[AT] Heider Tractor

[Ralph Goff]

Heider, now theres a familiar name. It was the first tractor on my 
grandfather's farm. Bought some time in the early twenties. The name on the 
I.D. plate (which I still have) calls it the Rock Island Heider. I still 
have the operators manual plus a few miscellaneous parts that survived after 
it was wrecked for scrap in the late fourties. Unfortunately there is only 
one photo of it that I know of and even that is not real clear. It was a 
bigger tractor than the one in Rick's album. Had the canopy and fenders. I 
remember Dad talking about having to buy a new cone for the friction drive 
when they tried to put it back in service after WWII. Outdoor storage may 
have shortened the life of the leather cone . Surprisingly they were able to 
buy a new one, I think it was through the Cockshutt dealer but I could be 
wrong. The new cone was not enough to keep that tractor working though. It 
threw a rod through the block soon after and was permantly retired.
http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/34755/2956673730032927439S600x600Q85.jpg

Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: [AT] Heider Tractor


>    Herb;
>    Yes, there are still a few of them around. Have seen 3 or 4 in shows
> this past year. They usually show up at shows featuring Case tractors.
>    Heider was sold to Rock Island Plow Co. and renamed Rock Island. Rock
> Island was then bought by the J.I. Case Plow Co. for the manufacturing
> facilities. and the tractor was dropped after Case designed their own from
> other tractor purchases.
>    The Rock island plant remained in use till all tractor production was
> moved to Racine in 1963.
>
>                Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 5:39 AM
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>> Gene, are there any Heider tractors around?
>> Herb
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