The story
The first Eicher tractor was made by Joseph and Albert Eicher in the 1930s, in the village of Forstern, near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It was the beginning of considerable development of Eicher's Forstern and Dingolfing factories.
These pioneers made several tests and carried out a patient work of clarification. The first evolution was marked by the construction of an automatic mower and a three-wheeled tractor. In 1936, Eicher built the first diesel tractor with a 14.7 kW (20 hp) Deutz – diesel engine. The engine was welded to the frame and the rear axle was flanged. The gearbox was attached to the engine and passed the power via a propeller shaft to the rear axle. The mowing drive went from there via an open chain drive. One year later, in 1937, Eicher was represented for the first time at the DLG exhibition in Munich. The block-construction of the Eicher tractors with engines of Deutz and transmission of Prometheus prevailed in the following years. More and more tractors were sold, even tractors could be exported to Austria.
Eicher brothers Joseph and Albert Eicher were born and grew up in an agricultural part of Germany.
Their personal taste for agriculture favored the development of ideas which led to the manufacturing of machines and modern devices.
From Wikipedia’s article on Eicher tractor, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5