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1913 Fairbanks Morse tractor 25 HP starting up. Hand starting

 

A very interesting engine starting up. Hand starting. An old tractor starting up.

1913 Fairbanks Morse tractor 25 HP.

Unique design with the cylinder pointing rearward.

According to wikipedia  Fairbanks Morse and Company was an American manufacturing company in the late 19th and early 20th century. Originally a weighing scale manufacturer, it later diversified into pumps, engines, windmills, coffee grinders, farm tractors, feed mills, locomotives and industrial supplies until it was merged in 1958. It used the trade name Fairbanks-Morse.

Surely is awesome to drive such a vehicle.