TRACTORS

time span

Period: Mar 1, 1868 to Apr 16, 2012

First Tractor Invention

Mar 18, 1868

In 1868, the first engine powered tractor was introduced. The first tractor weighed ove 5 tons and was called the Garrett 4CD

First Gasoline Tractor

Jun 19, 1892

In 1892 John Froelich built the first gasoline-powered tractor that propelled itself backward and forward.

John Deere Rises

Sep 22, 1918

John Deere's Deere & Co. purchases Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co.

Model D

Nov 20, 1923

Deere begins manufacturing the revolutionary Model D Johnny Popper.

Model 9N

Jul 7, 1939

Ford makes its Model 9N, the first tractor manufactured with a hydraulically functioning three-point hitch system.

Cockshutt

Jul 28, 1958

Cockshutt introduces four new tractor models. Corporate raiders take over Cockshutt.

CAT

Nov 30, 1987

Caterpillar Inc. introduces a new kind of farm tractors, the rubber-tracked Challenger series

AGCO

Jan 27, 1990

Allis-Gleaner Corp., or AGCO, manufactures and sells farm equipment under the Gleaner and AGCO Allis brand names

Flex Fuel

Apr 16, 2012

Forerunner of the tractor industry, John Deere is developing new "Flex fuel" for tractors from ethonol.