years ago when I was a really small kid.
The tractor is made of nice sturdy die-cast metal with rubber tires mounted on plastic wheels. It's been played with hard as shown by all the scratches.
The hay baler is made of plastic but it has some neat hidden metal underneath it. The trailer is missing the hay bales and rear faux-wooden frame but it's still solid metal.
The baler opens up to reveal these metal moving floors, when it rolls along, it'll push the plastic hay bales along before ejecting them out the back and into the trailer.
This is a random Matchbox Harvester I got doing a Hot Wheels trade with a friend about 10 years ago. No idea if it's based off a real model but the blades do spin as it rolls along!
Random Deere Bobcat because dat articulation, same age the tractor set.
However, its worn out so it won't stay in the raised bucket position.
I'm not sure who made this set but it's close to 40 years old at this point. It was a gift from my late-uncle to my father when he was a kid.
The trailer used to have a tailgate but that went missing before I was born. The levers on the tractor rotate and the trailer tips!
Last is this ancient 400 or 500 series snow mobile that also belonged to my pops.
See that little switch on the back? It's not just a static display, it does (or used to) move!
Just toss some giant batteries underneath and it'll go!