Full Steam Ahead Vol. 1: J. I. Case Tractors and Equipment 1842-1955 - Hardcover

Erb/Brumbaugh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0929355423 ISBN 13: 9780929355429

Publisher: Amer. Soc.of Agricultural Eng, 1994

Synopsis

Step back in time and relive more than 100 years of Case farm machinery history from threshing machines and steam engines to gas tractors and even Case cars. Entertaining facts capture the flavor and history of the time, plus an insiders view of the development of early and later tractor models.

About this title

About the Author:

David Erb is a writer, editor, and publisher. He has been a mechanic, service manager, and teacher most of his life. During the 1960s and 70s, he was a service representative for the Ford Motor Company and taught Ford Division service school for several years. For 16 years he has been a teacher of things mechanical at both college and secondary levels. He currently teaches high school in an ASE certified automotive technician program. Mr. Erb produces the publication of the J.I. Case Collectors Association, Inc., Old Abes News, with subscribers in the United States and many off-shore countries. When he is not writing about or working on old Case tractors, he plays piano and drives an old pickup truck.

Eldon Brumbaugh joined Case in May 1953 as a field test engineer at the Phoenix, Arizona proving grounds. During his years with Case, he was director of corporate engineering, and was responsible for the J.I. Case proving grounds, design center, and product safety ad engineering standards. Mr. Brumbaugh was responsible for establishing the design criteria and engine requirements for the joint venture with Cummins Engine Company and the J.I. Case Company. When he retired from the J. I. Case Company in 1988, Mr. Brumbaugh was director of J. I. Case product performance and evaluation, with responsibilities for all product testing, product styling, and statuary regulations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amer. Soc.of Agricultural Eng
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0929355423
• ISBN 13: 9780929355429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 343