Fitch Four Drive Tractors in action


the following photos are from various sources
- courtesy of Richard & Lynda Rosemus, Jim Spall, R. Alister Clark, Jackie Danalewich, Richard Robinson and Bob Thoms.

Four Drive Tractor unloading in the
San Jose, CA region - photo by
John C. Gordon, circa 1930.

Fitch Tractor taken by JC Gordon in CA circa 1930

Four Drive Tractor working near
Seddon, Marlborough, New Zealand.

Fitch tractor working near Seddon, Marlborough, NZ

Fitch tractor at a sawmill at Atiamuri, New Zealand in 1946 - photo by Bob Ward.
Fitch at a sawmill in Atiamuri, NZ
Four Drive Tractor at Endeavor Inlet, Marlborough, New Zealand in 1947
- photos by Alister Clark.

Fitch Four Drive pulling a section of a huge tree

Fitch Four Drive pulling a section of a huge tree.

Fitch tractor pulling four 14" bottoms in Gumbo stubble. (Gumbo is a fine silty soil, common in the southern and western US, that forms an unusually sticky mud when wet)
- from a brochure circa 1917.

Fitch tractor pulling four 14" bottoms in Gumbo stubble.

Plowing and disking with a Fitch Four Drive.
Plowing and disking with a Fitch Four Drive
Three Fitch Tractors in a ditch, circa 1925 - location unknown but probably California.

3 Fitch Tractors in a ditch

George W. Smith of Colorado - The "Four-Wheel Drive Specialist", circa 1918.
Located at 1644 to 1646 Wazee Street in Denver (now 3 1/2 blocks SW of Coor's Field).

G. W. Smith "Four-Wheel Drive Specialist"