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Machinery Pete Podcast
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Episode 61
Season 1
Rodney Miller – Founder/Host of “Small Town Big Deal” TV Show and Big IHC Collector
Machinery Pete chats with Rodney Miller, host of the well-loved TV show “Small Town Big Deal” on RFD-TV and 300 other TV stations across the country. Rodney has deep farming and farm equipment roots, being from Benton, IL where he still has a farming operation. He was also a force behind the growth of Montana Tractors from $3M in annual revenue to $80M+ back in the day, before moving on to CEO position with McCormick. Rodney is a huge IHC tractor and equipment collector and shares many wonderful stories with Pete on all things Red equipment, including a Fire Truck that was actually at Ground Zero on 9/11.
- [:34] - Machinery Pete’s gives background on today’s guest
- [5:31] - Interview with Rodney Miller begins
- [11:46] - About Rodney’s show “Small Town Big Deal”
- [22:11] - The first episode, importance of telling stories of veterans
- [26:15] - Positivity in media
- [31:56] - Rodney’s tractor collection
- [45:09] - Growing up in Benton, IL, farm roots
- [1:14:02] - Final words from Machinery Pete
Machinery Pete was founded in 1989 and has grown from its humble beginnings to a full-fledged marketplace for farming equipment. Greg Peterson, founder and host, has also released Machinery Pete content across platforms including YouTube with his long-running Machinery Pete TV show.
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