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Fordson tractor attached to a circular sawFordson was a brand name used on a range of mass produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son, Inc, from 1917 until 1920 when it was merged into the Ford Motor Company, which used the name until 1964. American engineer, inventor, and businessman Henry Fordbuilt experimental tractors from automobile components during the early 20th century, and launched a prototype known as the Model B in August 1915. He formed Henry Ford and Son in 1910 in Dearborn, Michigan, taking his young son Edsel Ford as a partner, which was later incorporated on July 27, 1917. The first Fordson Model F was completed in 1916 and was the first small, lightweight, mass-produced, affordable tractor in the world,[1]making it possible for the average farmer to own a tractor for the first time. Thus Henry Ford and colleagues had done again, for the tractor, what they had recently done for the automobile with the Ford Model T. The Fordson tractor went into mass production in 1917 and debuted for sale on October 8, 1917,[1] for $750. The original Fordson used a 20 horsepower, four-cylinder vaporising oil engine, a three-speed spur gear transmission (the three forward speeds ranged from approximately 2¼ to 6¼ mph), and a worm gear reduction set in the differential.
Despite several early design flaws and reliability issues such as engine failure and unbearable heat, the Fordson established a firm foothold on U.S. farms, with more than seventy percent market share in earlier years. By mid-1918, more than 6,000 Fordson tractors were in use in Britain, Canada, and the United States. Annual production reached 36,781 in 1921 and 99,101 in 1926. By 1925, Ford had built its 500,000th Fordson tractor. Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks, and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928, during which time 552,799 Fordson tractors were built at the Dearborn, Michigan factory. An economic recession and plummeting farm income depressed the market in 1925. Ford Motor Company ended its U.S. tractor production on February 14, 1928 and transferred manufacture to Cork, Ireland in 1929 and later Dagenham, Essex, England. The Fordson brand was used on several other models manufactured in England including the 9N, 8N and later the Major, Dexta, Power Major, Super Major, and Super Dexta until 1964. Afterwards, the Fordson brand name was discontinued and replaced with the Ford marque. Ford continued to manufacture and sell tractors until it sold the division to Fiat in 1991.[/size][/size]
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Contents [hide][/size][size=1.6em]1 History1.1 Early development[/t][/t][/l]
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- [li][size=1.6em]3 Models[/size][/li]
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- [li][size=1.6em][/l][edit]History[edit]Early developmentAmerican engineer, inventor and businessman Henry Ford grew up on a small farm outside Detroit, Michigan in the late 19th century. As his interest in automobiles grew, he also expressed a desire to 'lift the burden of farming from flesh and blood and place it on steel and motors.'[2][3] In the early 20th century, he began to build experimental tractors from automobile components. Four years after founding the Ford Motor Company in 1903, Ford finished his first experimental tractor in 1907 on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, referring to it as the 'Automobile Plow'.[2] Approximately 600 gasoline-powered tractors were in use on American farms in 1908.[4] Fordson tractor design was headed by Eugene Farkas and József Galamb, both involved in the design of the successful Ford Model T automobile.[5]
Henry Ford introduced a newly designed tractor known as the Model B in August 1915 at a plowing demonstration in Fremont, Nebraska.[4] It used a 16 horsepower, two-cylinder, horizontally opposedengine, a spur gear transmission and three wheels - two front drivers and one rear steerer.[2] The Model B was never produced, but did gain enough publicity to let the world know Ford was interested in developing a tractor.[2] Knowing there was demand for a Ford-built tractor, a group of entrepreneurs in Minneapolis organized The Ford Tractor Company.[2] The company did build and sell some tractors, but anticipated a settlement with Henry Ford for permission to use his name.[6] However, Ford did not give permission and formed his own separate company called Henry Ford and Son in 1910 in Dearborn, Michigan, taking his young son Edsel as a partner.[6][edit]F Series
