Landini

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Landini SpA, headquartered in Fabbrico, Italy, was founded by Giovanni Landini in 1884 to produce agricultural equipment. Landini had just started making tractors in 1925 when Giovanni died preventing the completion of the first prototype tractor. Giovanni Landini's sons took over the business and saw the completion of the tractor project.

[edit] History

In 1925 the sons built the first authentic Italian tractor, a 30 hp machine. It was a success and was the forerunner of the viable range of Landini 40 and 50 hp models which appeared in the mid-1930s and were to become renowmed under the names of Velite, Bufalo and Super. The first production tractors were powered by a 40 hp semi-diesel engine which was a two stroke single-cylinder unit. The company continued to produce semi-diesel engined tractors until 1957. When World War II started, the production stopped.

• In 1959 the first Landini crawler tractor the C35 was manufactured, Company started using Perkins 3 & 4 cylinder engines
• 1960 the company was purchased 100% by Massey Ferguson.
• 1962 Landini starts building Industrial crawlers for Massey Ferguson.
• 1971 Landini starts using 6 cylinder engines
• 1973 Landini launched the 500 Series of 2 and 4 wheeled tractors.
• 1977 Landini launches there first 100 hp tractor.
• 1980 saw the company diversifying its products as well as specializing.
• 1980 Landini started work on a vineyard tractor.
• 1986 the new vineyard tractor was launched.
• 1988, the company lanched a redesigned series of tractors, the 60, 70, 80 Series.
• 1989 Landini became a part of ARGO SpA as Massey Ferguson sold 66% of the company. Massey itself was bought by AGCO in 1994, while ARGO purchased more shares of Landini that year.^[1] The final 9% of Landini that was owned by AGCO was bought by ARGO in 2000. Landini/ARGO continued supplying some tractors to AGCO under a supply agreement.

[edit] Model range

[edit] Early Models

• Landini 30hp from 1925
• Landini 40hp From 1930s
• Landini 50hp from 1930s
• Landini Super - 1934-50 3255 built
• Landini VL30 - 1935-53 3462 built
• Landini C25 Single cylinder
• Landini C35 Crawler tractor of 1959
• Landini CI35 (Industrial)
• Landini C4000
• Landini CI4000 (Industrial)
• Landini C4500
• Landini CI8000
• Landini L25 25/35 hp of 1950-58 6634 built 4.1 ltr engine^[2]
• Landini L35 - 1950-58 7.2 ltr engine
• Landini L45 - 1950-58 4190 built 9.5 ltr engine
• Landini L55 - 1954-59 445 built 11.3 ltr engine
• Landini Lan Loader
• Landini Vineyard tractors model
• MF 44
• MF 244
• MF 500 range
• MF Crawler Tractors range

[edit] Early UK Models

MF only imported a few models into the UK;

• MF C35 - (UK test machine now with a MF Collector (photo to add from Peterborough Show 2008 display)
• MF 134C
• MF 154C - One used as UK dealer demonstrator at Stonleigh training center^[3]
• MF 174C

A Combined UK operators manual was issued for the 3 models, but actual number imported is unknown.

[edit] Modern Model range

Post ARGO take over

A Landini Mistral 40 on display at the LAMMA show in 2009

Landini PowerFarm 100 at the LAMMA show in 2009

A Landini PowerMax 145

• Landini 4140H
• Landini Mistral series
  • Landini Mistral 40
• Landini Vision series
  • Landini Vision 105
• Landini PowerFarm series
  • Landini PowerFarm 100
• Landini PowerMax series
  • Landini PowerMax 140
• Landini PowerModial series
  • Landini PowerMondial 115

[edit] UK Preserved Models

Few Landini tractors are in the UK other than ones built by Landin and Badged as Massey Ferguson.

• A Landini L35 - 1954 Single cylinder. owned by P. Griffith (featured in Vintage Tractor Magazine No. 107 This tractor newly restored was displayed at Onslow Park Steam Rally in 2008. (photo required)

[edit] See also

• AGCO
• ARGO SpA
• McCormick Tractors
• Massey-Ferguson
• Perkins
• Valpadana - another ARGO brand

[edit] References

Wikipedia for initial article

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Landini vehicles

• UK Company website
• Argo Spa - parent co web site
• List of Landini Tractors at Tractordata.com

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