According to the detailed hand-written ledger, Union Farm Equipment sold its first tractor on July 18, 1948, to Ben Nichols, who farmed at his homestead on Route 235 in Hope, Maine. Six identical tractors of the one Ford model available, 8N, were sold that first year. A 1953 Ford tractor was taken back in trade in 1996, and the trade-in value was more than its original price! Union Farm Equipment stocks a broad collection of older parts.