The Oliver Farm Equipment Corporation was formed when 4 companies merged in 1929. These were the Oliver Chilled Plough Company, Hart Parr Company, Nichols and Shepard Company and the American Seeding Machine Company. (more…)
(From Old Allis News )
When Allis-Chalmers introduced rubber tires as standard equipment on the Model U in 1932, it did not go over with the farmers, nor did it go over with competitor tractor companies who questioned Allis-Chalmers claims of extra horsepower than what steel wheels would provide, less fuel consumption and as country roads were no longer primarily dirt roads, the tractor could travel on the surfaced roads. (more…)
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