Posted by Gary Eberspacher on January 12, 2014 at 13:40:03 from (98.18.70.22):
My dad turns 90 next month and he remembers that his father bought a new 1929 International/Farmall 15-30. They used the tractor until 1937. His dad and 4 of his 5 brothers who were married and farming on their own all used the same tractor to plow under the wheat stubble every summer during those last years they owned the tractor. Dad was 13 years old when they bought used 22-36 at a neighbors farm sale because they had wore the 15-30 out running the tractor 24 hours a day plowing every summer farming 5 farms. All my research on internet only shows a 1929 McCormick Deering 15-30 but my dad was old enough to drive the tractor in the field and is sure is was an IH/Farmall. If anyone can help me clear this up I would appreciate it.
I am in the process of writing a book documenting 100 years of Tractor History for my Eberspacher Family. I am starting with my grandfather's 1929 15-30 then all the tractors my dad and his 5 brothers & 3 brother-in law's owned. From there I have gone to the 13 grandsons and to the 9 great grandson that are still farming. My dad is the last one living of 12 children. He was the youngest of a family of twelve. His brothers were the first 5 out of the first 7 born. So they were all 12 to 20 years older than he was.
When I stated this project I was just going to start with my grandfather then my dad and then myself and write a story and list all the tractors the 3 of us had owned with their specifications. but when I interviewed my dad at the age of 88 in 2012 I found that not only did he remember his dad's tractors and his own tractors but also his 5 brothers and 3 brother-in laws. He was able to list the years, makes and models for everyone up to the late 1940' and in some cases the early 1950's. So I contacted all my first cousins that are still involved in farming and had them continue the list of their dad's tractors from where my dad left off. Then I had all the grandsons and great grandsons turn in their information sheet that I made up for their tractors and I am putting all this data on a spreadsheet This spreadsheet has the make, model, year made, year bought, years that model was made by the company, whether it was bought new or used, what type of fuel it ran on, what type of drive it had (ex. 2WD, MFWD, Tracks), what kind of wheels it had (ex. steel, rubber, duals.) I also had the Nebraska Tractor Test Labs results for the Drawbar Horsepower and Belt Horsepower or PTO Horsepower for each tractor and finally the type of transmission. An example would be a IH 1456 which would be listed as: PRPS(16-SP)(4-G)(2-R)+TA. This would read as: partial power shift with 16 speeds, 4 gears, 2 ranges plus a Torque Converter.
As of the end of 2013 we now have a complete family history for the last 84 years with 251 tractors documented. The only problem is whether the first two tractors the 15-30 and the 22-36 were IH/Farmall or McCormick Deeering. I plan to send out update sheets for the next 16 years to up date the spreadsheets then when we hit the 100 year mark to have a book made of this and made available for the family.
Just this last month I have learned that my grandfather and his 2 brothers bought a Russell Steam Tractor and a Nichols & Shepard Separator. so far I have found 1 picture of the steam tractor that was dated 1918. After posting it on one of the forums on internet one gentleman responded that he thought it was an 18 hp Russell Tractor made before 1912. If I can find more pictures in the family of the steam tractor or separator so we can get a better date on the year my grandfather and brothers bought the steam tractor, I would have to check with the 25 family members who are helping gather the information for this book and see if we should stay with the 1929 15-30 as the first tractor or move it to the Russell Steam Tractor which may be a 1912 which would mean we would already have our 100 years for our book. Again Thanks for any help, Gary
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