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Iowan's stolen Farmall 1206 tractor recovered in Minnesota
Today's dose of good news: Iowa's most notorious tractor, stolen from a warehouse in Mason City, has been recovered intact in Minnesota.
Tractor guru Randy Hinton, who now owns and operates 10 Red Power Case IH dealerships across northern Iowa, was robbed of his prized tractor, a 1965 International Harvester Farmall 1206 that was the 11th to roll off the assembly line. Hinton offered a $20,000 reward for its return and blanketed the region and collectors' magazines with an Old West-style "wanted" poster.
The Rice County Sheriff in Faribault, Minn., told KIMT-TV this week that it had recovered the stolen 1206 and was keeping it in evidence, with charges pending for the thief or thieves.
"It is mine," Hinton said Wednesday, confident that the tractor in question is his. "They verified the serial number. The serial number hasn't been tampered with."
Only about 8,400 1206 tractors were manufactured from 1965 to 1967.
Hinton won't have a chance to trek to Faribault and retrieve the gem of his collection until next week.
But is he relieved?
"Oh, yeah," he said.
May is a month for planting, with tractors visible everywhere across the rural Iowa landscape. But it was this particular hunk of shiny red iron that had weighed heavily on Hinton's mind.
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