Eicher tractor
In the small village, Forstern near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, the first Eicher tractor was made, in the 1930s, by Joseph and Albert Eicher. It was the beginning of considerable development of Eicher's Forstern and Dingolfing factories. These pioneers made several tests and carried out a patient work of clarification. The first evolution was marked by the construction of an automatic mower and a three-wheeled tractor. The brothers Joseph and Albert Eicher were born and grew up in an agricultural part of Germany. Their personal taste for agriculture favored the development of ideas which led to the manufacturing of machines and modern devices. In 1949, their manufacture of the first farm tractor with an engine with air cooling allowed Eicher to rank among the most important manufacturers of tractors.
In 1959, Eicher set up the Eicher Tractor Corporation of India Private Ltd., along with the Goodearth Company of New Delhi, India, and began production in 1960 of Indian-built Eicher tractors. That company sold the tractor business to TAFE, also of India, which still produces Eicher tractors.[1][2]
In the 1960s Eicher started the production of a light truck, which was also produced for Magirus-Deutz at a later date.
In 1973, Massey Ferguson purchased Eicher, and many Massey-licensed Eichers were built.[3] They later sold their interest, and Dromson now owns the company. They now build specialized tractors for vineyards.
External links
Media related to Eicher tractors at Wikimedia Commons
- Christophe Guillaume's website–collector of Eicher tractors