Agricultural Tractors - Germany: Illustrated History Books & Guides

Les tracteurs de nos voisins (1930-1975) - Allemagne

How did foreign tractors advance agriculture in France? This time, Bernard Gibert immerses us in documents that are still as unpublished as ever and will allow us to discover the technology of German machines.
More than 200 rare and informative brochures on what agriculture was like in France from the 1930s to the 1970s!

Pages of the book "Les tracteurs de nos voisins (1930-1975) - Allemagne"

The most widely distributed German brands in France in the 1930s were Deutz, Fendt, Lanz and Hanomag. Known for being of good quality, these tractors were very popular. But from the beginning of the Second World War until a few years after the end of the war, they were banned from sale.
They were once again authorized for importation into France from 1950. Once again widely distributed, they experienced a boom among French farmers who were also able to discover models from Porsche or Allgaier. Apart from Deutz or Fendt, the other German brands have now disappeared.

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Author:	Bernard Gibert
Details:	400 pages, 12 x 8.7 x 1.3 in (30.5 x 22 x 3.3 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	many b&w and color photos
Language:	French
Publisher:	Editions France Agricole (F, 2018)
ISBN:	9791090213821

Deutschlands Landmaschinen

In this chronicle with around 500 illustrations, Joachim M. Köstnick provides an overview of the highlights from over a hundred years of agricultural machinery construction in Germany.
Not only are the tractors, combine harvesters, diggers and harvesting machines, harvesters and farm loaders from Germany, Austria and Switzerland shown - the author also offers interesting insights into the technology and function of these indispensable machines.

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He also traces the rapid technical development from the Bulldog to the modern high-tech machine with satellite-controlled navigation systems. Another focus is on special tractors for viticulture.

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Author:	Joachim M. Köstnick
Details:	224 pages, 12.4 x 9.25 x 0.75 in (31.5 x 23.5 x 1.9 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	500 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2022)
ISBN:	9783613044449

Enzyklopädie Deutscher Landmaschinen

After the turn of the century, there was a boom in agricultural machinery construction in Germany: from ploughs to mowers, from harrows to milking machines - countless companies offered solutions for every conceivable purpose.
When the market finally consolidated, only companies remained that occupied niche areas, were taken over by larger manufacturers or merged.
With this volume, Klaus Dreyer and Marco Homrighausen present a comprehensive, complete encyclopedia of German agricultural machinery manufacturers who have made farmers' lives easier since the beginning of mechanization.

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Author:	Marco Homrighausen, Klaus Dreyer
Details:	368 pages, 10.4 x 9.1 in (26.5 x 23 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	700 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783613042049

Die berühmtesten deutschen Traktoren aller Zeiten

Standard work of vintage tractor literature. A reference work for beginners as well as experts. Around 60 manufacturers are presented with their outstanding tractors.

From the contents: Allgaier, Alpenland, Altmann, Bautz, BTC-Bavarian Truck Company, Benz-Sendling, Gebr. Boehringer, Büssing, Case ICH, Daimler/Daimler-Benz, John Deere, Deuliewag, Deutz, Eicher, Fahr, FAMO, Fendt, Güldner, Hagedorn, Hanomag, Hansa-Lloyd, Hanseatische Motoren-Gesellschaft, Hatz, Hela, Herkules-Nahag, Hoffmann, Holder, IFA, ICH, Kögel, Komnick, Kramer, Lanz (Mannheim), Linke-Hoffmann-Busch, MAN, Miag, MWM, Nordtrak, Normag, Orenstein & Koppel, Podeus, Pöhl, Porsche-Diesel, Primus, Ritscher, Röhr, Ruhrstahl, Schlüter, Sendling, Siemens-Schuckertwerke, Stihl, Stock, Stoewer, Sulzer, Ursus/Urus, Wahl, Zanker, Zettelmeyer.

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Author:	Michael Bach
Details:	166 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	375 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 1994)
ISBN:	9783861331155

Eilschlepper und Strassenzugmaschinen - 1903-1956 (Typenkompass)

One advantage of road tractors is that they do not have to stand still for long periods of time because they do not have to wait for their load to be unloaded. Their counterpart in agriculture was so-called express tractors, which could drive along the roads at a higher speed than normal tractors to transport their load.

Pages of the book "Eilschlepper und Strassenzugmaschinen - 1903-1956"

In this Typenkompass, Wolfgang Gebhardt presents the most important express tractors and road tractors in Germany since 1903: the historical arc is spanned from the first road tractor to the first Lanz traffic (express) bulldogs in 1923 to the year 1956, when the Unimog dominated the remaining market.

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Author:	Wolfgang H. Gebhardt
Details:	128 pages, 8.1 x 5.5 in (20.5 x 14 cm), paperback
Illustrations:	125 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2019)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613041776

Enzyklopädie Deutscher Traktoren - seit 1900

At the beginning of the 20th century, Germany was lagging behind countries like the USA in tractor development. Because the gas-guzzling tractors were unsuitable for German conditions, numerous tractor manufacturers were founded in Germany after the First World War.
The industry experienced a boom, particularly during the economic miracle, which even fed the smallest companies for a while.

