Cletrac & J T tractor Company.

[John Schwiebert]

Blake or anyone else. Anybody know anything about J-T crawlers. They were also listed as a Cleveland company and look a lot like early Cletracs, Of course the picture I have is from 1920.

[walter hudson]

I looked  through the nebraska tests from the beginning (1920) to the late 30's and could not find anything made by this company.
                         walter

[Blake Malkamaki]

John,

I've don't recall ever seeing a J.T. Tractor, but my 1918 Tractor Field Book list is with a Erb engine, 4 cylinder 4x6 - 30 HP on the belt.

My 1920 Chilton's Tractor Index shows one rated at 16-32 with a Chief engine, also 4 cylinder and 4-3/4 x 6.

Both have 3 speeds forward, 1 reverse.

They have a full-page display ad in Chiltons. They have a steering tiller like some early Cats, a round fuel tank like 1930s Cletracs, 3 lower tack wheels, sprockets are larger than the idlers, big wooden bench seat. It has outside track frames and very light-duy idlers and sprockets.

It says steering has "Automatic power operation. Easy control. Brakes on steering column." Who knows what that means? From the rear view, it looks like it has some kind of outside brakes with what kinda looks like calibers on the sides.

Not sure how long they made them as they are not listed in my 1931 Red Tractor Book. The company is not listed in my 1917 book either.

I have never heard anything saying they were related to Cletrac.


The company was located at 1529 Fairfield Ave.

Blake

[John Schwiebert]

The name escapes right at the minute, but then a craller company shows up later in either Bellevue or Norwalk. Maybe they refinanced and moved. I also found another crawler tractor in the 1920's I never heard of. Also is anybody have any information on Cletrac and World War 2 production. This would include Clark and then there move to Indiana.