Tractor Brands
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Farm Tractors
Benye
Formed in 1955 in the city of Ningbo in southern China, Ningbo Benye manufactures a range of tractors. Primary markets for Benye tractors are within China, although they do export. In 2007, Beyne was purchased by Deere & Company.
Power Range: 22-80 hp
Production Years: 1981-1991
Model Count: 19
Website: http://www.benye.com/
Best
The Best Manufacturing Company was formed in 1871 by Daniel Best. Best got his start devleoping a portable grain cleaner, and later turned his attention to developing a combine harvester. In 1890, Best purchased the rights to the Remington steam engine, and began producing both steam tractors and steam-powered combines. A legal battle in 1910 allowed rival Holt to acquire Best's company, left Danel's son C.L. Best with an ownership stake. C.L. Best disliked working in the Holt organization, and formed his own company in 1910, producing gasoline tractors. Best acquired patents for the Lombard Log Hauler, an early tracked crawler, and began producing "tracklayer" tractors. Henry Ford's price war with the Fordson tractor created hard times for all tractor companies in the early 1920s. In 1925, Best and Holt consolidated into the Caterpillar Tractor Company.
Power Range: 33-83 hpProduction Years: 1913-1925Model Count: 3Website: http://www.cat.com/
Big Bud
Big Bud Tractors Inc. was born out of the Wagner tractor dealership in Havre, Montana in 1961. Big Bud manufactured heavy-duty high horsepower tractors with industrial engines fitted to custom-built frames. The company developed a number of innovations for heavy duty tractors, including tilt cabins and a skid system for engine removal. The company was purchased by Messner Brothers in 1985. Production slowed in the late 1980s and the last Big Bud rolled off the line in 1992.
Power Range: 250-960 hpProduction Years: 1970-1990Model Count: 30Website: http://www.bigbud.com/
Bima
Bima four-wheel drive tractors were manufactured in France by Groupe Albaret, a construction manufacturer. The Bima was designed as a single-pass tillage and planting machine with front and rear PTO shafts and hitches. Groupe Albaret was purchased by Caterpillar in 1986 and production shifted to BH Industrie.
Power Range: 287-400 hpProduction Years: 1983-1993Model Count: 7
Bobcat
Bobcat is a US-based manufacturer of construction equipment, particularly noted for skid-steer loaders. A line of Daedong-built Bobcat tractors were sold in the US from 2007 to 2013. A new line of Bobcat-branded tractors was announced in 2019, the result of a joint agreement between Daedong and Doosan, Bobcat's parent company.
Power Range: 21-57 hpProduction Years: 2008-2025Model Count: 24Website: http://www.bobcat.com/
Bolens
Bolens was a lawn and garden equipment manufacturer located in Port Washington, Wisconsin. In the 1980s, Bolens sold a line of Iseki-built compact tractors. The Bolens compact tractor line ended in 1991, not long after Bolens was purchased by Garden Way.
Power Range: 15-29 hpProduction Years: 1978-1991Model Count: 19
Bolinder-Munktell
The Swedish tractor manufacturer Bolinder-Munktell (BM) was formed in 1932 with the merger of Bolinder and Munktell, engine and tractor manufacturers respectively. Volvo had begun partnerships in Bolinder-Munktell in the 1940s and purchased BM enitrely in 1950. The Bolinder-Munktell name was retained until the 1970s when the Volvo BM brand came into use. Volvo later sold all its tractor operations to Valmet.
Power Range: 20-46 hpProduction Years: 1913-1961Model Count: 8Bombardier
Bombardier is a Canadian manufacturing company, founded in 1942 by Joseph-Aramand Bombardier. Early production was focused on vehicles to cross snow, and Bombardier Recreational Products is a major manufacturer of snowmobiles. During the 1980s and 1990s Bombardier rebranded Hinomoto light tractors under their own name.
Power Range: 20 hpProduction Years: 1984-1994Model Count: 1 tractorWebsite: http://www.brp.com/
Branson
Branson was a trade name for compact tractors built by the Kukje Machinery Company of South Korea. Kukje began building agricultural machinery since 1968 and was a supplier for Yanmar, John Deere and engines for Cummins. In 2016, Kukje was acquired by Korean tractor manufacturer TYM. The Branson brand was dropped in 2023.
Power Range: 19-78 hpProduction Years: 2000-2025Model Count: 74Website: https://tym.world/
Bristol
Bristol produced small crawler tractors in England. Bristol was initially in partner ship with the Douglas motorcycle company, and later with the Jowlett automobile manufacturer. Bristol was later purchased by Marshall, and merged into the Track Marshall group.
Power Range: 22 hpProduction Years: 1949-1966Model Count: 4Brockway
The Brockway Tractor Company of Bedford, Ohio built utility tractors in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The Brockway family had manufactured the Leader tractor brand before being forced out by creditors. The Brockways opened a new factory in 1949, and sold two models of Brockway tractor before ending production a few years later.
Production Years: 1949-1952Model Count: 2
Buhler Versatile
Buhler Industries acquired the Versatile tractor brand and Winnipeg from New Holland in 2000. Versatile was an established manufacturer of large four-wheel drive farm tractors. Buhler began a process of rebranding the tractors as Buhler-Versatile. Russian combine manufacturer Rostelmash purchased a majority stake in Buhler in 2007 and returned the tractor line to the Versatile name, dropping Buhler.
Power Range: 113-575 hpProduction Years: 1991-2020Model Count: 16Website: http://www.versatile-ag.com/Field Legend
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