An early Fordson discing a field inPrincess Anne County, VA in 1925.The Fordson Model F was completed in 1916 and was the first lightweight, mass produced tractor in the world, making it possible for the average farmer to own a tractor for the first time.[6] Ford incorporated his private company, Henry Ford and Son, Inc, to mass produce the tractor on July 27, 1917. At a hurriedly built factory in Dearborn, Michigan, he used the same assembly line techniques he used to mass produce the Ford Model T.[7] It took thirty hours and forty minutes to convert the raw materials into the 4,000 parts used for the tractor assembly.[8] The Fordson sold for US$750 ($14,124 in 2007 dollars); and each unit cost $567.14 to manufacture (including labor, materials and overheads), leaving a profit of $182.86 on each unit.[8]
It used a 20 horsepower, four-cylinder vaporising oil engine, a three-speed spur gear transmission (the three forward speeds ranged from approximately 2¼ to 6¼ mph[8]), and a worm gear reduction set in the differential.[9] Brakes were not provided on early Fordsons as high-ratio worm sets generally transmitted rotation in one direction only, from the worm element to the gear element, because of the high power loss through friction. To stop the tractor, the driver depressed theclutch.[9] Ford engineer Eugene Farkas successfully made the engine, transmission and rear axle a stressed member of the frame. By eliminating the need for a heavy separate frame, costs were reduced and manufacturing was simplified.[10] The Fordson succeeded in being cheaper to maintain than horses, as the Ford Model T had previously done. A government test concluded that farmers spent $.95 per acre plowing with a Fordson compared to feeding eight horses for a year and paying two drivers, which cost $1.46 per acre.[11][edit]Reliability
An early Fordson harvesting beets during the early 1940s.The Fordson Model F was not without flaws it shared with other brands.[12] These problems included lack of weight, which allowed wheel slippage in some conditions, and the habit of rearing over backwards if the plow encountered an obstruction.[12] Ford started shipping Fordson tractors to Ford Motor Company Limited in Britain in 1917 to meet an order from the British government for 5,000 tractors.[7] Between the time the order was accepted and when production started, Ford overhauled the design to solve several problems. The car-type radiator was increased in size so that its capacity was eleven gallons to cure overheating problems. The additional weight also helped hold the front down.[13] In early Fordsons, the worm drive was located at the top under the driver ' s seat. During heavy operation the heat became unbearable to the operator. The worm drive was relocated to solve this problem and also allowed larger rear wheels which improved traction.[13] Several changes were also made to simplify manufacture. The Fordson used the Model T coil magneto system; and water and oil pumps were eliminated in favor of the simpler thermosiphon cooling and splash lubrication.[13]
Despite design and assembly improvements, Fordsons still required a high level of maintenance. A farmer near Atlanta in 1921 listed the cost of his Fordson repairs for the year as $1,246 ($12,795 in 2007 dollars).[14] He recorded problems in his diary, noting difficulty starting the motor, a broken wheel, engine failure and the rear end bursting throughout January, totaling costs of $1,301 ($13,361 in 2007 dollars) for 620 hours of work.[14] A Colorado farmer telephoned his dealer three times a day to complain about his Fordson. The most negative feature was the rear end which had a tendency to flip over backwards if sudden resistance on the drawbar created excessive torque in the transmission.[14] One Indiana farmer believed such a dangerous machine should be banned by law. The Eastern Implement Dealer claimed Fordsons killed thirty-six drivers in 1918, while Pipp ' s Weekly insisted the tractor had killed 136 men prior to August 1922.[14] Ford spokesmen maintained the accidents resulted from inexperienced drivers, saying any tractor could be dangerous if improperly handled.[15] Satisfied customers praised the Fordson, saying it made farm work easier and performed ideally in orchards and truck farms.[15][edit]Production
A 1923 Soviet stamp featured the Fordson.Ford established a policy in 1919 to loan Fordson tractors to educational institutions with vocational training programmes. Agricultural colleges could use a Fordson for six months and then exchange it for a new one. Under this arrangement, forty-two tractors were loaned to such universities as Cornell, Idaho,Michigan, Maryland and Prairie View State Normal in Texas. Others went to the orphanage at Nacoochee Institute in Georgia, the Berry School at Rome, Georgia and Camp Dix at Hutchinson, Kansas.[8] Ford signed a contract for a large consignment of Fordson tractors to the Soviet Union in 1919, which soon became the largest customer of the company. From 1921 until 1927, the Soviet Union purchased over 25,000 Fordsons.[16] In 1924, the Leningrad plant 'Red Putilovite' (Красный Путиловец) started the production of Fordson-Putilovets tractors (Фордзон-путиловец). These inexpensive and robust tractors (both American and Soviet models) became the major enticement for Soviet peasants towards collectivisation and were often seen on Soviet posters and paintings during the era.
