Author(s): Ian O'Rourke; Terry L. Probert (Editor)

Tractors

Ian O'Rourke, a skinny kid from the Australian outback town of Burraboi NSW, who's education began with correspondence lessons could never have imagined his rise through the ranks of the Australian Tractor and Machinery Industry. As National Service Manager of Ford Tractor Operations Australia, his influence stretched from Melbourne to the halls of power in Dearborn, Michigan, USA and across the Atlantic to Basildon in the UK.Filled with wonderful anecdotes, Ian's memoir will take the reader through the O'Rourke family's struggles during his formative years on the farm. His life at boarding school and working with Massey Ferguson as part of their Research and Development team who had been charged with bringing the 585 Header into production.Respected by colleagues and dealers alike, this story takes the reader on a journey through the progress of Australia's Farm Machinery industry from 1960 to the early 1990s