The Aultman & Taylor Company
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May/June 2002
Dr. Lorin E. Bixler
1917 25 HP Aultman & Taylor #9202, owned by Lyle and Randy
Eckel. Photo taken by Dr. Robert T. Rhode at the annual National
Threshers Association Reunion, Wauseon, Ohio, June 24,1994.
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The company's first self-propelled engines were known as the
'Aultman & Taylor Traction Engine' and were attractive
in appearance. After the very first traction engine was built and
having satisfied itself that it was superior to any on the market,
the company invited seven men to witness its operation and to
render a judgment with respect to its suitability for the purpose
for which it was built. The men were considered experts on steam
engines: E.S. Downey of Aurora, Ind.; Edward Smith of La Gro, Ind.;
C.F. Adams of Parkman, Ohio; Daniel Harmon of Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Oscar Adams of Parkman, Ohio; and R. R. Blair of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The men were requested to render an honest judgment relative to the
engine's merits. The engine was given a severe test, and the
group of carefully selected men recorded the following
judgment:
'The undersigned have each had a very wide and at the same
time intimate acquaintance with traction and self-propelling
engines in the market; have each of us sold them and operated them
and are practically familiar with them and can, without claiming
any unreasonable amount of shrewdness, say we are competent to give
an intelligent opinion on the subject, and think it will be safe
for all parties who intend buying traction or self-propelled
engines, or intend to sell traction engines to others, to accept
our judgment in the matter. While we wish cordially to admit the
merits of other traction engines, and while we do not criticize
other makes, nevertheless it is our unanimous opinion the
Aultman-Taylor traction engine is today the most perfect and
desirable in the American market. In every point and feature, the
Aultman-Taylor is at least abreast of the best, while in general
workmanship, neatness in detail and perfection in finish, we have
never seen its equal, and in some important points it is absolutely
without rivals:
'1. The two propelling-wheels are mechanically the most
perfect we have ever seen, and their height is such as to recommend
them over any in the market, and their location for sustaining the
weight of the engine and securing freedom of motion in bad roads
has never, to our knowledge, been equaled.
'2. The lugs rolled into the tire of these wheels by a
process secured to the Aultman & Taylor Company by letters of
patent, is far in advance of the pins usually used, and will be
found a great daily convenience in moving from place to place,
especially over bridges, where the objections to pins is
apparent.
'3. In the Aultman-Taylor traction engine the propelling
power is communicated directly from the main shaft to the rear
axle, thus entirely doing away with the supplemental shaft and
complicated gearing of the same, in use on all traction engines we
are acquainted with. How great this advantage is will at once be
understood by all who know anything about traction engines; to
others we would say, in this respect the Aultman-Taylor traction
engine has several distinct advantages: (a) simplicity; (b) economy
in fuel; (d) increased durability; (e) decreased weight; (f) ease
of management; (g) decreased liability to delays from breakage. We
should think these advantages would add at least $100 to the value
of the Aultman-Taylor traction engine.
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