Van Burkhart

TRACTOR BEAMS Van and Bridget Burkhart stand in front of this year's holiday tractor on their front lawn. (Photo: hartphoto.com)

A young Van on the second tractor he can remember from his grandfather’s farm.

Van and Bridget Burkhart.

Van working on a tractor at the family’s farm.

A teenaged Van, on the tractor, with his uncle John Earl Laurence (left), who owned the farm Van now owns.

Van Burkhart (pictured, with wife Bridget) collects and restores antique tractors. During the holidays, he decorates and displays tractors in his yard. (Photo: hartphoto.com)