Before four-wheel drive was a selling point, one Michigan farmer built it out of necessity — and what he created was decades ahead of its time. John Fitch had a problem that no tractor on the market could solve. His fruit farm near Ludington, in the light sand soil of northern Michigan, was eating tractors […]
Engine History
The Raymond Improved Gas Engine: J. I. Case’s Forgotten Experiment with Gasoline PowerWhen most people think of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, they think of massive steam traction engines and portable steam engines that powered farms across North America. But in the 1890s, Case briefly experimented with gasoline engines. At the center of that experiment was an obscure and fascinating design known as the Raymond […]
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