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Hart-Parr

In 1896 Charles Walter Hart and Charles H. Parrnames founded the Hart-Parr company in Wisconsin. Hart-Parr engines were widely used in Wisconsin to power windmill-driven pumps to help cool milk on the numerous dairy farms. Word of their engines traveled fast and soon their little shop had more orders than it could handle. They were the first people to successfully build the first gasoline-powered tractor around 1901. This was huge for agriculture as it placed undreamed of power in the hands of the farmers.

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Around 1900 the Hart-Parr company moved to Charles City, Iowa and they began working on a new tractor line. In 1902 the first Hart-Parr was introduced several heavy weight models followed. In 1918 Hart-Parr introduced tractors with 2 & 4 cylinder engine. Production continued until 1929 when Hart-Parr, The Oliver Chilled Plow Company, and the American Seeding Machine Company joined together to form the Oliver Farm Machinery Company.

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Models

Model

Configuration

Years

# Produced
17-30

Standard-Tread

1901-1906

22-45 No.2

Standard-Tread

1903-1906

30-60 Old Reliable

Standard-Tread

1907-1918

4100
60-100

1911-1912

12-27

1914-1915

200
Little Devil 15-22

1914-1916

18-35 Oil King

1915-1919

250
Steel King

1916

Oil King 23-35

1916-1919

New Hart Parr

Standard-Tread

1918-1919

30

Standard-Tread

1918-1922

9175
20

Standard-Tread

1920-1922

319
40

Standard-Tread

1923-1927

500
16-30 E

Standard-Tread

1924-1927

16-30 F

Standard-Tread

1924-1927

12-24 E

Standard-Tread

1924-1928

1100
18-36

Standard-Tread

1926-1927

12-24 G

Standard-Tread

1926-1927

800
28-50

Standard-Tread

1927-1930

12-24 H

Standard-Tread

1927-1930

28-44

Standard-Tread

1930-1937

7174
18-28

1930-1937

3927
18-27 Dual Front Wheel

Row-Crop

1931-1937

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