Rock Island Plow Co.
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The Rock Island Plow Co. was founded in Rock Island, Illinois in the USA, in about 1880. The company built farm machinery & stationary engines, till 1914 when they started to market a tractor built by the Heider Manufacturing Co. of Carroll, Iowa. After two years they bought Heider out, but continued using the name on the tractor line till the late 1920s.
The early Heider tractors had a Waukesha 4-cylinder engine and a friction clutch drive arrangement. From the late 1920s a new range was built under the Rock Island name. The new models had a superficial resemblance to International Harvester tractors of the same period (see photo above). In 1937 the J.I. Case Co. purchased the Rock Island Plow Co. tractor production ceased.
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[edit] Model range
- Heider Model C - 12-20 hp
- Heider Model D - 9-16 hp
- Heider Model M - 5-10 hp A motor cultivator
- Rock Island Model F - 18-35 hp
- Rock Island Model G2 - 15-25 hp
[edit] Preservation
A few examples exist in the USA, but they are very rare in the UK.
- A Model C 15-20 hp - At Newby Hall Vintage Gathering
- A model 18-35 from ~ 1920 was shown at Newark VTH show in 2008, owned by a collector in North Yorkshire.
- A model G2 15-25 hp was demonstrated at Caisterton.
[edit] See also
- Collector related
[edit] References / sources
- show catalogue
- Case, Photographic History (book), by April Halberstadt, MBI, ISBN 0-7603-061-5
- Steel Wheels web site - Rock Island
[edit] External links
- http://www.steel-wheels.net - Steel wheels Pre 1930 tractors.
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