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McCormick-Deering Tractor 2
Perhaps this is a Model 10-20?
In 1831 Cyrus Hall McCormick, son of a Walnut Grove, Virginia blacksmith, invented the first mechanical grain reaper. By 1896, McCormick was producing a small number of 'Auto Mowers', but they never caught on. In 1861, W. W. Marsh and John Hollister built the most efficient harvester of the day. In the late 1870s, dry goods wholesaler William Deering acquired their holdings, and assigned C. W. Marsh and George Steward to produce harvesters at a factory in Plano, Illinois. They experimented with a self-powered mower in 1891. When Deering moved operations to North Chicago, the residents of Plano reopened the plant and created the Plano Steam Power Company, which in turn allowed the Plano Manufacturing Company to use the factories to build yet more harvesting machinery. In the 1880s, the Champion Reaper Works of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company built machines that combined harvester and binder functions, and the Milwaukee Harvester Company filed patents for and started producing harvesters. Financier J. P. Morgan used some of his own capital to merge the diverse companies in July of 1902, founding the International Harvester Company (IHC).
International had some issues with franchised dealers, some attached to McCormick and some to Deering. When IHC started selling internal combustion driven tractors, they had to market them under different names. They decided to sell their larger, more powerful machines (if 18 horsepower for a 9-ton machine is 'powerful') under the Mogul name, while the somewhat more compact line carried the Titan nomenclature. The Moguls and Titans were rather large, used single- or dual-cylinder engines of heroic bore and stroke measurements and used chassis designed with I-beams bent in graceful, swooping arcs. In the early 1920s, after resolving antitrust issues with the U.S. Government and streamlining their supply strategy, International had to contend with Ford outpacing them in the market with less expensive and more efficient machines. International debuted their first 'modern' tractor, the lighter, four-cylinder 'McCormick-Deering' marque Model 15-30 in 1921, to replace the larger Mogul line, and before discontinuing them in 1929, sold over 128,000 units. International described it as a 3-plow tractor, and rated it at 15 horsepower, towing at the drawbar and 30 HP at the pulley. International replaced it with an updated Model 22-36 with an upgraded gear drive and a redesigned engine; the new version sold another 57,500 units before phasing out in 1934 with the introduction of the new W-30 and its 6-cylinder 'Farmall' engine.
In 1923, International realized they still needed a small, easily maneuverable tractor to compete with Ford's nimble Model F. The McCormick-Deering Model 10-20 was the answer, a two-plow little brother to the 15-30, replacing the obsolescent, larger and heavier 'Titan' 10-20. It proved an extremely popular machine, manufactured until 1939, when the 'W' line superseded it. I believe this machine captured above is an example of a Model 10-20. This is still a popular, collectible tractor, and is a frequent candidate for rescue and restoration. The 'standard' steel wheels may seem strange to us today, but they were regular issue until the development of the pneumatic tractor tire in 1934. The holes drilled around the rims normally hold steel cleats of various sizes to provide traction in mud and loose soil. This unit has skinny, rubber 'street' tires mounted to prevent damaging asphalt and concrete surfaces.
McCormick-Deering Tractor 2
Perhaps this is a Model 10-20?
In 1831 Cyrus Hall McCormick, son of a Walnut Grove, Virginia blacksmith, invented the first mechanical grain reaper. By 1896, McCormick was producing a small number of 'Auto Mowers', but they never caught on. In 1861, W. W. Marsh and John Hollister built the most efficient harvester of the day. In the late 1870s, dry goods wholesaler William Deering acquired their holdings, and assigned C. W. Marsh and George Steward to produce harvesters at a factory in Plano, Illinois. They experimented with a self-powered mower in 1891. When Deering moved operations to North Chicago, the residents of Plano reopened the plant and created the Plano Steam Power Company, which in turn allowed the Plano Manufacturing Company to use the factories to build yet more harvesting machinery. In the 1880s, the Champion Reaper Works of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company built machines that combined harvester and binder functions, and the Milwaukee Harvester Company filed patents for and started producing harvesters. Financier J. P. Morgan used some of his own capital to merge the diverse companies in July of 1902, founding the International Harvester Company (IHC).
International had some issues with franchised dealers, some attached to McCormick and some to Deering. When IHC started selling internal combustion driven tractors, they had to market them under different names. They decided to sell their larger, more powerful machines (if 18 horsepower for a 9-ton machine is 'powerful') under the Mogul name, while the somewhat more compact line carried the Titan nomenclature. The Moguls and Titans were rather large, used single- or dual-cylinder engines of heroic bore and stroke measurements and used chassis designed with I-beams bent in graceful, swooping arcs. In the early 1920s, after resolving antitrust issues with the U.S. Government and streamlining their supply strategy, International had to contend with Ford outpacing them in the market with less expensive and more efficient machines. International debuted their first 'modern' tractor, the lighter, four-cylinder 'McCormick-Deering' marque Model 15-30 in 1921, to replace the larger Mogul line, and before discontinuing them in 1929, sold over 128,000 units. International described it as a 3-plow tractor, and rated it at 15 horsepower, towing at the drawbar and 30 HP at the pulley. International replaced it with an updated Model 22-36 with an upgraded gear drive and a redesigned engine; the new version sold another 57,500 units before phasing out in 1934 with the introduction of the new W-30 and its 6-cylinder 'Farmall' engine.
In 1923, International realized they still needed a small, easily maneuverable tractor to compete with Ford's nimble Model F. The McCormick-Deering Model 10-20 was the answer, a two-plow little brother to the 15-30, replacing the obsolescent, larger and heavier 'Titan' 10-20. It proved an extremely popular machine, manufactured until 1939, when the 'W' line superseded it. I believe this machine captured above is an example of a Model 10-20. This is still a popular, collectible tractor, and is a frequent candidate for rescue and restoration. The 'standard' steel wheels may seem strange to us today, but they were regular issue until the development of the pneumatic tractor tire in 1934. The holes drilled around the rims normally hold steel cleats of various sizes to provide traction in mud and loose soil. This unit has skinny, rubber 'street' tires mounted to prevent damaging asphalt and concrete surfaces.