[AT] McCormick Tractor

[Dave Ernst]

A little tidbit here, Did you know that Cyrus McCormick invented a twine 
knotter in the 1880's for bailing hay that with minor modifications is still 
being used in the new bailing machines today?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Strobel" <Richard_Strobel7 at msn.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] McCormick Tractor


> Thanks for taking the time and effort gentlemen.  I will check it out some 
> more.
>
> Take Care,
> RickinMt.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
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> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:33 AM
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>> Louis is right.
>>
>> International Harvester brand naming is something that just confuses the
>> heck out of people today. There wasn't one set of rules that carried
>> over time- what name a tractor received depended on when it was built.
>>
>> IH used the "McCormick-Deering" name on all farm tractors starting in
>> 1923. The Farmall was officially the McCormick-Deering Farmall, although
>> people seldom called it that.
>>
>> Somewhere in here tractors sold to industrial markets started receiving
>> the International name.
>>
>> In 1949, the Deering was removed, and tractors became McCormicks.
>>
>> In 1954, the Non-Farmalls started using the International name.
>>
>> Louis Spiegelberg wrote:
>>
>> >I might be off base, I am not much of an IH guy, but I will take a stab 
>> >at
>> >this.  I think McCormick tractors are the standard model tractors that 
>> >were
>> >built by IH.  Such as the W4, O4,etc...  I think the 4 series used the
>> >Farmall H powertrain. The Farmall name was used on row crop tractors.  I
>> >don't know if this helps you, but this is about my extent of knowledge 
>> >of IH
>> >history.
>> >
>> >Lou
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> >[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard 
>> >Strobel
>> >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:59 AM
>> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> >Subject: [AT] McCormick Tractor
>> >
>> >
>> >Howdy all;
>> >  Did Cyrus build a McCormick tractor?  Been told there's no mention of
>> >Deering anywhere?  From a distance it appears red and is on rubber.
>> >
>> >  How would you rate it on the "Desirable Scale" of 1 to 10 for an ole 
>> > iron
>> >collector?
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks much
>> >RickinMt.
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