Short-Lived Tractors with Odd or Unique Names

One interesting fact to note is that the vast majority of the large tractor companies over the years – John Deere, Case, International Harvester, Ford, Caterpillar, Minneapolis-Moline, Oliver and others – did not use a single odd or unusual name for a tractor. Perhaps they knew something that the smaller tractor companies with the odd and unusual names didn’t know: that the name means a lot.

On the other hand, perhaps the name of a tractor doesn’t sound odd if it is a success, and the name is repeated so many times that it becomes a popular, and thus no-longer-odd part of American culture. FC 

Bill Vossler is a frequent contributor to Farm Collector. His most recent book is The Complete Book of Farm Toys & Boxes.