Farmer Boy (tractor)
Farmer Boy was the brand name of an American tractor built from 1915 to 1920 .
The tractor was brought onto the market in 1915 by the McIntyre Manufacturing Company in Columbus (Ohio) (not related to the WH McIntyre Company , 1909–1915 manufacturer of high wheel automobiles in Auburn (Indiana) ) and produced by them until 1918. After the company went bankrupt, it was reorganized as Columbus Machine Company that same year . There is no known connection to the engine and tractor manufacturer of the same name, also extinct in Columbus in 1911, with the brand name Columbus .
The tractors built under McIntyre Manufacturing are known to be available as Farmer Boy 10-20 and Farmer Boy 18-30 . The numbers usually refer to the performance in bhp from the draw bar, respectively. Power take-off shaft ("PTO", also called "belt" for the drive belt of the shaft). Columbus Machine used a four-cylinder engine of Waukesha with a bore of 3.75 inches and a stroke of 5.25 inches. This results in a calculated displacement of 231.9 ci resp. 3801 cc.
literature
- Charles H. Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980 . 2nd Edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI 2005, ISBN 0-87349-726-0 .
- Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr. (Ed.): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1996, ISBN 0-87341-428-4 .
Web links
- csgnetwork.com: cubic inch calculator (accessed June 13, 2015)