Re: Information Holder A12 tractor

Posted by Steve - IN on May 03, 2002 at 20:29:45 from (12.222.1.20):

In Reply to: Information Holder A12 tractor posted by Jack Gaul on May 03, 2002 at 16:49:43:

My cousins in Schlaitdorf Germany have a Holder. It's an earlier model, a B 10 / 12 Eintackter; a single cylinder model that dates from about 1954. They say the factory is only 15 km away from them in a town called Metzingen, and they're having trouble getting parts for the restoration they're doing on their Holder.

As I understand it Holder was always a fairly low volume producer, so parts may be a problem on the A12 also. The first articulated model dates from '54 - the A10 -- and the A12 was first built in 1957. Metzingen is close to Stuttgart, and everybody there was building Messerschmidt engines, tank parts, etc. during the war. So they were bombed a lot from '42 thru 44 -- my Dad flew two raids on Stuttgart out of the 25 missions he flew in total -- to give you some idea of their popularity as a target. In the late 40's they were busy rebuilding roofs over their heads, so Holder's only product was a two wheel Gravely like tractor called the Big Helper or Grosse Hilfe. The B10 was their first 4 wheeled tractor, and they were introduced in 1953. If you want to wade through the German, the Holder website is linked below. www.holder-gmbh.com Click on Geschichte (history) and you can see the pictures and dates on their old machines.

I have no idea about value or demand for these tractors here in the States. If my cousins are having problems getting parts to restore their B 10 over there, I surely wouldn't want to tackle that kind of job here.

Hope this gives you at least a starting point.

Steve

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