Posted by Tim PloughNman Daley on February 17, 2023 at 02:55:18 from (24.236.161.49):
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Steel wheels were on vehicles, tractors included, since the beginning of time. Rubber since 1800's. In 1830 Charles Goodyear, experimenting with rubber, accidently stumbled on a process he later name VULCANIZATION. Henry Ford, always looking to improve his machines, was interested in the new rubber tires, became good friends with Harvey Firestone and partnered in business for the use of Firestone tires on his early cars. The two were life-long friends, began their 'Four Vagabonds' group along with Thomas Edison and John Burroughs, and they spent years on camping excursions all over the country, weeks/months at a time,often with their families in tow. The two men would later have grandkids that married into their families. Martha Firestone was the granddaughter of Harvey S. Firestone and William Clay Ford was the grandson of Henry Ford. William became owner of the Detroit Lions football team Martha would assume the role when he died in 2014. When the FORDSON tractor was released, it was on steel wheels. When the 9N Tractor was released it was on rubber tires, but had steel wheels as an optional accessory. A common misconception many have is that when the FORD-FERGUSON 2N Model was released it was on steel wheels. The 2N Model didn't begin production until October, 1942 and then it was built as the 'warhorse' model with no electrics and on steel wheels. The warhorse was built thru May, 1943 and only about 10,000-12,000 units were actually built, and not all 2N's were on steel wheels, another misconception. Henry Ford sought a solution to the British dominance of rubber and so like his railroads, coal mines, copper mines, and acres of UP forest for his lumber industry, purchased land in Brazil, South America to develop the Hevea tree for rubber production and named the area Fordlandia. Despite producing many jobs and other industries in the area for residents, the project was a failure and soon was abandoned.
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