Archive for December, 2009
Advance-Rumely Tractors (OilPull, 6A, DoAll)
Like so many American tractor manufacturers, Advance-Rumely’s roots lay in the 19th century agricultural machinery industry. Unlike some, however, it failed to make the important leap from early heavyweight traction engines to modern, light tractors, and as a result it perished.
Dr. Edward Rumely’s grandfather had set up the business in 1853, producing a variety of [...]
The New Holland 7840 Tractor
Engine: Water-cooled four-cylinder turbo diesel
Capacity: 321 CI (5 Litres)
Transmission: 12 speed (Forward and Reverse)
New Holland’s 40 series was highly successful, and the 75,000th example was built at the group’s plant in Basildon, England, in 1996. Also from that year, it was sold as the Fiat S. series in some European countries, just as the 70 [...]
New Holland 7740
Engine: water cooled, four cylinder turbo diesel
Capacity: 321ci (5.0 litres)
Power: 95 hp
Transmission: 12 speed (Forward and Reverse)
It’s odd that New Holland has become the badge on so many tractors, and lives on today as part of CNH Global, the result of the merger between Case and Fiat/Ford/New Holland. Odd, because Holland itself never built tractors [...]