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Tractors : 1880s to 1980s - Nick Baldwin
Tractors : 1880s to 1980s - Nick Baldwin   Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse and man power saw the origins of the machine we know today. Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers, and in the 1920s to 1940s numerous rivals brought in such novelties as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, hydraulic implement lifts and even cost-effective all-wheel drive and weather protection. After the Second World-War, a strong new indigenous tractor industry was led by Ferguson, David Brown, Nuffield and Ford. This book highlights these developments and goes on to show the dramatic improvements of the 1950s and 1960s.
  • Early Tractors
  • A Vital Replacement for Horses
  • Developments Between the World Wars
  • Evolution in the 1940s and 1950s
  • Growing Power and Complexity
  • Further Reading
  • Places to Visit
  • Index
Paperback; February 2010; 64 pages; ISBN: 9780747807544

 
   
 
   

$12.95