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Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum in Nebraska

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The Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum is an historical facility located on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The museum was established in 1980 and is dedicated to preserving and documenting the history of Nebraska's tractor test law (dating from 1919) which "began as a law to protect others from irresponsible tractor companies failing to keep the best interest of the farmer in mind."1 Today it remains the sole museum in the United States dedicated to tractor testing.2

History[]

The Nebraska tractor testing law had its roots from 1918 when Polk County farmer W.F. Crozier purchased a 1909 Ford B Tractor (not the Ford Motor Co.) and A Bull tractor, both of which he was disappointed in the performance of. Crozier then worked with Nebraska State Senator Charles Warner to help establish the law, requiring the state of Nebraska to test all tractors to be sold within the state to ensure that their performance lived up to advertised claims.2 The Waterloo Boy tractor was the first to successfully complete the testing process in 1920.3

Since 1919, the state continues to test tractors to ensure reliability standards. The testing facility and test track themselves are located immediately west of the museum and the present site of the museum was previously used as a testing garage until a larger more capable facility was constructed.

The Collection[]

The museum's collection includes 40 antique tractors including...

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Anson Engine Museum - Barleylands Farming Museum - Bolton Steam Museum - Bressingham Steam Museum - Brooklands Museum - The British Commercial Vehicle Museum - Cars of the Stars Motor Museum - Charles Burrell Museum - Claymills Pumping Station - Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre - Donington Grand Prix Exhibition - Grampian Transport Museum- Haynes Motor Museum -Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon - Hollycombe Steam collection - Internal Fire Museum - Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum - The Long Shop Museum(Garrett's) - Museum of Museums - Manchester(MOM) - The Museum of Power in Wales - Museum of Power - Essex - Museum of Transport in Manchester - National Cycle Collection - National Motorcycle Museum (UK) - National Motor Museum, Beaulieu - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre - Northwest Museum of Road Transport - Oxford Bus Museum - Rushden Transport Museum - Scarborough Fair Collection - Shuttleworth Collection - Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum - South Yorkshire Transport Museum - The Transport Museum - Wythall(Birmingham) - Thinktank, Birmingham - Thursford Steam Museum - The Vintage Excavator Trust in Cumbria - Vintage Vehicles Shildon - The Waterworks Museum - Hereford - Wheal Martyn Clay Mining Museum
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Retromachines(France) - Scania Museum(Sweden) - Volvo Museum(Sweden)
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