PAUL TOFIELD continues his tale about the growth of Allis-Chalmers in construction equipment. Last month he wrote about the Monarch Tractor Corporation, which it bought very soon after reviving its ailing unprofitable agricultural tractor division. Now he looks at Monarch’s models
A selection of tractors has survived into preservation in the United States and Canada. There is a wide range of colour schemes to be seen, and a series of different model designations. Perhaps this is a result of the Monarch tractor being built under four different ownerships in 13 years and the regular re-financing of the brand. Add in the possibility that there was more than one production site and different engines appear to have been fitted into the same chassis design: a model history is hard to determine.
Monarch tractors were considered reliable and there is a record of an early machine still working in the late 1940s.
The 1916 Lightfoot
At 1250kg, this small crawler was listed with a four-cylinder Kermath engine in 1918. It may not have survived past 1918 and was targeted at small family farms. Rated at 6-12, 6 drawbar/12 belt horsepower initially, the model continued as the 7-12 and was still advertised in mid-1919.
The Neverslip Range
Again, the earliest reference for these tractors in 1916. The 12-20 model was powered by a four-cylinder Erd engine (The Erd Engine Co of Sarginsaw, Michigan, operated from 1909 to 1923). The layout of these tractors was unconventional. The engine was in front of the operator, the transmission was located between the engine and the front radiator. The drive sprockets were at the rear of the undercarriage and they were driven via exposed roller chains from small diameter roller chain sprockets on braked shafts from the transmission. It was possible to alter the speed ranges of the tractors by changing these sprockets, say from 9 to 11 teeth. The 12-20 model used two track rollers, described as trucks in the sales literature, and the name continued to be used by Allis-Chalmers for this component.
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HYMAC 580BT Restoration
Having started restoration work on his Hymac 580BT, Jeremy Rowland now looks at the next hurdles to get over as he begins to make progress
The Bigger The Better
The Ariño coal mine is not only one of largest operations in Spain today, but also relies on the services of some of the country’s largest earthmovers, writes Steven Vale
Men At Work!
The MF Hanomag dozer ripping up the earth; the Hanomag company dates back to 1835, building steam engines from which it progressed to making many other types of machinery. The construction division was sold to Massey Fergusson in 1974 and was taken over by the IBH Group in 1980: after the collapse of IBH it became part of Komatsu
Into A New Era Ian Gibson Earthmoving Into A New Era
PETER LOVE visited his good mate Ian Gibson Plant Contractor to see his excellent new premises near Upminster, Essex, and his superbly presented working equipment
GFX gets the works
Martyn Williams completes the story of his restoration of an Aveling Barford G series FX roller
Viva Las Cruces
Coal is important for Spain’s economy, but it is not the country’s only indigenous raw material.
This Was The Place To Be
If you were looking to buy some plant at auction, you couldn’t do better than check out the Euro Auction Sale, held near Selby on January 25, 26 and 27.
Inching back to life
Chris McCullough finds an extremely rare excavator restoration
Eiger Replaces Andes
Tom Pattle, owner of P&S Marine, tells the tale of moving an Eiger to his yard to replace a faithful Andes
Crawlers Star!
Although they are not seen in a plant background, enjoying classic and vintage crawlers, the backbone of the plant working scenario these days, is mostly seen at agricultural events like the National Crawler Championship. It was part of the National Ploughing Championships, which took place on Sunday October 15 near Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, and was well supported by CPM readers. The editor was there to see it happen