By mid-1918, more than 6,000 Fordson tractors were in use in Britain, Canada and the United States.[10] After World War I finished, production began in Cork, Ireland in parallel with U.S. production.[10] Fordson tractors quickly shaped the U.S. tractor market, and held over seventy percent of the market in earlier years.[17] Henry Ford bought out all the minority shareholders of Ford Motor Company in 1919, and then consolidated ownership in the Ford family: fifty-five percent in his name, forty-two percent in son Edsel ' s name and the remaining three percent in wife Clara ' s name. He merged Henry Ford & Son into the Ford Motor Company in 1920.[12] Annual production reached 36,781 in 1921[18] and reached 99,101 in 1926.[19] The Fordson established a firm foothold on U.S. farms and by 1925, Ford had built its 500,000th Fordson tractor.[12] Total production figures reached 650,000 by May 1927.[8]
A severe economic recession and plummeting farm income depressed the market in 1925. Ford Motor Company ended its U.S. tractor production and sales on February 14, 1928[18] and transferred manufacture to Cork, Ireland in 1929 and later Dagenham, Essex, England.[12] Fordson tractors continued to be sold in the United States, where George and Eber Sherman became the leading importers of English-built Fordsons.[20] Ford was the only automotive firm to sell cars, trucks and tractors simultaneously from 1917 to 1928, during which time 552,799 Fordson tractors were built at the Dearborn, Michigan factory.[15][21]
After Fordson production was transferred to Cork, Ireland in 1928, exports to the US were limited to 1,500 a month which restricted sales at Ford dealerships.[22] The original Fordson Model F tractor was eventually outsold by International Harvester, which offered a more efficient alternative and subsequently became market leader.[23] Competition from International Harvester and General Motorsforced Ford to reduce the price of the Model F from $750 to $395. To compensate for the lower price, the company had to cut costs and strive for larger volume production.[24][edit]Fordson Model NThe Fordson Model N replaced the Fordson Model F. Production of the Model N started in Cork in 1927. Production of the Fordson Model N was transferred from Cork to Dagenham in 1933. The Model N featured a 27 HP engine, standard rear fenders (mudguards), a higher voltage ignition system, and optional pneumatic tires. In 1935 power take-off (PTO) was available as an option on the Model N.[edit]N Series
Main article: Ford N-Series tractor[edit]9N
A 1936 Fordson Model N tractor.Development of new Fordson tractors remained mostly inactive for little over ten years after the end of its U.S. production in 1928, although Ford did experiment with a number of unsuccessful designs during the 1930s.[25] Ford ' s attention became consumed mostly by the development and introduction of his company ' s first V8 engine, which was introduced by Ford on March 31, 1932 and installed into Ford Model A body cars.[22] Ten months later, he introduced a new 1933Model B body to surround the engine. These projects were nearly all consuming, leaving Ford little or no time for tractor development.[22]
After U.S. Fordson production ceased in 1928, Irish-built and later English-built Fordsons were imported to the U.S. This arrangement ended in 1939 with the introduction of the line of 'Ford' tractors made in the U.S. for domestic sales.
In Ireland, businessman Harry Ferguson had designed a tractor incorporating a hydraulic three-point hitch.[26] Eber Sherman, importer of Fordsons from Ireland to the US and a friend of both Ford and Ferguson, arranged to have Ferguson demonstrate his tractor for Henry Ford. In October 1938 the Ferguson tractor was put through a demonstration before Ford and his engineers. It was light in weight relative to its power, which impressed Ford.[26] Ferguson ' s successful tractor demonstration led to a handshake agreement with Ford in 1938, whereby Ford would manufacture tractors using the Ferguson three-point hitch system.[26]
Ford Motor Company invested $12 million in tooling to finance Ferguson ' s new distribution company.[27] The investment resulted in the production of the Ford-Ferguson 9N tractor which was introduced on June 29, 1939.[27] It sold for $585 including rubber tires, power take-off, Ferguson hydraulics, an electric starter, generator, and battery; lights were optional. Ford ' s 9N further improved the cantankerous Model F by updating the ignition with a distributor and coil. An innovative system of tire mounts for the rear wheels and versatile axle mounts for the fronts enabled farmers to accommodate any width row-crop work they needed.[27] The 9N weighed 2340 pounds and had 13 drawbar horsepower, which could pull a two-bottom plow.[26] It was designed to be safe, quiet and easy to operate. Ford once said 'Our competition is the horse.'; the 9N was intended for farmers who were not mechanically minded.[26]
