Fordson "F" Series Tractor - Saegertown, PA
N 41° 42.932 W 080° 12.425
17T E 565959 N 4618496
An old Fordson "F" Series tractor located near the entrance to the Pioneer Steam And Gas Engine Society Of NWPA.
Waymark Code: WME3J2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2012
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Fordson was a brand name used on a range of mass produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son, Inc, from 1917 until 1920 when it was merged into the Ford Motor Company, which used the name until 1964. American engineer, inventor, and businessman Henry Ford built experimental tractors from automobile components during the early 20th century, and launched a prototype known as the Model B in August 1915. He formed Henry Ford and Son in 1910 in Dearborn, Michigan, taking his young son Edsel Ford as a partner, which was later incorporated on July 27, 1917.
The first Fordson Model F was completed in 1916 and was the first small, lightweight, mass-produced, affordable tractor in the world,[1] making it possible for the average farmer to own a tractor for the first time. Thus Henry Ford and colleagues had done again, for the tractor, what they had recently done for the automobile with the Ford Model T. The Fordson tractor went into mass production in 1917 and debuted for sale on October 8, 1917,[1] for $750. The original Fordson used a 20 horsepower, four-cylinder vaporising oil engine, a three-speed spur gear transmission (the three forward speeds ranged from approximately 2¼ to 6¼ mph), and a worm gear reduction set in the differential.
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