Posted by Bruce from Can. on January 26, 2021 at 07:58:11 from (70.51.54.106):
I had a neighbour that I greatly respected. He was 40 years older than me, served in Europe during WW 2, and was a open minded progressive farmer after the war. They had always had IH tractors on the farm, and my friend and his older brother farmed together on about 500 acres. So local equipment dealers would sometimes ask if they could hold demonstrations of new equipment on this modern progressive farm, and the two brothers would often oblige the local dealers. One day in the mid to late 50’s a salesman came calling on them, two men travelling together, offering their new product lines. The Nuffield tractor dealer and the Spur fuel agent. Nuffield tractors were British built diesel tractors, and no one around had any experience with Diesel engines, and it was tough going for the Nuffield dealer. The Spur fuel agent was also new in the market, and offered delivery of diesel in bulk on farm. Because no one had really started buying diesel tractors yet, no fuel companies were offering to sell and deliver diesel fuel. Gasoline was King! My friend had seen many diesel powered pieces of equipment during his training in England before D-Day, , trucks, buses that sort of thing, and could understand that diesel power could be just as good of the farm as gas power. And the Nuffield and Spur dealers were eager to get their business off the ground, and offered these farmers a great deal. I have forgotten what the tractor deal was, but the Spur fuel agent would install a underground fuel storage tank, complete with a electric fuel pump if the bought one of the diesel tractors. And they did, and the two dealers held a promotional day at the farm later that year. Several farmers that came to the promotional field day did also buy a new Nuffield tractor and get a in ground Spur diesel fuel tank installed after seeing the field day. A few years later most of the main line tractor companies had a Diesel tractor in the offering, and the two brothers turned their Nuffield in on a 706 IH diesel. My friend told me that they really liked the Nuffield, and it never gave them a bit of trouble, but the deal sold out, and they liked the IH dealer, and just drifted back to IH equipment. We no longer se the Spur fuel company, I expect it was bought up by another brand, and we all know what became of Nuffield. I can’t help but think what and exciting time it must have been farming during the post war era. So many new things, new tractors, new tillage equipment, even a new fuel to burn in your tractor, and about 10 cents a gallon cheaper than gasoline too. Hard to imagine a fuel dealer and a tractor dealer teaming up these days , and hitting the road together trying to develop a market.
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