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THE PIONEER TRACTOR

By Leroy Quandt Ryder

North Dakota 58779

The Pioneer Tractor Company of Winona, Minnesota began building tractors about 1910 and continued for about ten years. Their main product evidently was the 30-60 model which had 96 inch high rear drivers that were 24 inches wide. It had a completely enclosed cab with upholstered seat and back rest. It had three forward speeds in the sliding gear transmission with third gear about a six mile per hour speed. This was an unusually fast speed for a tractor of this size and for its day. This model weighed around 23,000 pounds. It had a four 7 by 8 inch cylinder engine, horizontal and opposed and ran at 650 rpm's. It could pull eight 14 inch breaker bottoms or three ten foot binders.

In the Makoti area John and Fred Holst had the agency for the Pioneer tractor beginning in 1913. They also farmed with the 30-60 Pioneer. They would run day and nigh...

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