International Harvester The International Harvester Company (often abbreviated IH or International) was an American manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment, automobiles, commercial trucks, lawn and garden products, household equipment, and more. It wa ...

's Farmall brand of tractors were built in the United Kingdom between 1949 and 1970. The

Farmall Farmall was a model name and later a brand name for tractors manufactured by International Harvester (IH), an American truck, tractor, and construction equipment company. The Farmall name was usually presented as McCormick-Deering Farmall and l ...

name was applied sparingly to International Harvester's UK products, appearing only as the BM, BMD and B-450.

History

The International Harvester Company of Great Britain (IHGB) was established in 1906 to sell International Harvester equipment in the United Kingdom. Manufacturing was eventually established in

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, at a plant on Wheatley Hall Road, in 1949. In 1954 a second plant opened in

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, operating until 1982. A second Doncaster plant opened at Carr Hill in 1964.

Farmall BM and BMD

Production of the Farmall BM from imported parts started at Doncaster in 1949. The BM was a

Farmall M The Farmall M is a large three-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1953. It was of International Harvester's " letter series". It succeeded the Farmall F-30. The M was incrementally up ...

, usually equipped with a wide front axle rather than the narrow wheels popular in North America. The BMD diesel-engined version was offered beginning in 1952. Super BM and BMD models followed. In 1953, 53 BMD tractors were painted gold instead of red to commemorate the coronation of

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.Pripps, pp. 103, 107

Farmall B-450

The Farmall B-450 was entirely produced in the United Kingdom. All other tractors produced in the UK at that time were sold as International Harvesters or Internationals. The B-450 was a restyled version of the McCormick International BWD-6, sold between 1957 and 1970.

References

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