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Encyclopedia > Fordson

Fordson by Ford Motors is the first model of an agricultural tractor in mass production. It was a lightweight frameless tractor without cabin with carburetor engine and four metal wheels.


The first prototype was built in 1907. Mass production of Fordson model F started in 1917.


Fordson in the Soviet Union

In 1919 Ford signed a contract for a large party of Fordson tractors to the Soviet Union, which soon became the largest customer of the company. During 1921—1927 the Soviet Union purchased over 24,000 Fordsons. In addition, in 1924, the Leningrad plant "Red Putilovets" (Красный Путиловец) started the production of tractors Fordson-Putilovets (Фордзон-путиловец). These inexpensive and robust tractors (both American and Soviet models) became the major enticement for Soviet peasants towards collectivisation and were often seen on Soviet posters and paintings from these times.


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TractorData.com - Fordson (238 words)
He built his first experimental tractor in 1907 and was said to have made more than 50 different prototypes until the development of the Fordson F in 1917.
The Fordson name was selected for two reasons.
In 1964, the two branches were merged and the Fordson name was dropped.
Fordson tractor: Information from Answers.com (1259 words)
The Fordson came at the end of the First World War with its manpower shortages in agriculture, and utilizing Ford's assembly line techniques to produce a large number of inexpensive units, it quickly became the dominant model.
The Fordson could pull discs and plows that would require at least four mules to pull, and it could work all day long, provided the radiator was continually filled, the fuel replenished, and the water in the air filter tank were changed.
Fordson Model N (produced from 1929-1932 at Cork, Ireland and from 1933-1945 at Dagenham, England)
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