Tractor Brands
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Lawn & Garden Tractors
Craftsman Professional lawn tractors
Sears entered the lawn tractor market in 1959 with the David Bradley Suburban models. The David Bradley name was dropped in 1964 and the Craftsman name was being used by the 1970s. Currently all Sears lawn and garden tractors are sold under the Craftsman or Craftsman Professional brand. A number of companies have built the tractors over the years, AYP and MTD providing the majority in recent years.
Power Range: 16-30 hp
Production Years: 2007-2017
Model Count: 20
Website: http://www.sears.com/
Cub Cadet lawn tractors
In the early 1960s, International Harvester entered the small tractor market with the Cub Cadet. The IH Cub Cadets were heavy-duty garden tractors many components borrowed from the larger Cub tractor, and built at the same factory in Louisville. In 1981, International's Lawn Products Group was sold to MTD in 1981 as the subsidiary Cub Cadet Corporation (CCC) and production moved to a new factory in Brownsville, Tennessee. While initially independent, Cub Cadets began to gain more common components with the other MTD brands and are now a fully integrated part of the MTD line. The Brownsville factory was closed in 2009.
Power Range: 1-37 hpProduction Years: 1960-2025Model Count: 431Website: http://www.cubcadet.com/
Deutz-Allis lawn tractors
In 1984, Allis-Chalmers was in a difficult position and the company was purchased by Deutz. Deutz rebranded the Allis tractors as Deutz-Allis and began importing Deutz-Fahr tractors under the Deutz-Allis name. The Simplicity-built Allis lawn and garden tractors were produced in Deutz-Allis green until Allis was sold again, forming AGCO.
Power Range: 8-20 hpProduction Years: 1984-1992Model Count: 28Website: http://www.agcocorp.com/
Economy lawn tractors
Economy tractors were built by Engineering Products Company (EPCO) of Wisconsin. Production began at the end of World War II. Economy tractors were garden-type tractors assembled from off-the-shelf components. Economy tractors evolved as suburban lawn-and-garden tractor market rose. The Economy brand name was dropped in 1977 in favor of the Power King brand, which continued to the late 1990s.
Power Range: 9-14 hpProduction Years: 1951-1977Model Count: 9
Farmhand lawn tractors
Farmhand was the trade name for a line of farm implements manufactured by Superior Separator of Hopkins, Minnesota. For one year, a Farmhand garden tractor was produced. Farmhand went through a series of mergers and acquisitions until finally being purchase by AGCO in 1995.
Power Range: 7 hpProduction Years: 1962-1962Model Count: 1 tractorWebsite: https://www.agcocorp.com/
Ford lawn tractors
Ford provided a range of lawn and garden tractors to their farm machinery dealers, although Ford did not build their own lawn equipment. Jacobsen, Gilson, and Toro were all suppliers of Ford lawn tractors. The Ford lawn tractor brand was replaced by New Holland in 1988 when Ford sold their farm machinery group to Fiat
Power Range: 5-20 hpProduction Years: 1965-1995Model Count: 73Website: http://www.newholland.com/
General Electric lawn tractors
General Electric produced the Elec-Trak electric lawn tractors from 1970 to 1974. Disappointing sales led GE to sell the Elec-Trak division to Wheel Horse in 1974, and Wheel Horse continued production of electric tractors until 1983.
Power Range: 8-16 hpProduction Years: 1970-1974Model Count: 9
Gilson lawn tractors
Gilson was a US manufacturer of mowers, tractors, and other outdoor equipment for most of the twentieth century. Founded in 1911, Gilson became a major manufacturer of residential power equipment in the 1960s with the purchase of Gearo, Versch, and Burns. In addition to their own brand, Gilson also manufactured lawn tractors for Montgomery Ward and Ford. Gilson was sold to Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) in 1987 and merged with OMC's Lawn Boy group. Lawn Boy was sold to Toro in 1989 and the Plymouth, Wisconsin factory ceased production in 1990.
Power Range: 4-18 hpProduction Years: 1961-1987Model Count: 166
Gravely lawn tractors
The Gravely Motor Plow Company was founded in 1916 in Dunbar, West Virginia building a successful line of two-wheel walking tractors. The company later moved to Clemmons, North Carolina and, in 1964, Gravely entered the four-wheel garden tractor market. Gravelys used a unique rear-engine design on their tractors. Ariens purchased Gravely in 1982, and still owns the brand. Gravely-based designs were discontinued around 2000, and the name dropped entirely in 2002. It is still used on a line of commercial lawn equipment.
Power Range: 8-30 hpProduction Years: 1963-2001Model Count: 68
Gutbrod lawn tractors
Gutbrod was a German manufacturer of lawn, garden, and agricultural equipment. Gutbrod was an early pioneer in automobiles, but financial problems in 1950s forced a breakup of the firm and the end of automobile production. Gutbrod was purchased by MTD in 1996 and the name was removed from products in 2007.
Power Range: 10-20 hpProduction Years: 1990-1995Model Count: 10Website: https://www.mtdproducts.eu/
Hesston lawn tractors
Hesston manufactured the Front Runner line of front-mount mowers in the early 1970s. The Front Runner mower was developed by Wood Brothers Manufacturing which was purchased by Hesston in 1969. Hesston manufactured the mowers in Indianapolis until 1976, when the Hesston lawn equipment group was sold to Toro.
Power Range: 14-20 hpProduction Years: 1972-1976Model Count: 8Website: http://www.agcocorp.com/
Hiller lawn tractors
Stanley Hiller Jr. was an aviation pioneer in the development of helicopters from the 1940s to the 1960s. In the mid-1950s, Hiller developed and sold a small yard tractor named the Hiller Yard Hand. The Yard Hand was also sold by Sears as a Craftsman model yard tractor. Hiller stopped production by 1960.
Power Range: 2 hpProduction Years: 1953-1955Model Count: 1 tractorWebsite: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilleryardhandtractor/Field Legend
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