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All other tractors produced in the UK at that time were sold as International Harvesters or Internationals. [5] The B-450 was a restyled version of the McCormick International BWD-6, sold between 1957 and 1970. [1] [6]
Hornsbys are credited with producing and selling the first oil-engined tractor (similar to modern-day tractors) in Britain. [citation needed] The Hornsby-Akroyd Patent Safety Oil Traction Engine was made in 1896 with a 20 hp engine. In 1897, it was bought by Mr. Locke-King, and this is the first recorded sale of a tractor in Britain.
Ford (USA) – Ford tractor division bought Sperry-New Holland and became Ford-New Holland, now New Holland, part of CNH Industrial; Ford-Ferguson (USA) Fordson tractor (USA / England, UK) – by Ford; Fordzon-Putilovec (Russia) Forma (Romania) Fortschritt (East Germany) Foton (China) – now Lovol; Four Drive (USA) – also known as Fitch Four ...
By 1989 a wide range of tractors were in production from 22hp to 125hp, plus they had a large spare parts business for the 120,000 Nuffield, Leyland and Marshall tractors around the world. [7] This wide range of tractors largely came about by importing Steyr tractors and marketing them under the Marshall brand. [ 8 ]
The prototype steam tractor was a single-cylinder design but in 1906 a compound-cylinder version was produced, and this proved to be by far the most popular version with customers. [12] In 1908 the RAC organised a trial of competing makers' steam tractors to ascertain the best. Charles Burrell & Sons entered engine number 2932, a standard ...
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The tractors are named for the McCormick family of Chicago and Virginia. The Doncaster plant was the headquarters of the McCormick company. The plant had a long history of producing tractors for Case IH and International Harvester and under its new ownership continued to produce tractors for Case IH under the terms of a European antitrust ...
This success was not to last as the 1920s agricultural slump hit sales of all tractor manufacturers and so in 1924 Saunderson was looking for a buyer. [1] In 1922 they introduced a new light Tractor, this had a two-cylinder 'V'-formation petrol-paraffin engine. This was a 20 hp unit, giving 12 hp on the draw bar. the tractor had a 3-year warranty.