NESD | The first couple years after CIH bought out Steiger they were available in either color, then the Steiger name was dropped and so was the green color, with the exception of the green 535 that Dennis posted, the owner of this tractor (who is a good friend of mine) could get them green as long as he wanted as part of an agreement between Steiger and his father who was involved with the original Steiger Company and helped build Steiger into what it was. After a few years he decided that the green color was not that important to him and he started getting red ones, the Green 535 pictured was an anniversary special and was offered to my friend because of his fathers involvement in the company, he still owns it and it does get used in the field every year. |