The McCormick D-436 was one of the tractors International Harvester built at Neuss am Rhein for the German market. It appeared in 1958, when the second-generation D-line was widened, as the naturally aspirated four-cylinder model between the small D-214 and the supercharged D-440.
McCormick D-436 at a glance
| Maker | International Harvester, Neuss am Rhein, Germany |
|---|---|
| Model year | 1958 |
| Engine | four-cylinder diesel, naturally aspirated |
| Power | 36 hp (27 kW) |
| Supercharged sister | D-440, 40 hp (30 kW) |
| Smaller model | D-214, two-cylinder, 14 hp (10 kW) |
| Second-generation line | D-212, D-214, D-217 Farmall, D-320, D-430, D-436, D-440 |
| Branding of the period | Farmall, then Standard, then McCormick International |
| Plant | Neuss, tractor production from 1937, closed 1997 |
English Wikipedia has no article on the D-436 itself; this page is based on the article on Farmall Germany, which covers the Neuss plant and its D-line.
History of the McCormick D-436
International Harvester had been selling farm machinery in Germany under the Deering and McCormick names since the 1880s, and set up International Harvester Company GmbH at Neuss am Rhein in 1908. Production was disrupted in the First World War and stopped for three months in 1924, when French forces occupied the Ruhr. In 1936, in response to Nazi tariffs on imported machinery, the plant switched to tractors; the first German-built machines came in 1937 as the F-12-G and its industrial counterpart the I-12-G, essentially an American Farmall F-12.
The Second World War nearly ended the works. Fuel shortages and a ban on civilian use of petrol pushed production to wood-gas models, the HG and HS, of which only 144 were built, and about 70 per cent of the Neuss plant was destroyed in Allied air raids. Production restarted in 1945 and the plant was rebuilt, with new FS and FG tractors from August 1946. The petrol engines were unpopular in Germany, so production moved to diesel with the DF-25 in 1950.
The D-line began with three diesels, the two-cylinder 12 hp DLD2, the three-cylinder 20 hp DED3 and the four-cylinder 30 hp DGD4. The second generation offered a wider range, some of it sold under the Farmall brand: the two-cylinder 12 hp D-212 and the 176 hp D-217 Farmall, the three-cylinder 20 hp D-320 and the four-cylinder 30 hp D-430. In 1958 the line was expanded again, with the two-cylinder 14 hp D-214 replacing the D-212, the four-cylinder supercharged 40 hp D-440 and the four-cylinder naturally aspirated 36 hp D-436.
The branding changed with the range. Newer models moved from Farmall to Standard, and the name Agriomatic was applied to the higher-powered tractors. By the 1960s the Farmall name had gone altogether and new tractors were sold as McCormick International, which after 1963 became simply International. The Neuss plant kept building tractors until it was closed in 1997, and the McCormick name itself returned to the market in 2000, when the Italian ARGO group bought it from Case IH.
Design and features
- Four-cylinder diesel: naturally aspirated, 36 hp (27 kW), the middle of the 1958 range.
- Supercharged sister: the D-440 used a supercharger to reach 40 hp from the same four-cylinder layout.
- German-built: made at Neuss am Rhein, where International Harvester had built tractors since 1937.
- Standard branding: part of the move from Farmall names to Standard and then McCormick International.
- Second-generation D-line: one of six models offered in the widened late-1950s range.
McCormick D-436 versions
- D-436 (1958): the naturally aspirated 36 hp four-cylinder.
- D-440 (1958): supercharged four-cylinder of 40 hp.
- D-214 (1958): two-cylinder of 14 hp, replacing the D-212.
- D-212 and D-217 Farmall: the earlier two-cylinder models of the second-generation line
- D-320 and D-430: the three-cylinder 20 hp and four-cylinder 30 hp models of the line
- First-generation D-line: DLD2, DED3 and DGD4 diesels of 12, 20 and 30 hp
The D-436 belongs to the German side of International Harvester, whose American history is told with the McCormick-Deering name. The later company is covered by McCormick International, and more tractors are in the McCormick collection.
Sources
- Farmall Germany, English Wikipedia: Neuss plant, F-line and D-line, D-436 and its sisters
- International Harvester, German Wikipedia: Neuss subsidiary and plant history
