The history of Ford Tractors

December 12th, 2008 | Tags: , ,

In the 1930s Henry Ford commissioned the production of tractors at the Ford Company. The early tractor prototypes looked good and took the American tractor market by storm and these replaced the Fordson tractors. It was said that Ford made more than 50 different prototypes until the development of the Fordson F.

The Fordson name was selected for two reasons. There was already a Ford Tractor Company in Minneapolis at the time, and the Ford Motor Company shareholders did not approve of tractor production. So Henry established an entirely new firm, Ford & Son Inc., which was shortened to Fordson.

The first tractor that the Ford tractor company produced was the Ford 9N, also known as the Ford Ferguson 9N (the Ford Company and the Ferguson Company decided to work together in order to produce tractors). The Ford 9N models were sold in various countries in Europe. The Ford N series dominated the tractor market of America.

The Ford 9N had an engine capable of delivering in the region of twenty-eight horsepower through a four cylinder engine. The tractor had rubber tyres, an electrical system, a battery generator and a three-speed transmission to name a few things.

Ford stopped tractor production in the US in 1928, choosing to focus on the Model A car that was replacing the Model T. Fordson production, however, continued in England. In 1938, Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson made an agreement for Ford to build tractors with the Ferguson three-point hitch system, and the Ford 9N was developed. The Fordson name was continued to be used in England until 1961, when the two branches of the company were consolidated.

The Ford 2N, also known as Ford Ferguson 2N, had steel wheels, a generator and similar specifications to the Ford 9N tractor model. The Ford 2N tractors were produced between 1942 and 1947.

Both the Ford 9N model and the Ford 2N model were in huge demand in America but they did not make any impact in England, where the Fordon tractors were still popular.

From 1945 and 1951 the Ford Company made the E27N Fordson Major tractor in Dagenham. These tractors had a horsepower of twenty-eight and 1100 revs per minute.

The Ford 8N was produced between 1947 and 1952 in Michigan. This tractor had thirty horsepower through a four-cylinder engine and a four-speed transmission system.

Henry Ford died in 1947 at the age of eighty-three. The Ford Company was taken over in 1945 by Henry Ford’s grandson, as his own son had died in 1943. Ford tractors are still very popular today and there are a lot of companies that sell Ford tractors throughout the world, both new and used Ford tractors. There are also some sites on the internet that have Ford tractors for sale and Ford tractor parts for sale.

In 1965, the entire range from the 2000 to the 4000 was revamped, with a new three cylinder diesel engine. The 5000 was equipped with a four cylinder diesel, and the 6000 was renamed the Commander 6000 and was redesigned to fix the earlier technical problems with the same specifications. This line would continue, receiving expansions until it ranged from 2000 to 9000, until 1975.

Ford purchased New-Holland in 1985, but was soon looking for a way out of the tractor business. In 1991, Ford-New Holland was sold to FIAT. The deal required that FIAT stop using the Ford name on tractors in 2000.

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