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Production Numbers, 1906-1922

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Guy Fay

01-15-2005 08:13:51




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I did manage to find a couple sheets of paper in a visit to the archives last Saturday that detailed production numbers of IH tractors (including the Upper Sandusky tractors, which technically IH bought from an outside company). Did some math and came up with a number.

By the end of 1922, the end of the Mogul/Titan/International era, IH had produced 157, 250 tractors. This included 1,550 of the 15-30 gear drives, which were originally sold under the International name, but were later switched to the McCormick-Deering name. The largest production numbers were the:
Titan 10-20, 78,363
International 8-16, 33138
Mogul 8-16, 14065
Mogul 10-20, 8985
Titan/International 12-25/15-30 Chain Drive family, 5982
Titan 45/30-60, 2096
Mogul 45/30-60, 2437
Mogul Type C 20 HP, 2441

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SproutW

01-16-2005 00:09:44




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Guy Fay, 01-15-2005 08:13:51  
Guy,

A little off this topic but close. How do I or the rest of us get the production numbers by month for the F-series?



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Hugh MacKay

01-15-2005 11:27:37




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Guy Fay, 01-15-2005 08:13:51  
Guy: Thanks for posting that information. Interesting part about this is, it's hard to imagine in 2005, that many North American farmers wanted to punish themselves that badly 80 years ago.

My dad and grandfather were clearing some land in 1938. They were actually through the clearing process and were tilling it and picking rocks. They had a new to them Fordson on steel with field cultivator and the team of horses on what we called a dump cart, (2 wheeled cart you loaded so it was balanced then one could dump by hand). My dad was picking rocks and grand dad was driving the Fordson. They went home to lunch, after which, grand dad said to my dad, " You take the Fordson this afternoon and I'll pick rocks." Kind of hard to imagine two grown men might argue over the rock picking job.

The Fordson only stayed around 4 years and was replaced by a new W4. That ended discussion on who might pick rocks. In fact dad put an end to anymore clearing that rocky upland. He set out to drain river bottom land, that grand dad said he couldn't do. Alluvial flood plain with not a stone to be seen. He drained 150 acres of it by 1955.

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sammy the RED

01-16-2005 08:00:28




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Hugh MacKay, 01-15-2005 11:27:37  
No other tractor was more usefull than the Fordson in contributing to the war effort in WW2.
They made nice new bombs from all them scraped Fordson's! ;o]



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Guy Fay

01-15-2005 15:36:09




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Hugh MacKay, 01-15-2005 11:27:37  
Actually, some of those tractors were fairly nice to drive. A friction drive, or the Type As and Bs, were actually quite pleasant, and if well maintained (big if there) weren't all that hard to start.



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Hugh MacKay

01-15-2005 20:49:21




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Guy Fay, 01-15-2005 15:36:09  
Guy: I'll buy into the nice to drive senario. Was thinking we may have a harder time convincing young fellows who have never driven any thing older than a 1990.

That "well maintained" clause can have quite an effect on all tractors. I always loved to drive my 656, really cant say I've seen a tractor since that I liked better. I was however on a 756 this fall, that someone last greased in 1970. I'm sure it would make a Titan or Mogul look good.

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justin w

01-15-2005 11:50:44




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Hugh MacKay, 01-15-2005 11:27:37  
An old ag teacher I used to work for talked about their Fordson, and he said it was the worst tractor they ever had. He stated his father had to have a team of horses out ahead of the fordson for it to do any kind of work..



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Hugh MacKay

01-15-2005 11:58:11




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to justin w, 01-15-2005 11:50:44  
justin: True, my dad said the horses wouldn't have had to work near as hard doing the work as tow starting the Fordson.

Heard another old guy say Fordson was great for breaking in a clergyman, all he needed learn after that was when to use the words.



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Randy SE-MN.

01-16-2005 07:11:21




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Hugh MacKay, 01-15-2005 11:58:11  
My Dad and Grandad had two Fordsons, and yes, One team of horses on hand to pull the broken Fordson(s) up to to yard to fix "em. Dad always referred to them as "Henrys Revenge" for some reason...I never asked why as his face would change color whenever I brought it up. They switched to one F-12, and it did the work of BOTH Fordsons...and the horses were eventually sold.



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DWV

01-15-2005 08:49:04




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 Re: Production Numbers, 1906-1922 in reply to Guy Fay, 01-15-2005 08:13:51  
Thanks for posting info.



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