This content is for members with a free or paid account. Not A Member? Click HERE to join. Harold Ottaway was one of the pioneering tractor and engine collectors in the hobby. He collected his first engine in 1949, a little horse and three-quarters Associated in a junkyard for five dollars. It grew from that […]
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International Harvester 30-60 Titan TractorThe largest of International Harvester‘s line of Titan tractors is the 30-60 Titan. This massive beast has a horizontal, two-cylinder side by side engine with a nine inch bore and fourteen inch stroke giving it 1,781 cubic inches of displacement. International Harvester built the 30-60 Titan at the Milwaukee Works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1915 […]
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International Harvester Motor Cultivator: Pioneering the Path to the Farmall RegularThe International Motor Cultivator is an unusually designed tractor built by the International Harvester Company meant to be a versatile lightweight tractor that could replace the horse for most field work. Work on the International Harvester Motor Cultivator started in 1915. Documents show a patent was submitted on October 23, 1916, and production commenced in […]
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Forgotten History: Resurrecting the WW 1 Mobile Military Laundry Unit & Its Steam-Powered CleanlinessYou tend to discover interesting photographs sifting through hundreds of images on the National Archives digital collection. I came across an image from 1919 labeled ‘Mobile Laundry Unit,’ sparking my curiosity since I wasn’t sure what that meant. So, I searched again, this time using those keywords. What I found was…
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What’s The Oldest Existing 10-20 Titan Tractor?What’s the oldest 10-20 Titan Tractor, lets take a look at an early 1916 model.
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30-60 Titan At Great Falls, Montana – 1999The International Harvester Company built just 176 of their 30-60 Titan Tractors. They have a two cylinder, horizontal side by side engine that could run on cheaper kerosene. They were throttle governed and rated at 30 horsepower on drawbar and 60 horsepower on the belt. Only 3 remaining examples of these tractors are still known […]
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A Look Inside A Forgotten International Harvester DealershipRead how a picture in a book and a new friendship led us to a forgotten International Harvester dealership.
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International Harvester 8-16 Mogul TractorThe International Harvester 8-16 Mogul Tractor was built from 1914 to 1917. The total production run with 14,065 tractors. It has a one-cylinder, hopper cooled engine.
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International Harvester 12-25 Mogul TractorInternational Harvester released their 12-25 Mogul Tractor, the little brother of the 30-60 Mogul tractor in 1913. Like the bigger horsepower model, the 12-25 Mogul is a two-cylinder opposed engine rated at 25 horsepower on the belt and 12 horsepower on the drawbar.
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International Harvester 12-25 Titan TractorInternational Harvester manufactured the Titan 12-25 Tractor (later known as Titan 15-30) at its factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, from 1914 to 1917. The tractor is powered by a four cylinder horizontal gasoline-kerosene engine rated at 12 horsepower on the drawbar and 25 horsepower on the belt operating at 575 revolutions per minute. The cylinders […]
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