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The Iowa Ford Tractor Company Repair and Warehouse Building is a historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The single-story, 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2) building was built in 1949. [2] It was used by the Iowa Ford Tractor Company as a tractor repair and storage facility.
These tractors had varied success but the trend going into the mid-1910s was toward "small" and "cheap". A 1911 one-cylinder 25 hp (19 kW) Type C Mogul. The company's first important tractors were the 10-20 and 15-30 models.
[citation needed] The company's founder died in 1891 at the age of 72. In 1892, Case was the first company to build a diesel-powered tractor. [2] In 1911, The J.I. Case Company had three cars in the first Indianapolis 500. In 1967, Tenneco purchased J.I. Case, continuing to market the products under the Case name.
Gear drive or Hyd Fwd/rev trans except 268 which was hydrostatic drive. Roof option with heater made available (made by Sekura). Trans option TA. 684 Later Ag tractors were offered with "Super Deluxe Cab" made by Sekura. 485/585/685/785/885 offered with choice of XL cab or the old style cab with revamped "H pattern" gearshift.
The company markets 100 agricultural and industrial products worldwide, and operates 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m 2) of plant space for manufacturing. On July 19, 2018 , the Vermeer campus was hit by a tornado causing significant damage to two plant buildings and minor damage to other buildings.
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Deere & Company continued to sell tractors under the Waterloo Boy name until 1923, when the John Deere Model D was introduced. [19] The company continues to manufacture a large percentage of its tractors in Waterloo, Iowa, namely the 7R, 8R, and 9R series. The company produced its first combine harvester, the John Deere No. 2, in 1927.
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