Woods bros equipment

Franz J. and Robert L. Wood were custom threshers that desined a self feeder for threshing machines (most were hand fed in those days) in Pipesone, Minnesota in 1897. They started producing threshing machines around 1904. they had 4 sizes of threshing machines from 1935 to 1948 21x36, 26x46, 28x46, 30x50. The first Wood Bros combine was produced in 1928. The first small straight through combine apeared in the 1930's. In 1945 Wood Bros started suplying combines for Dearborn Motors (implement division of Ford Motor Company for the Ford Ferguson tractors, ie 9N, 2N, 8N) with either a engine off of a 9N ford (120 cid) or PTO drive. Ford Motor Company aquired Wood Bros in 1953. Woods Bros began producing corn pickers in the late 1930's they were produced under the Dearborn Wood Brothers name till 1967 more info about the company can be found in the Book "A Century of Ford and New Holland Farm Equipment" by Norm Swinford. I hope this helps.