The classic farm tractor is a simple open vehicle, with two significantly large driving wheels on an axle below and slightly behind a single seat (the seat and steering wheel consequently are in the center), and the engine in front of the driver, with two steerable wheels below the engine compartment. This basic design has remained unchanged for a number of years, but enclosed cabs are fitted on almost all modern models, for reasons of operator safety and comfort.
The original mechanized farm implements in the 1800's and early 1900's were steam tractors. These were constructed around steam engines, which were not very safe and could explode or embroil their operators in the belt driven attachments.
In 1892, John Froelich constructed the first actable gasoline powered tractor in Clayton County, Iowa. Only two were sold, and it was not until 1911, when the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company perfected the design, that it became triumphant.
In Britain, the first recorded tractor sale was the oil burning Hornsby-Ackroyd Patent Safety Oil Traction engine, in 1897. Notwithstanding, the first commercially successful design was Dan Albone’s three wheel Ivel tractor of 1902. In 1908, Saundersons of Bedford introduced a four wheel design, and it turn into become the largest tractor manufacturer outside the USA.
While ignored at original, these gasoline powered machines began to make a hit in the 1910s as they became smaller and more affordable. By the 1920s, tractors with a gasoline powered internal combustion engine had become the norm.
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