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Albert Waser (1889-1963) was a small farmer in Berg-Daegerlen Switzerland, after a long plowing day his three cows did gave any milk, and feeling sorry for his stock he decided to build a tractor in his washhouse (laundry room) in the early 1920s. Using a engine from a worn out car, a transmission from the Zepplin Works from Friederichshafen (ZF today) and a single drive wheel. A trailers weight would get trasfered to the driving wheel giving it good traction was one of the ideas and to be able to hook out machinery in the front and rear. The first test drive ended in the dich after the steering chain broke. His neighbors first laughed but later saw the potential of a tractor. He got a patent for his tractor in the mid 1920s and around 1927 he found a Manufacture the Jakob Ruegg Manufacturing company which at this time also manufactured farm implements but also Bikes. This company would manufacture these tractors unter the JRU name later Universal in three series (20 each). The last ones were made 1933. Cause the single drivin tractor had some problems he designed a two wheel drivin tractor which got manufactured by the Mafag company, after Mafag got bankrupt, SLM took over production of these tractors finishing the last 7 of the 40 Mafag tractors. From 1933 to 1953 SLM (Swiss Locomotiv Manufacturing Company) made 454 tractors. Albert Waser remained a humble small farmer on his small farm without reconition of his invention.

I reckon many of ya guys seen this video that came out this morning .... sad news for sure, always liked seeing is videos, if I heard right he might make now and again a update video. I like to wish Pete and his family all the best, and Pete if ya see this post, I like to say thank you for all the content ya have posted all these years, all the best

As far as I know NEUHAUS was the only company that manufactured automotiv steering on there wagon gears! While everyone else used the 5th wheel steering

Neuhaus tractor ad from the War years, Johann Neuhaus (January 26 1897 - February 27 1957) farmed a small rent farm in the town of Wauwil Lucerne Switerland, he farmed with a Cletrac tractor which was ideal on the wet ground however not so good traveling down the cement or asfault roads, so out of a chunked model T ford he made his first doodle bug tractor. Which let him start a small tractor making business in that town, later he moved to Beinwil Switzerland were he partnered with someone in 1931 still making doodle bugs from old Fords later his business partner left so he was on his own again with the employees in 1934 around this time his tractors started to have his own designed frames sheet metal and final reductions still using ford cars though. He partnered with a few others and they named it Neuhas Tractor Company, but the partnership wasn't ideal so Johann left the company soon after, his former Business partners started their own company using his tractor designs and renaming them. Johann would start over for the final time making tractors but he would also add the manufacturing of Farm wagons and trailers, improving his tractors by also adding Diesel engines as a option. For the Gasoline a Ford engine was used and transmission was a ford made but with a second transmission designed by Neuhaus gave the tractor a few more gears. His Son Hans (1925) took over the company in the 1950s continuing the wagon and trailer business, the last tractors made and sold under Neuhaus name was in 1957, around 100 were made. Hans Neuhaus continued until the 1980s when he retired and sold the company. The Neuhaus Company still one way or another still in the trailer and wagon business either as selling or putting stuff on em sadly ended operations in the 2010s.

Marbach tractor ads from the late 1930s, the Marbach family made tractors from 1935 to 1950, first making doodle bugs later making their own frames sheet metal and reduction rear ends. After the war their tractors had 4 wheel breaks, in total they made around 35 tractors

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