Meet Nebraska’s ‘Tractor Doctor’

Aurora grad has a passion for restoring vintage ag equipment

Doug Koozer (right) is the owner of Ag Tractor Supply in Lincoln and a club sponsor for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Tractor Restoration Club.
Doug Koozer (right) is the owner of Ag Tractor Supply in Lincoln and a club sponsor for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Tractor Restoration Club.

The ability to restore any vintage tractor that can fit inside his Ag Tractor Supply shop in Lincoln has earned Aurora native Doug Koozer a unique title. Koozer was given his nickname the Tractor Doctor by his customers in Maui, where he used to travel at least once a year, to fix tractors and other farming equipment. “They’d keep their word to keep it off to the side and wait for me to get there …