Sheppard Tractor

Have never seen one of these. Thanks for the post and story. Looks like it was a real work horse in its day.

Never have seen one of these. What is the history of Sheppard tractor?

That one must have been made 1954 because after they bought it,it was stripped down and put in crates and shipped all
the way to NZ then it was put on the rail to go to the end of that line which was about 30 miles from the farm they trucked
it home and spent some time getting it out of crates and assembling it,a 4 cylinder 318 cubic inch Diesel engine 51 hp it had a tourque
converter and 10 speed gearbox and power steering so it was way ahead of other tractors here could pull a 5 bottom plough
my BIL said the power was tremendous the only fault it had was the Tourque converter overheating in the extreme heat he
told me once the gauge started to climb was time to go down a gear.

You don't see too many here in the US either..

Good solid machine, looks like it could hanlde 100hp plus. Do not recall hearing any of these here in Oz.

Aussie John said:

Good solid machine, looks like it could hanlde 100hp plus. Do not recall hearing any of these here in Oz.

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Aussie John I think that it was the only one to come here,it was imported by the McCaw family from the Hakataramea Valley
they had a big farm my BIL told me it took all day to get around the paddocks with the Allis Chalmers with three furrows.

Seen some at shows but never one that size that I remember. Good looking outfit.

Colin, If that was on Haka Station, they bought a new IH Farmall 806 4WD in the mid '60's in through the Oamaru IH dealership. I wonder if it is still around?

Peacher79 said:

Never have seen one of these. What is the history of Sheppard tractor?

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Built in Hanover, Pennsylvania by the R.H. Sheppard Company. Mr. Sheppard was a great inventor & business man, creating many designs for power steering assemblies & other items. They are a family owned co. and still in business as a pattern shop, foundry & machine shop, making castings and parts for JD, CNH, and Volvo, as well a their well known power steering gears for heavy trucks. They just completed a museum in Hanover as well, and there are still examples of his machines locally. The York County Industrial Museum has one in neighboring York, PA (anyone travelling this direction should stop in & see that place)! I worked for them about 20 years ago right out of college...

jhaydeno said:

Peacher79 said:

Never have seen one of these. What is the history of Sheppard tractor?

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Built in Hanover, Pennsylvania by the R.H. Sheppard Company. Mr. Sheppard was a great inventor & business man, creating many designs for power steering assemblies & other items. They are a family owned co. and still in business as a pattern shop, foundry & machine shop, making castings and parts for JD, CNH, and Volvo, as well a their well known power steering gears for heavy trucks. They just completed a museum in Hanover as well, and there are still examples of his machines locally. The York County Industrial Museum has one in neighboring York, PA (anyone travelling this direction should stop in & see that place)! I worked for them about 20 years ago right out of college...

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I did not know about the museum or that they were still involved. Its a few hours away from me,but I do get out that way a good bit. Do they have a website with info?

Have a friend that has 4 of the Sheppard tractors, 1 SD2 (2cylinder) 2 SD3 (3 cylinder) and 1 SD4 (4 cylinder) that are restored. They are a heavy built tractor and all a were diesels!!!

Jason1Pa said:

I did not know about the museum or that they were still involved. Its a few hours away from me,but I do get out that way a good bit. Do they have a website with info?

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Jason, it is new this past spring. I'm not sure if there's a website, but here is an article in the local paper:
http://www.yorkblog.com/yorktownsquare/ ... h-19-2012/

Here's a link with some more info http://www.rhsheppard.com/historytractors.htm