In the small village, of Forstern near Munich, in Bavaria, Germany, the first Eicher tractor was built, in the 1936, by Joseph and Albert Eicher. The brothers Joseph and Albert Eicher were born and grew up in an agricultural region. It's was the beginning of the development of the Forstern and Dingolfing factories.
The first evolution was marked by the construction of an automatic mower and a tractor on three wheels. The brothers built around a thousand tractors between 1936 and 1941, that were powered by Deutz engines.
In 1949, the company manufactured their first engine for a farm tractor with air cooling. This was a 1.5L single cylinder of 17/19 hp. During the next years, the qualities of the air-cooled tractor built by Eicher demonstrated themselves with sales of thousands. They also used engines built by Deutz, MWM and Hatz, but by the end of the 1950s they were using there own 2-, 3- & 4-cylinder engines. By 1958 they built their last single-cylinder model, the "Leopard".
In 1959, Eicher set up the Eicher Tractor Corporation of India Private Ltd., along with the "Goodearth Company" of New Delhi, India, and began production in 1960 of Indian-built Eicher tractors. The company continued until the tractor business was sold to TAFE, also of India, which still produces Eicher brand tractors.[1][2]
In 1970 Massey Ferguson bought a 30% stake in Gebr. Eicher. The company then built some Perkins-engined models for a period.
In 1973, Massey Ferguson purchased the remainder of Gebr. Eicher, and many Massey-licensed Eichers were built.[3] Massey Ferguson later sold their interest, and Dromson now owns the company. Under Dromson, Eicher now build specialized tractors for vineyards and similar applications.
Tractors were sold with the following model names:
E series
Eicher E 22/II
E 22 / I
E 22/II
E 25 / I
E 25/II
E 25/III
E 30
ED series
Eicher ED 16 II
ED 13 / I
ED 13/II
ED 14
ED 16 / I
ED 16/II
ED 16/II 20PS
ED 16/III? (Create)
ED 16 / N? (Create)
ED 20
ED 22
ED 22/VII wheel
ED 26
ED 26/VII wheel
ED 30
ED 30 / I-wheel
ED 33
ED 40
ED 42-wheel
ED 50
ED 60
ED 110 / 8
ED 110/II
ED 115 / 8
ED 210/10
ED 215/16
ED 215/VIII wheel
ED 310 Mammoth
ED 500 Mammoth
L series
Eicher L 22/II
L 22
L 22/II
L 24
L 28
L 28 / 1
L 40
L 40 / I
L 60
EM 100 B Leopard
EM 200 Tiger
EM 200 / 2 Tiger
EM 235 Tiger II
EM 295 Panther
EM 300 King Tiger
EM 300 / 2 King Tiger
EA 400 A King Tiger
EM 500 Mammoth
Mammut II EM 600
A mammoth 600 EA II
3000 series
Eicher HR 3002
Eicher 3014 S
Mammoth HR 3001
A mammoth HR 3002
3008 Tiger I
3009 Tiger II
3007 King Tiger I
3010 King Tiger IA
3015 King Tiger II
3016 King Tiger II A
3011 Mammoth
A mammoth 3012
Mammoth HR 3019
A mammoth HR 3020
A mammoth 3422
3017 Wotan I
3018 Wotan IA
3013 Wota
Not many of these tractors are in UK in preservation with collectors. Please list any examples that are in the UK. or examples in museums or private collection around the world (please note the country and add a photo)
Eicher ES202 sn 109810 was at the GDSF in 2008 (photo above) This was a UK supplied tractor sold by W. Weeks & Son Ltd of Maidstone, Kent. The UK importers for Eicher tractors.
