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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 ...
In 1919, John Deere entered the harvester business, and International Harvester's reply to their new competition was to purchase P&O Plowing of Canton, Illinois, and the Chattanooga Plowing company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Henry Ford also entered the tractor business with his Fordson Tractor produced at the massive Rouge River plant.
In 1980 MTD built its 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m 2) manufacturing plant in Brownsville, Tennessee (now defunct). In 1981 the Cub Cadet product line was acquired from International Harvester , and the White Outdoor Products Company was acquired from the old White Motor Company .
In 2005, a STX500 Steiger Quadtrac tractor broke the World Plowing Record, turning 792 acres (3.21 km 2) of farmland in just 24 hours. [ 7 ] In 2006, the Case IH logo was displayed on a pair of Ferraris as part of the Ferrari Panamerican 20,000—a journey that took new Ferraris through 16 countries and across 20,000 miles (32,000 km) during a ...
In 1964, IH made its four-millionth tractor, an 806. In 1965, IH introduced its first 100 hp (75 kW) two-wheel-drive tractor, the 1206. Another option became available in 1965 for the 706, 806, and the new 1206: a factory-installed cab (made by Stopler Allen Co.), often called the "ice cream box" due to its shape.
Mahindra Tractors (India) Erkunt (Turkey)(part of Mahindra) ArmaTrac; Mahindra; Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery (Japan)(own 33.3%) Trakstar (formerly Mahindra Gujarat and Shaktimaan brands) Mancel (France) Majevica (Serbia) Massey Ferguson (US)(part of AGCO Corporation) McCormick Tractors (Italy)(part of ARGO SpA) Millat (Pakistan)
Many films get made in Tennessee, with the Volunteer State ranking fifth nationally for employment in motion picture and video production and $424 million in annual gross state product produced by ...
While these tractors were mechanically similar to the New Generation tractors they replaced, and the 4230, 4430, and 4630 used a 404-cubic-inch displacement engine like the 4020, they featured redesigned sheet metal and most importantly they were available with an optional completely integrated operator's cab that John Deere called the Sound ...