Colonial & Oil Tractors

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First Marshall Prototype Tractor

Engine:- 2 Cylinder Petrol/Paraffin Oil Tractor

Output:- 30hp

Production Years:- circa 1906 to 1909

Information:-

The photograph shows the tractor on trial at Bransby Farm near Gainsborough in 1906.

Exhibited at the 1908 Smithfield Show.Many of the characteristics of this prototype tractor would be incorporated into the next range of tractors.

Class A Colonial General Purpose Motor Tractor

Engine:- 2 cylinder

Output:- 16 hp drawbar & 30 – 35 hp belt

Production Years:- circa 1907 -1914

Information:-

The first batch was manufactured in 1907.

Class A tractor trials lead to the design of five different types of tractors aimed at the North Americas and Australia hence the group name “Colonial”. It was awarded several medals at different shows.

Class C Colonial Ploughing Tractor

Engine:- 2 cylinder

Output:- 16 hp drawbar & 30 – 35 hp belt

Production Years:- circa 1909 to 1914

Information:-

No Class B tractor was ever produced.

Classes C to G were much larger than the Class A tractor designed to haul large implements or road trains across the prairies.

It achieved first prize in the Winnipeg Trials of 1909.

Class F Colonial General Purpose Tractor

Engine:- 4 cylinder

Output:- 32 hp drawbar & 60 – 70 hp belt

Production Years:- circa 1909 to 1914

Information:-

The last batch was despatched to Russia in 1914.

An example was brought back to the UK by the late Henry Marshall and fully restored.

It was on display in the Marshall Museum at Britannia Works for many years.

Class G Colonial General Purpose Tractor

Engine:- 4 cylinder

Output:- 32 hp drawbar & 60 to 70hp belt

Production Years:- circa 1909 to 1914

Information:-

With the introduction of World War 1 tractor production ceased due to the need for the production of munitions.

By the end of 1914 Marshalls had sold over 300 Colonial tractors.