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<blockquote data-quote="b'knighted" data-source="post: 103586" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Not New Holland - International Harvester.</p><p>From Wikipedia:-</p><p>In 1932, IH produced their first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine" target="_blank">diesel engine</a>, in the McCormick-Deering TD-40 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracked_vehicle" target="_blank">crawler</a>. This engine started on gasoline, then switched over to diesel fuel. Diesel engines of this era were difficult to start in cold weather, and using gasoline allowed the engine to start easily and thoroughly warm up before making the switch to diesel in all weather conditions. In 1935, this engine was put in the International Harvester WD-40, becoming the first diesel tractor on wheels in North America.</p><p>My neighbour had the American crawler for use during WW2 and put the engine into the tractor years later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="b'knighted, post: 103586, member: 59"] Not New Holland - International Harvester. From Wikipedia:- In 1932, IH produced their first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine']diesel engine[/URL], in the McCormick-Deering TD-40 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracked_vehicle']crawler[/URL]. This engine started on gasoline, then switched over to diesel fuel. Diesel engines of this era were difficult to start in cold weather, and using gasoline allowed the engine to start easily and thoroughly warm up before making the switch to diesel in all weather conditions. In 1935, this engine was put in the International Harvester WD-40, becoming the first diesel tractor on wheels in North America. My neighbour had the American crawler for use during WW2 and put the engine into the tractor years later. [/QUOTE]
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