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Member tanderson's 1938 Allis B
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Allis-Chalmers:
The Allis-Chalmers company has its roots as far back as the 1840's. They began producing farm equipment in 1914, and went on to produce a great overall line of tractors. You can say they were a well rounded company that has ventured into many different aspects of related industries. Another interesting face about Allis Chalmers is they were the first manufacture to use pnematic tires on there tractors in 1929 with the introduction of there model U. In 1931 they acquired the Advance-Rumley company based in Laporte, Indiana and also the Buda Engine Company of Harvey, Illinois. They produced many different tractors and had a great line of machinery to go with them.
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Case:
The J I Case Company was founded in 1842 by Jerome Increase Case. Jerome was the first American to create a steam engine for agricultural use. They first used there patented eagle logo in 1865. They went on to produce there first internal combustion gas tractor in 1904. They produced a great line of tractors through out all the years. They even dabbled in the automotive market for a while in the 1911-1925/26 era. In 1984 they bought the International Harvester company and more recently combined with New Holland. There tractors that stick out the most in my head are there bright orange tractors with black pin stripes down the hoods. They look good at any distance.
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Member OldIronLvr's 1940 Farmall H
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Farmall / IH:
International Harvester has its roots way back to the 1830's when Cyrus McCormick produced his horse-drawn reaper. In 1902 McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and Deering Harvester Company along with a few smaller company based around there area combined to become the International Harvester Company. They produced large tractors in the early years of the 1900's. But in 1924 they developed the Farmall which became a very iconic tractor in American history. They had a very solid line of tractors like most other manufactures of the time that were all competing for a share of the market.
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Ford & Fordson:
Fordson was founded by Henry Ford. They started mass producing tractors in 1917 the model F. They were sold all over the world after World War I, and tractors bearing the Fordson name were produced in England till 1964. U.S. Fordson production ending in 1928. Ford went on to produce the N series of tractors in the 30's and onto some great tractors they utilized the Ferguson three-point hitch system which to me kept them ahead of the rest until the rest adopted the same system.
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John Deere:
For John Deere it all started with his innovations in polished steel plows in 1837. This led to many other great innovations over the years. In 1918 Deere purchased the Waterloo Boy tractor. In 1923 launched the Model D, this was the first waterloo tractor to use the 2 cylinder engine design. In 1925 they came out with the GP or General Purpose design. In 1934 despite the depression going on in the United States they developed the model A tractor and then the following year developed the model B which remained in production till the 50's. Deere went onto produce some of the great tractors of the ages that we all enjoy and are still in business today.
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Massey Ferguson:
In 1953 the Ferguson Company merged with Massey-Harris to become the Massy-Harris Ferguson. Then finally in 1958 they shortened there name up to just Massey Ferguson. They build some tuff tractors for there times. 1959 was the year that Massey Ferguson purchased the Perkins Engines of Peterborough England, which was the main supplier of there diesel engines. In 1989 they sold a 66% share to ARGO then finally all to them in 2000. They are still a brand that ARGO sells today.
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Massey Harris:
In 1891 the Massey Manufacturing Company and the A. Harris, Son & Co Ltd merged to form the Massey-Harris Co. In the 1930's they produced one of the first self-propelled combine harvesters, and they also where one of the first to produce a 4 wheel drive tractor. They made a lot of different variations to there tractors as the serial number list represents.
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Minnieapolis Moline:
Minneapolis Moline was the result of a merger between the Minneapolis Steel & Machinery, Minneapolis Threshing Machine and Moline Plow in 1929. They were ahead of there time with the invention of the UDLX Comfortactor which was a fully enclosed cab tractor in 1938. To me the Minneapolis lineup of tractors are very well built heavy duty tractors.
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Member tanderson's 1950 Minnieapolis Moline R
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Oliver & Hart Parr:
The Hart-Parr company came about in 1901. They built some of the big ole iron tractors as they were called in the early 1900's. The Oliver Chilled Plow company started in the late 1800's started producing chilled steel plows which worked better in the heavy soils of the Midwest. In 1929 the Hart-Parr Tractor Company, the American Seeding Machine Company, and the Nichols & Shepard Company were producing obsolete equipment and were strapped for cash. So they merged with the Oliver Chilled Plow Company to for the modern day Oliver Farm Equipment Corporation. They were very innovative with there use of diesel engines and produced some very powerful tractors. In 1960 the White Motor Corp. of Cleveland Ohio acquired the Oliver Corp which also owned the Cockshutt Farm Equipment of Canada.
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