- My next collection stop takes me into Central Minnesota.

Outside the town of Sock Rapids lives Ernie Wallach with what might be one of the largest tractor collections in the state.

He not only has a lot of them, but he has some incredibly rare ones as well.

To start with, Ernie wants to show me his assorted collection in what he calls his man cave.

I notice there isn't one particular theme, it's just vintage anything.

- It's kind of anything.

- Yeah, I like that.

I like that - It catches my eye and I kind of, you know, go after it.

- I notice all the trophies too.

- Well, it goes back to we, we raced a lot of dirt track races.

My twin daughters raced.

- By the looks of it, you not only raced, you won - Over 700 races.

- I love the gas pumps too.

- Yeah, this here, gas pump is a pretty rare wanes.

It's a showcase.

You don't find them.

So that's a pretty neat piece.

Sometimes you just find it and you buy it.

- Ernie, when I think of collections, I think of things like stamps, knick-knacks, baseball cards, small stuff.

When I look at your collection, this isn't small at all.

- No.

You've seen my small stuff in the man cave here.

This is big stuff.

This is big iron.

We have every model, every color of tractors.

This is a lot of iron here.

- Why tractors?

- Well, I grew up on a farm and I kind of had a passion for tractors.

- So how many tractors do you currently have?

- I am 1 36, 1 37.

I didn't really sit down and count exactly, but I know it's over 136 - And I'll bet each one of those tractors there's a story.

- Yes.

You know, and it is, it's a, it's a, when we'd go hunting, each tractor had where it came from, why I bought it, you know, was it, did a friend have it?

Did a old farmer have it?

You know, we went all over the country to get some of these.

- No, I look around.

I don't even know where to start to look.

I want to ask you about each one of these.

- Well, there's a story behind each one.

I'll - Bet there is.

Yeah.

- So Doug, this is a model scale of the, the big, big boys, the oil twin city tractor.

Do - They all run all your tractors?

- Everything runs.

So - You could start any of 'em up.

- Any of 'em up?

Yep.

I have a mechanic that we try to start 'em twice a year, but for sure once a year we start every tractor.

- And these are fairly common tractors.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

48, 40 nines.

Yeah.

- You see a lot of those.

Yep.

- Yep.

But then this is the baby.

This is the Z Minneapolis Lean.

This is the one that I my first restore.

So it's kind of special to me and it'll be around for a long, long time.

So this - Is the one Ernie's collection seems to just go on and on.

I have never seen so many pristine tractors under one roof, but it's not just tractors.

He has collected some very unique non-actor items as well.

- Okay.

Doug, here's some more of my collections.

I got a antique safe here.

Here's a potato digger or a cutter.

This is kind of neat.

I just picked this up not too long ago.

It is what they use at fairs and, and, and grocery stores than that to give your kids rides.

- Ernie, you have amassed a collection that is unbelievable.

What is the future?

- You know, it's a tough, tough question.

You know, I'm hoping, you know, my grandkids will have interest in, in, in it, you know, even if it's parts of it, but, and what do you do with collections like this?

You know, I'm hoping to keep it going, keep it going as long as I can and hopefully my grandkids would take over.

That would be the blessing for me.