In the late nineteenth century, farm tractors such as those manufactured by the JI Case company, was powered by steam engines. Early steam tractors pulled plows and threshing machines and could be related to the thresher with straps in power. They also invited because locomotives were steam-powered machines that do not run on rails. These large, bulky machines with tank and boiler and the huge metal wheels, often too heavy to ride over soft ground, was burdensome.
The advent of the internal combustion engine attracted many companies trying to build a successful gasoline-powered tractors. In 1892, John Froelich (1849-1933) arguably invented the first gasoline tractor. John Deere, plow a successful designer looking for a reliable internal combustion tractor to enter the area, bought the Froelick Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company.Early Agriculture
Tractors have always been important around the farm. In 1831 Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884), invented the mechanical reaper or wheat, but cut like a scythe pulled by a horse. Binder later discovered that the stems are bound in bundles or sheaves.
Threshing machines separated the wheat from the stems and bark, but the invention of the harvester now made the threshing and reaping. Early combines sometimes hitched to a group of 30 or more horses. Steam and gasoline tractors pulled the combine before they become self-propelled.Few major companies Tractor
In the early days of internal combustion tractors, there were hundreds of companies, many of which failed. These tractors, along with steam machinery, it is very interesting.
* Tractors Case - The J.I. Case Heritage Foundation
Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) was an early construction of steam-powered tractors. His company, the JI Case Company, which later produced the internal combustion tractor.
* The Tractors John Deere - Antique John Deere Tractors to
John Deere (1804-1886) founded the John Deere Tractor Company, at one time the largest construction equipment for agriculture in the United States. Everyone is familiar with the green John Deere lawn tractor today.
* IH Tractors Farmall - McCormick International Harvester Collection
These early tractors Internal combustion engines were very popular and manufactured by International Harvester.
* Tractors Fordson - Ford-Fordson Collectors Association
Fordson tractor, by Henry Ford (1863-1947) by the car manufacturer competed with Farmall tractor.Where to See Antique Tractors
Some museums display antique tractors only, while others show them as part of the old farm equipment exhibits. Yesterday's Tractor Co site has a guide for museums that have antique tractors and a guide to antique tractor shows
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