Canadian Cockshutts

centash

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Well, some of them were made here. I think the 30 was about the only model that did not share some components with Olivers, correct me if mistaken. There are several Golden Arrows in the pictures, only an expert would know which are legit.Included one White in Cockshutt red.
They were popular here and a pretty good tractor. The corporate takeover of the company was indeed a sad story.
Ben
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I'm not an really expert on Cockshutts, but I'll do my best to fill in some of the story.

Oliver's involvement with Cockshutt started with the 60, 70, 80, and 90, and I believe the early 99's. The Oliver models were rebadged, painted Cockshutt red, and had Cockshutt cast into certain parts (top of the rad for sure). With the next models, the 20, 30, 40, and 50, and variants, they were pure Cockshutt. No Oliver involvement. This continued with the following series, the 540, 550, 560, and 570. That was the end of the line for pure Cockshutt tractors, as after the buyout from White, Cockshutts were again repainted and rebadged Olivers.

That's a very, very stripped down history, but I hope it helps.
 
Oh, and if I'm not mistaken, all the Cockshutts from the 20, 30, 40, 50, up to the 540, 550, 560, 570, were built in Ontario. Brantford, I think, but I could be wrong. Would have to dig up my Cockshutt books.
 
The PD 40 or Golden Eagle was the first farm tractor in North America to use a Perkins Diesel engine. The use of Perkins engines with M- F came later.
 
It started earlier than that. Hart Parr built tractors for Cockshutt I believe. Oliver just carried on with it.
 
The Cockshutt 30 appeared first in 1946 after the war. It was the first mass-produced tractor with a truly live and enclosed power take off feature. There were earlier versions of a live PTO but they were limited production tractors and in many cases the feature was not "enclosed" within the drive train castings. The live PTO feature was invented (designed) by a fellow called MacRea I believe, a Canadian engineer who worked for Cockshutt in Brantford, Ontario.
 
Thanks for the info.I was told that the 6 speed cockshutts used an Oliver transmission.
ben
 
(quoted from post at 20:29:02 01/15/17) The Cockshutt 30 appeared first in 1946 after the war. It was the first mass-produced tractor with a truly live and enclosed power take off feature. There were earlier versions of a live PTO but they were limited production tractors and in many cases the feature was not "enclosed" within the drive train castings. The live PTO feature was invented (designed) by a fellow called MacRea I believe, a Canadian engineer who worked for Cockshutt in Brantford, Ontario.
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The engineer was Ivan MacRae a Queens University graduate in Mechanical Engineering. He started with Cockshutt in 1940. A very brilliant man.
 

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