Cockshutt tractors

DeltaRed · Jan 1, 2018

Did Cockshut ever make a row crop tractor,or a tractor with a 3 point hitch?All I know isthey were Canadian 'wheatland' types,not sure about rowcrops. I'always kind of liked the cockshutt tractor.....But have never run one,or even seen one in person. LOL Not talking about the Oliver made tractors,just the true cockshutt.

Paul from MI · Jan 1, 2018

Yes they did. They made 20, 30, & 40 in row crop configuration. Many in the US were sold as Co-Ops or Blackhawks. The engines in 30, 40, and 50 sizes were Buds--good engines. My brother farmed with a 30 for years.

tractorsam · Jan 1, 2018

Yes to both is the answer. Not sure when the first with 3 point came along, I'm thinking it might have been the 35. The next series definitely had the option and consisted of the 540 utility, 550, 560, and 570. These were (I think), the last true Cockshutts. There are some around me and I hope to get hold of one some day. Sam

NorminN.B. · Jan 1, 2018

Cockshutt tractors were built in Canada. I have a 1957 Cockshutt 540 gas engine, and 3 pt hitch. Tough tractor for the torture I have put it through in the woods. Here is a link to more info on Cockshutt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockshutt_Plow_Company

big jt · Jan 1, 2018

20's regularly had 3 points. They were available later on for the other round nose tractors and all the 500 series could have three point.

All sizes could be had in row crop trim. Including dual narrow front and adjustable wide front. The adjustable wide front was a bit of a weak link on the round noses. 30's and 40's could also be had with single front wheels. Not sure about others.

jt

Crazy Horse · Jan 1, 2018

I think the first real Cockshutt (not an Oliver clone) was the model 30 in 1946, and yes .... made in Brantford, Ontario. They were generally acknowledged by tractor collectors as being the first really "mass-produced" tractor with a "live" power take off which threaded it's way through the transmission/differential area to the rear PTO shaft (eventually through an operator-controlled clutch). That PTO clutch was engaged or disengaged from the operator's seat with a lever so power to the shaft was there all the time and the operator decided to engage it or not. I think all of that series (20,30, 40, and 50) had the feature, along with a second "creeper gear" option which gave the tractor twice as many gears. Some of the last ones got pretty big, like the 570.

D beatty · Jan 1, 2018

Cockshutt did built a 40 with a Perkins diesel . It was the Golden Eagle and I have one.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 1, 2018

Like said all Cockshutt models could be had with NF and 3pt.

Nick m · Jan 1, 2018

Sure did. The 30-40-50 series all the way to when they quit making them. Had 3pt as an option. Quite sure all had adjustable wide fronts, standard wf, and narrow front as options. Don't know much about the oliver built Cockshutts made before these. This 52 30d has 3pt. The 60 570d does not, but was an option

Leroy · Jan 1, 2018

Lots of them in my area of Ohio. Fact is back in 1997? I think it was the national Cockshut show was held at Essix Ontario very close to where they were made. The tractors on display there in Canade mostly came from a 75 mile radious of me here in Auglaize county in western Ohio. I was up to that show and several friends took tractors up. The Cockshut was same as the Coop E2 and Blackhawk 20. Friends have several of each and they did not have the live PTO, have both wide and narrow fronts. The 30 was the Coop E3 and Blackhawk 30. The 35 was more or less a proto type as it combined parts of 2 different models. I forget the ones but a close friend could tell me. He has the 20's, 30's, not sure of the 35, the 40's and 50's and 540 and 560 that he cannot find a piston for, think he might have a 550 but not sure. The National Cockshutt club was formed at Marion Ohio in either 95 or 96 with people that I knew and the First national Cockshutt show was held at Wapakoneta, Ohio 1n 1996. The show alternates each year from the US and Canada. I was to the first two but have not been able to make any since. The CCII ? is also a Cockshutt. I don't know much about them but friend Allen has some.

Leroy · Jan 1, 2018

The Coop and later the Cockshutt were sold at the local Farm Bureaus.

Welding man · Jan 1, 2018

This will probably answer a lot of your questions.Click on equipment.
COCKSHUTT

Lazy WP · Jan 1, 2018

We had 4 570 Supers with adjustable wide front and 3 point. Had the little Herc engine turned up in 2 of them to the point that they would handle a 2 row 550 IH silage chopper in 22 ton per acre corn. My have had to drop to second gear though. Only real problem we had was they were only single hydraulics and the key would sheer off in the hydraulic pump at the most in opportune times.

rrlund · Jan 1, 2018

A neighbor bought a new 540. That one was a true utility with a 3 point.

coshoo · Jan 1, 2018

I've got a 35, and it has 3 point and independent PTO. Its apart right now, restoring it is a retirement project when I get my shop done. 35 was the only 2 digit with a Hercules engine. The 1956 models that were sent to the US were badged Black Hawk- Mine did not have a hood when I got it, so don't know how it was badged. I'm thinking I'll go with Black Hawk when I redo it- a good conversation starter at tractor shows.

Dieseltech · Jan 1, 2018

Had a 30 with a complete three point years ago, it's long gone now, should have kept it. Here's a couple photos of the 30 I used to mow yard with, made a seven foot deck that hooked into the modified cultivator axle brackets.

Philip d · Jan 1, 2018

Our neighbour has one with a wide front,nooo way will he sell it.

Gary H. · Jan 1, 2018

40 I bought in August. Has 3 point. 1952 by s/n.

Mike(NEOhio) · Jan 1, 2018

All I ever see around here are row crops. Here are links to download some COOP sales literature that my FIL had from when he bought his. I have one for Cockshutts but my scanner doesn't work right since I drank the Windows 10 koolaid.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/grdjyyonz7dkbd8/COOPE3saleslit.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/s8unxw03i66zatf/COOPE4saleslit.pdf?dl=0

Mike(NEOhio) · Jan 1, 2018

Here's an interesting 30 with a Kubota engine.

RBoots · Jan 1, 2018

That 30D of yours isn't one that you see every day

Ross

C.Amick · Jan 1, 2018

The Cockshutt line of tractors was also sold under the Co-op brand of tractors. Cockshutt 30 was the same as the Co-op E-3, etc.

Neil Grant · Jan 1, 2018

Thanks Mike! No less than Ivan MacRae driving that E-4! Ivan is the inventor of the Live PTO that we all owe a lot too. He was born and is buried about 20 miles form me.

rusty6 · Jan 1, 2018

It was a rare thing to find a Cockshutt 30,40 or 50 with adjustable front axle or three point hitch out here in Sask. In fact the only 40 I know with three point is mine and I had to build it myself. Needed three point to run a rear mount snow blower so I got some Fordson Major arms, lift links, fabricated up a rockshaft, lift cylinder off a Case combine and it all came together good.
This is my uncle on his Cockshutt 30 and dad on his John Deere D about 1950.

INCase · Jan 2, 2018

grandmother's model 50 had 3pt and a wide adjustable front end.

was hard to get manifolds for it even 20-30 years ago.

BrianV_ · Jan 2, 2018

It looks like this has been answered in full already, but just for extra interest, there's a Cockshutt 540 in running condition with new rear tires and a 6ft snowblower for $2000 CAD (~$1600 USD) locally. It allegedly turns over but won't start:

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-farming-equipment/ottawa/540-cockshutt-tractor-and-6-ft-snowblower/1322030400?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I'm very tempted. though if I'm going to buy another tractor, I'd prefer a 40- or 60hp unit.

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