An immediate success, the 9N ' s configuration became an industry standard, which was followed by other tractor manufacturers for fifteen years. Henry Ford passed leadership of his company to grandson Henry Ford II in 1945. By 1946, the younger Ford discovered that, despite its success, the Model N lost Ford Motor Company over $25 million dollars in six years.[26] He reacted by forming Dearborn Motors in November 1946, which took over tractor distribution from Ferguson.[26] Ford informed Ferguson that after July 1947 they would no longer supply tractors to his company.[26]Ferguson sued Henry Ford II, Dearborn Motors and Ford Motor Company and others for $251 million in damages on the basis of patent infringements and conspiracy to monopolize the farm tractor business.[28] Ford Motor Company claimed the patents had already expired by the time of Dearborn Motors ' incorporation.[28] Approximately 750,000 9Ns were built, and it was estimated in 2001 that nearly half of these were still in regular use.[25]
Harry Ferguson had understood that the handshake agreement had included the manufacture of the 9N in Britain. World War II intervened and prevented this, although one explanation was that Ford UK was uninterested in the plan.[edit]2N and 8N
.In 1942 Ford introduced the 2N model tractor. This was surprising because so much steel was being used to manufacture products for U.S. and allied troops during World War II. In 1947 the very popular 8N tractor was introduced. More than 500,000 8Ns were sold in America between 1947 and 1952. The 8N was replaced with the 1953 'Golden Jubilee' tractor.[edit]E27N
1947 Fordson StegamajorThe Fordson E27N Major was based on the Fordson N, and made in England from 1945, having the same engine and transmission but in a new casing which allowed for a PTO and hydraulic arms, an optional extra made by either Smiths or Varley. A high speed top gear was offered and special versions for contractors and industry. Loaders were available from several firms including Mil. Like the Standard, the tractor ran on paraffin (tractor vaporising oil in the UK). Perkins P4 and P6 diesel versions were available and proved to be a successful after-sale conversion. In Norway, the tractor was nicknamed ' Stegamajor ' due to its considerable height compared to the old Fordson N.(Stega=Ladder)[edit]E1A
Fordson Major E1Post-war shortages delayed the development of an entirely new tractor. In 1953, the E1A 'New Major' entered production with a Spanish built diesel engine and a modified version of the E27N transmission. The driver sat significantly lower, which led to the E27N being nicknamed the ' High Major ' . In 1958, - the Power Major - was introduced with 51.8 h.p. and an improved transmission and ' live-drive ' hydraulics, and then in 1960 the final version, the Super Major came out with a weight transfer system and differential lock. The Super Major was produced until 1964. These tractors were exported to the U.S - the first since 1939 - badged as Fords.
Meanwhile, a smaller new three cylinder version, the Dexta had been launched to compete with the success of the Massey Ferguson 35. After 1964, the Fordson name was dropped and all Ford tractors were simply badged as Fords in both the U.K. and the U.S.[edit]VariantsIn 1926, Fordson demonstrated a Model F converted into a snowmobile, which they dubbed the 'Snow-Motor'.[29] The tractor used bullet-shaped screws instead of wheels to move across the snow. They were used (unsuccessfully) by Richard Byrd ' s first Antarctic Expedition.[30][edit]Later modelsAfter 1964, all tractors made by the company worldwide carried the Ford name. In 1986, Ford expanded its tractor business when it purchased the Sperry-New Holland skid-steer loader and hay baler, hay tools and implement company from Sperry Corporation and formed Ford-New Holland which bought outVersatile tractors in 1988. In 1991 Ford sold its tractor division to Fiat with the agreement that they must stop using the Ford name by 2000. In 1998, Fiat removed all Ford identification from their blue tractors and renamed them 'New Holland' tractors.[edit]Machine operationThe early Fordson tractor engines were difficult to start. In cold weather it was a chore to start because the oil congealed on the cylinder walls and on the clutch plates. It had to be hand cranked repeatedly with great effort. Strong men took turns cranking between intervals when individual ignition coils were adjusted. Sometimes farmers would build a fire under the tractor to warm up the crankcase and gear boxes to make it crank easier. The tractor, when in use, was fueled by kerosene, but gasoline was required to start it. Once started, the trial was not over. To get it in motion, the gears had to be shifted and the clutch would not disengage fully from the engine to allow gear change. Once the gear change was accomplished by ramming the hand lever into position, and listening to the grating noise, the tractor would start forward immediately (there had better be clear space ahead). The clutch pedal had to be ridden for a while until the oil warmed up and the clutch released.
The Fordson could pull discs and plows that would require at least four mules to pull, and it could work all day long, provided the radiator was continually filled, the fuel replenished, and the water in the air filter tank changed. The carburetor air was filtered by bubbling it through a water tank. On dry days, mud would build up in the water tank after a few of hours of operation. The mud would then have to be flushed out and the tank refilled.[edit]Models[/size][/size][/size][list type=square][size=1.6em][/size]
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