In the Disney movies ‘Cars’ and ‘Planes’ these mechanical objects are presented as human, with emotions and feelings.   But as far as I know, they haven’t made a movie that speaks to the condition of rural machines (those city machines hog all the attention).   So I would like to introduce you to some machines that I recently became acquainted with.

Oliver has a rather jaunty three color paint job, that lets you know who he is.

Co-op is no doubt short for Cooper, and he is a rather sporty orangey-red.

Tractors are given to informality, I’m sure that Case is just the diminutive for Casey.   The streamlined radiator cap lets you know just how fast this tractor is.

John is a very popular name for tractors, there were quite a few hanging around that shared this name.

In the Disney movies, machines are always involved in a big race against all odds.   So, there wasn’t a a race exactly, but these tractors gamely demonstrated their individual strengths for their humans by pulling increasingly heavy loads.   But the humans get the glory (and the little hat pins that show who won) and the machines modestly retire until the next competition.