Army Engine Company
| Army Engine Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1910 |
| resolution | 1915 to 1921 |
| Reason for dissolution | reorganization |
| Seat | Portsmouth , Scioto County , Ohio , USA |
| management | Chris Heer |
| Branch | Internal combustion engines , tractors |
The Heer Engine Company was an American manufacturer of internal combustion engines and tractors . In 1915 the company was reorganized as a Reliable Truck and Tractor Company . At times it produced the only four-wheel drive tractor in the United States. Heer , Morton-Heer , Reliable , Reliable-Heer and Fair-Mor were used as brand names .
Company history
The company based in Portsmouth (Ohio) emerged from the Ideal Manufacturing Company in Portsmouth in 1910 . The president of the company was Chris Heer , chief engineer Oscar Ehrman . Ideal had produced an upright single-cylinder engine and a two - cylinder boxer engine , both apparently for stationary applications. The latter was continued by Heer in various sizes. Army engines were available from 10 bhp (7.5 kW) to 40 bhp (29.8 kW). They had a reputation for being of good quality and weighing less than comparable competing products. Ehrman also experimented with a single cylinder for the small engine market, but this did not go into series production. A comparatively massive prototype from Ehrman's estate has been preserved.
tractor
The only tractor of the Heer Engine Company was developed jointly with the Ohio Manufacturing Company or the Morton Tractor Company in Fremont, Ohio, which is probably associated with it . Production was planned in a joint venture between the two companies, established in 1910 and registered in 1911, called the Morton-Heer Company in Portsmouth. That probably didn't happen, the tractor was built by the Heer Engine Company from 1912 but was marketed by all three for a short time. Engines from the Heer Engine range that were adapted to the mobile function were apparently used .
In 1914 the tractor was available in three sizes, all with all-wheel drive: 16–24 , 20–28 and 24–32 , whereby the designation is usually approximated to the respective power on the drawbar or. on the PTO .
There is no known relationship to Morton Truck and Tractor Company in Harrisburg ( Pennsylvania ) or Morton Motor Plow Company in Columbus (Ohio) .
Reliable Truck and Tractor Company
In 1915 the company was reorganized as the Reliable Truck and Tractor Company in Portsmouth. It existed until the 1920s with Heer and Ehrman in the earlier positions. The new company continued to produce boxer engines with an output of 10 bhp (7.5 kW) to 50 bhp (37.3 kW) and built the Reliable 10-20, a conventional tractor that remained available until the 1920s. This tractor had a two-cylinder boxer engine with (rounded) 6 × 7 inch bore and stroke , which results in approx. 395 ci or 6.5 liters displacement . It weighed 3800 lb (approx. 1.7 tons) and cost from US $ 985. This product was sold identically as Fair-Mor by the trade chain Fairbanks, Morse and Company . This production ended around 1921. Reliable engines were used in the Universal Motor Cultivator two-wheel tractor from the Universal Tractor Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Ohio . This company was taken over by Moline Plow because of its patents . The tractor continued to be produced as the Moline Universal Model A ; Further developments were given to other engines from 1917 at the latest.
The company is not listed as a truck manufacturer in commercial vehicle catalogs, so tractors and engines are likely to remain the only products.
literature
- Charles H. Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 2nd edition, 2005; ISBN 0-87349-726-0 .
Web links
- Gas Engine Magazine, September / October 1985: Gilbert Irps: A One Cylinder HEER ENGINE (accessed May 18, 2016)
- csgnetwork.com: cubic inch calculator (accessed May 18, 2016)
- Farm Collector: Universal tractor (accessed May 18, 2016)
- Farm Collector: 1917 Moline Universal Model D - Restored (accessed May 18, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gas Engine Magazine, 1985: A One Cylinder HEER ENGINE
- ^ A b c d e Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890–1980 , 2005, p. 365 (Heer).
- ↑ a b c d e Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980 , 2005, p. 558 (Morton-Heer, Morton Tractor, Morton Plow, Morton T&T).
- ^ A b c Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980 , 2005, p. 622 (Reliable).
- ^ Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890–1980 , 2005, p. 558 (Moline-Universal).
- ↑ Farm Collector: Universal tractor
- ↑ Wendel: Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980 , 2005, p. 674 (Universal).