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With this encyclopedia, Wolfgang Gebhardt presents a complete new edition in which he describes all the large and small tractor companies that have contributed to the motorization of German agriculture since 1900.

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Author:	Wolfgang H. Gebhardt
Details:	616 pages, 10.8 x 9 x 1.61 in (27.5 x 24 x 4.1 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	1209 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2023)
ISBN:	9783613045521

Geräteträger & Tragschlepper für die Landwirtschaft

As early as the mid-1930s, there were engineers who envisioned a truly multi-purpose machine that would make it possible to combine tractor and implement into one unit.
The full mechanization of small and medium-sized farms in particular and the cultivation and maintenance work on the land of larger farms should be easier, faster and more intensive. This is how implement carriers and tractors were developed.

Michael Bach tells, explains and illustrates the history of this exciting era of agricultural technology and reviews it all: Primus Packesel, Fendt GT, Lanz Alldog, Gutbrod Farmax, Ruhrstahl Landmaschine, Unitrak, Eicher Kombi, Ritscher Multitrak, Wesseler Ackermeister and all the others.

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Author:	Michael Bach
Details:	128 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	300 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2020)
ISBN:	9783861337089

Holzgasschlepper

When other fuels were in short supply, during war and post-war times, wood gas was used in motor vehicles. Wood gas is produced in an attached or on-board generator system. The authors explain the technology and document all German wood gas tractors.

From the contents:
- First wood gas generators in tractor construction
- How the wood gas generator works
- The 25 HP standard wood gas tractors
- Wood gas tractors from IHC
- Holder single-axle tractor EHG
- Wood gas tractors with higher engine power
- Large tractors
- Lanz Bulldog in wood gas operation
- Wood gas tractors for road traffic
- Prototypes and special cases
- Conversion of wood gas to diesel tractors
- Wood gas practice
- Documents
- A picture sheet
- Memories.

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Author:	Michael Bach, Werner Grimme
Details:	176 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	320 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2010)
ISBN:	9783861334170

Landwirtschaftliche Fahrzeuge beim Gülle- und Mistfahren

Not only can you see them, you can also smell them, the manure spreaders and slurry vehicles that supply the fields with fertiliser before sowing and after harvesting.
The author has observed and documented the highly technical systems at work. He shows three-axle wagons with two steered axles, hydraulically folding slurry distributors, 8 x 8 drives, electro-hydraulic spreading rate regulation and much more.

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Author:	Michael Schauer
Details:	112 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	275 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2008)
ISBN:	9783861334750

Pferde in Landwirtschaft und Forst

Before tractors took over the heavy tasks in agriculture and forestry, draft animals were responsible for them. They had to use their strength especially when working the fields.
Often disparagingly referred to as farm horses, the cold-blooded animals were hard-working and frugal workhorses, without which the required harvest yields could hardly have been brought in.

Udo Bols shows and explains the important role that horses used to play in agriculture and forestry, in tilling the soil, sowing and harvesting, in transport, in the forest and in winter, how horses used to be cared for and fed and what tasks farriers and saddlers had.
An exciting documentary and at the same time a fascinating illustrated book.

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Author:	Udo Bols
Details:	152 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	490 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2011)
ISBN:	9783861335900

Raupenschlepper - Prospekte, Grafiken, Bilder

In this book, the history and technology of crawler and chain tractors built in Germany are presented using selected original brochures, graphics and pictures, including classics from the companies Hanomag, Deutz, Kaelble, Lanz, Linke-Hoffmann-Busch, Stock, Famo, Schanzlin, Blank and others.

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Author:	Wolfgang Wagner
Details:	144 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	many b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2001)
ISBN:	9783861332787

Traktoren aus Deutschland

This large-format picture book with about 500 images showcases the highlights of over 100 years of German tractor manufacturing.
Organized by the most important manufacturers, it features vintage and modern classics from long-gone brands as well as current models.
From Agria, Bautz, and Bungartz to Zettelmeyer, from Eicher, Fahr, and Lanz to Porsche and Schlüter, from Hanomag, Hela, and Kramer to tractors from former East Germany: This richly illustrated volume brings together the diverse world of German tractors in an impressive parade of agricultural engineering.

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Author:	Joachim M. Köstnick
Details:	224 pages, 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.87 in (28.5 x 22 x 2.2 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	500 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2024)
ISBN:	9783613046719

Traktoren: Die wichtigsten deutschen Schlepper von den Anfängen bis heute

In chronological order, the author presents the most important tractors from the beginnings up to the year 2000. Impressive illustrations and technical data present popular and lesser-known brands that set standards in their time.

From the contents: Allgaier, Brandenburger Traktorenwerke Urtrak, Deutz, Eicher, Fahr, Fendt, Güldner, Hanomag, Hela, Holder, Kramer, Lanz, Linke-Hofmann-Busch, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Nordtrak, Normag, Porsche, Ritscher, Schlüter, Traktorenwerk Schönebeck, Unimog.

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Author:	Udo Bols
Details:	144 pages, 11 x 8.25 in (28 x 21 cm), hardback
Illustrations:	395 b&w and color photos
Language:	German
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2008)
ISBN:	9783861333166