Cleveland Tractor Company
| Cleveland Tractor Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1916 |
| resolution | 1960 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by the White Motor Company |
| Seat |
Cleveland , Ohio , USA
|
| Branch | mechanical engineering |
Cleveland Tractor Company , Cletrac for short , was an American tractor manufacturer from Cleveland , Ohio . Cletrac is the inventor of the steering gear of the same name for tracked vehicles , which works with a double differential and was widely used.
history
The company was founded in 1916 by the brothers Rollin H. White and Clarence G. White as the Cleveland Motor Plow Company . They started building tractors. In 1918 the company got its final name. The tracked vehicles had an excellent reputation and sold well until the company was sold in the 1940s.
Kerosene was usually used as fuel, with a special starting device that worked with gasoline. The first diesel tractor was presented by Cletrac in 1933.
At the end of 1944, Cletrac was taken over by the Oliver Corporation . The tractors were further developed, but the technical fundamentals were not changed. In 1960, the White Motor Company , ultimately the same family that included the founders of the Cleveland Tractor Company, bought Oliver. The plant was closed in 1965. The remaining White Tractor Division was sold to AGCO in 1995 .
Model series
| model series | Construction year |
|---|---|
| Cletrac R | 1916-1917 |
| Cletrac H. | 1917-1919 |
| Cletrac W (W12) | 1919-1932 |
| Cletrac F. | 1920-1922 |
| Cletrac 20K | 1925-1932 |
| Cletrac 30A | 1926-1928 |
| Cletrac 30B | 1929-1930 |
| Cletrac 100 | 1927-1930 |
| Cletrac 40 | 1928-1931 |
| Cletrac 40 | 1928-1931 |
| Cletrac 55-40 | 1931-1932 |
| Cletrac | 1932-1936 |
| Cletrac 15 | 1931-1933 |
| Cletrac 20C | 1933-1936 |
| Cletrac AG | 1936-1937 |
| Cletrac AG | 1937-1942 |
| Cletrac AG-6 | 1944- |
| Cletrac AD | 1937- |
| Cletrac AD2 | 1937-1940 |
| Cletrac BD 4 speed | 1936-1939 |
| Cletrac BD 6 speed | 1939- |
| Cletrac 25 | 1932-1935 |
| Cletrac 30G | 1935-1936 |
| Cletrac BG 4 speed | 1937-1939 |
| Cletrac BG 6 speed | 1939- |
| Cletrac BGS | 1944- |
| Cletrac 40-30 | 1930-1931 |
| Cletrac 35 | 1932-1936 |
| Cletrac CG | 1936-1942 |
| Cletrac CG | 1936-1942 |
| Cletrac 35D | 1934-1935 |
| Cletrac 40D | 1935-1936 |
| Cletrac DD 4 speed | 1936-1939 |
| Cletrac DD 6 speed | 1939- |
| Cletrac DG 4 speed | 1936-1939 |
| Cletrac DG 6 speed | 1939- |
| Cletrac 80D | 1933-1936 |
| Cletrac FD 4 speed | 1936-1938 |
| Cletrac FD 6 speed | 1938- |
| Cletrac FG 4 speed | 1936-1938 |
| Cletrac FG 6 speed | 1938- |
| Cletrac GG (General) | 1939-1942 |
| Cletrac GG (Co-op) | 1939-1942 |
| Cletrac HG 31-42-68 | 1939- |
| Cletrac HG 31-42-68 | 1939- |
Trivia
- Cletrac vehicles were the first to be used successfully in Antarctica on Richard Evelyn Byrd's second expedition between 1933 and 1935. Therefore, the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave a mountain in the British Antarctic Territory the name Cletrac Peak .
