This tractor (serial #10884) was made by the Moline Plow Company in Moline, Illinois. The Universal's design was unique at the time it was made. Instead of pulling a plow, planter, or other implement by a hitch so that it trailed behind the tractor, the Universal pulled the implement behind its engine so that the farmer could sit in either a detachable tractor seat above the implement or in the implement's seat to steer.
Although you may not be able to see it from the walkway, Stuhr Museum's Universal Model D has a mower attached, and the farmer would have sat in the mower's seat while steering the tractor.
The Model D's Nebraska Tractor Test was #33, performed from July 14th to July 17th, 1920. You can see the original results as a pdf by clicking or touching here.
As you walk around Stuhr Museum's exhibit, you will see several items made by the Moline Plow Company, including two Universal tractors, two Henney buggies, a riding disc cultivator, and what is probably a Moline walking tongueless cultivator.
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| From Tractor and Gas Engine Review, vol. 11, no. 6 (June 1918). |
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