Büffel • Büffel 74 • E35 • E42 • EA 400 • ED 11 • ED 12 • ED 13 • ED 15 • ED 16 • ED 16/II • ED 16/III • ED 19 • ED 22 • ED 22/II • ED 25 • ED 25/II • ED 25/III • ED 26 • ED 30 • ED 33 • ED 40 • ED 42 • ED 45 • ED 50 • ED 60 • ED 110/8 • ED 210/10 • ED 215/15 • ED 310 • ED 500 • Eichus skid-steer • EKL 1 1/II • EKL 11 • EKL 15 • EKL 15/II • EKL 15/IB • EKL 16 • EKL 26 • EL 250 Z • ELB 340 • ELB 360 • ELB 424 • ELK 300 • EM200B • EM 200L • EM 235S • EM 295 • EM 295B • EM 300 "Konigstiger" • EM 300D • EM 300S • EM 500 S • ES 200 Puma • ES 201 Puma • ES 201 Puma vineyard • ES 202 Puma I • ES 203 • ES 207 Zickler • ES 400 Puma • ES 400 Puma II • ES 3002 • ESA 300 • ESB 300 • EZ 540 • EZ 600 • G 13 • G 19 • G 30 • G 40 Kombi • G 160 Kombi • G 200 Kombi • G 220 • G 280 Kombi • G 300 • G 400 Unisuper • G 4001 • Kombi Geratetrager • Koningst • Konigstiger I • Konigstiger II • Konigstiger 74 • L 22/II • L 28 • L 40 • L 60 • L 400 • L 424 • Leopard • Leopard E • Leopard EM 100 • LH 12 • M 70 • M 80 • Mammut II • Mammut II EM 60 • Mammut II 74 • Mammut 2 EM 600S • Mammut E 55 • Mammut EA 600 S • Mammut HR • Mammut 74 • Mammut 74 • Mammut 604 • Mammut 3011 • Mammut 3012 • Mammut HR 3022 • Mammut 3422 • Mammut 3423 • Mammut 3551 • Muli Geratetrager • Panther • Panther EM295-2A • Panther EM295B • Panther E • Poema • Puma II • Royal Tiger 2 • Stier 74 • Super Tiger • Tiger • Tiger 1-3008 • Tiger II • Tiger II-3009 • Tiger II-3015 • Tiger II-3016 • Tiger 74 • Tiger EM 200 • Tiger EM 200 L • Tiger EM 200 S • Tiger Royal 1 3007 • Wotan I • Wotan II • Wotan II 3013 • Wotan II 3014 • Wotan 3014 • Wotan 3017 • Wotan 3018 • Wotan 3024 • Wotan 3026 • Wotan 3066 • Wotan 3085 • Wotan 3108 • Wotan 3133 • Wotan 3655 • Wotan 3656 • Wotan prototype
Eicher Numbered Models
60 • 75 Turbo VAC • 75 VAC • 132 • 298 • 308 • 330 • 330 E • 330 AS • 330 S • 334 S • 334 AS • 335 • 342 • 352 • 365 • 365S • 372 • 530 • 534 • 535 • 542 • 542SK • 542ASK • 548 • 550 P • 550 PA • 552 • 552AS • 554 • 554AS • 554 PA • 565 S • 565 AS • 566 Turbo • 575 • 635 • 642 • 645 • 645 Industrial • 648 V • 648 VA • 648 VAC • 656 P • 656 V • 656 VA • 656 VAC • 656 VC • 666 Turbo • 666 Turbo V • 666 P Turbo • 666 PA • 666 PAB • 666 PB • 666 V • 666 VA • 666 VAC • 666 VC • 680 P • 680 PA • 680 VAC • 680 VAC Turbo • 756 AS • 756 PA • 756 S • 756 SA • 756 V • 756 VA • 765 AS • 766 AS • 766 AS Turbo • 770 PA • 770 SA • 770 VA • 777 PA • 777 S • 777 SA • 777 V • 777 VA • 780 AS Turbo • 785 SA • 785 VA • 795 PA • 2070 A • 2080 A • 2090 A • 2100 A Turbo • 3007S • 3008 • 3009 Tiger II • 3010 Konigstiger • 3011 • 3012 • 3015 S • 3016 • 3021S • 3022 • 3023 • 3028 • 3030 • 3035 • 3042 • 3048 • 3055 • 3056 • 3066 • 3070 Turbo • 3072 Turbo • 3075 • 3080 Turbo • 3085 • 3088 • 3105 • 3108 • 3108 E (Wotan) • 3125 E (Wotan) • 3125 Turbo • 3133 • 3135 • 3145 Turbo • 3145 E (Wotan) • 3153 • 3155 • 3157 • 3251 • 3253 • 3254 • 3255 • 3256 • 3257 • 3258 • 3270 • 3351 • 3353 • 3353 Mammut 74 • 3354 Mammut • 3355 • 3356 • 3453 • 3457 • 3458 • 3553 • 3554 • 3555 • 3556 • 3557 • 3558 • 3655 • 3656 • 3657 • 3658 • 3660 • 3705 • 3706 • 3707 • 3709 • 3710 • 3711 • 3712 • 3713 • 3714 • 3719 • 3720 • 3724 • 3725 • 3726 • 3752 • 3754 • 3755 • 3756 • 3757 • 3758 • 3759 • 3760 • 3761 • 3762 • 3763 • 3764 • 3765 • 3766 • 3767 • 3768 • 3776 • 3941 • 3951 • 3952 • 3955 • 4038 • 4048 • 4056 • 4060 • 4066 • 4072
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