Re: Dakota Tractor

Posted by noncompos on October 05, 2006 at 13:02:06 from (71.34.66.23):

In Reply to: Dakota Tractor posted by Tyler in SD on October 05, 2006 at 10:13:06:

Per some of the tractor reference books (Wenzel and I & T) the Dakotas were built by G W Elliott & Son, De Smet, SD.. The examples in my notes started in 1913, with one stating production ended in 1916 or 1917. These original Dakotas apparently had Waukesha engines.
Then there was the New Dakota, built by Pope Mfg Co. ( I didn"t note location) around 1920/21, using a Doman engine; the reference noted it was either the same as, or based upon, an original Dakota, but if there"s only one left it"d be hard to tell.
As my interest was gasoline engines, and many builders built steam models before going to gasoline, they may have built steam models much earlier.
Keep in mind these ref books etc are often incomplete (and at times contradictory!).
And always remember "only one known" means exactly that (known): some collectors don"t like to publicize everything they have, and within the last six weeks or so a couple of really rare old trucks turned up.

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