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A Model B on steel—optional equipment that lowered the price. Most Bs were sold on rubber. The Allis-Chalmers model B was a small agricultural tractor produced by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing company from 1937 to 1957. With over 125,000 units produced, the model B became one of the best selling and longest-produced tractors for Allis ...
This generation of tractors has been growing in popularity among tractor collectors. The magazine was founded to satiate the heritage farmer’s appetite. Heritage Iron features all brands, all makes, and all models of muscle tractors from the 1960s to mid 1980s including the equipment that the tractors used.
In the late 1970s, Ertl offered a series of plastic model kits of heavy commercial trucks, over-the-road trailers, tractors, plows, and farm wagons. Although these kits never achieved the hoped-for popularity, they led to the acquisition of AMT. In 1983, AMT was purchased by Ertl from Lesney, and renamed AMT/Ertl.
In 1965 Ford entered the garden tractor market with their two models, T-800 powered by an 8 hp Kohler K181 and the T-1000 powered by a 10 hp Kohler K241. In 1966, Jacobsen Chief Tractors started using a Peerless 2300 and steering was improved as well as a style change. Jacobsen made tractors for Oliver, Ford, Minneapolis-Moline, and White.
The Same Explorer series was designed to meet the demands of farmers looking for powerful, reliable, and affordable tractors. The series offered models with varying horsepower, ranging from smaller versions for lighter tasks to more robust models, such as the Explorer which was intended for more demanding tasks on larger agricultural fields.
In the same year, Avery's first tractor was a huge 60 horsepower (45 kW) model with a 12- by 18-inch bore and stroke. The competition included the 15-30 Model O Quincy tractor, made in 1911; the Fairbanks-Morse 15-25 of the same year and the 20-hp International Harvester Company Mogul of 1909. Unfortunately, their first tractor failed to ...
Worthington saw there was demand from farmers for a low-priced tractor that could economically handle light loads. He produced the Worthington Model T until 1930, and then the Worthington Model A based on components from the Ford Model A. [6] The company made about 430 Model T tractors and just over 400 Model A tractors. [4]
With over 290,000 sold by the end of its original production in 1952, it was a popular tractor that used Deere & Company's two cylinder design. [2] [3] [4] Early tractors burnt distillate, a petroleum byproduct similar to kerosene, [5] which became a selling point owing to the fuel's low price. Deere & Company's two cylinder design strung from ...