white 2200

The tractor was designed in 69 & 70 at the time White first combined Oliver and MM. A few prototypes were built and some testing done. White Motor was short of money and the program stoped in late 70 or early 71 to make improvements to existing models.

I worked on the project for about a year. It was fully developed when work stopped but had a lot of good features that are now common.

I believe the picture for sell on e-bay is a picture of a styling mockup tractor in Charles City. It didn't run. I am not sure of the different proposed model numbers. I though the largest one with the outboard planetaries was going to be the 2200. There were going to be models from about 60 to 150 hp. The largest one was added late. The size of the largest row crop tractors was increasing at a rapid rate at this time. Over 100 hp tractors had only been around for a few years at this time.

After the 2200 was stopped, the plan was to use Oliver tractors up to 100hp, and Moline tractors over 100hp. This was the plan for part of one year. Many of the Oliver dealers wanted a large Oliver tractor to replace the 2050 and 2150. When tractor sales continued to be very low in 71 and White looking to reduce it's losses, it was decided to close the MM plant in Minneapolis.

I worked for Moline/ White/ Oliver from 1968-1974 when I quit to start farming. There were a lot of very talented people working for both Moline and Oliver who did a lot with very limited resources compared to some of the bigger farm machinery companies. Unfortunality, White did not have the finanical resources to compete. Work was a challange but it was fun because there was minimal red tape and things happened quickly. You were able to make an impact and see some results quickly.

I collect Moline tractors and implements also. I have a number of tractors to restore. I still use several Molines to farm with.