The Great LIBERATOR

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August 2003
Bill Vossler 
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A third Liberty Tractor Co. was incorporated in 1918 and based in Hammond, Ind. Yet, it doesn't appear that it was a viable company, because no Liberty tractors were produced.

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Unfortunately, every story about old tractors is limited by available information, and Liberty tractors are no different. One curiosity about the tractor is that all the published research information discusses the Liberty Model 15-30 tractor as if it were the only model ever made. However, an undated farm magazine ad - undoubtedly an early one, as the P.J. Downes Co. was listed as the distributor, and the Liberty Tractor Co. as manufacturers, and those two entities only existed up until 1921 - describes another Liberty tractor as a Model 18-32.

Additionally, advertising materials variously list the weight of the tractor as 4,700, 5,775 or 5,800 pounds, and the width as 66 or 68 inches. Since much of the information is undated, it's difficult to put into perspective. Most likely the 4,700-pound, 66-inch width information was preliminary, listed before the tractor even entered the market, but no one can tell for sure.

No records exist to tell how many Liberty tractors were made, but at least one is restored and shows up regularly at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers' Reunion held annually at Rollag, Minn. The tractor is rare enough that C.H. Wendel's price guide, Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1960, doesn't list a value for the unique Liberty tractor.



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