Ever wondered about the History of Kohler engines

[neil 2,410]

Have you ever wondered about the History of the engines that were planted in our tractors

 

 

http://www.kohlerengines.com/about/landing.htm

[Sparky-(Admin) 22,057]

That first paragraph is amazing....a 4 cylinder liquid cooled Kohler generator only producing 1500 watts. Boy have we come along way.

Mike.........

[JC 1965 1,532]

Very interesting Thanks for sharing  Neil.  

[doc724 925]

To me, the most amazing thing about Kohler is that they make the bathroom faucets, tub, toilets, etc, in a factory (I am told) right across the street from the engine plant.  I bicycled through Kohler, WI last September and I could see the engine plant (I assume since it was dirty on the outside) visible from the road.  Engines and bathroom fixtures are two very different products.  I wonder how they got into bathroom fixtures?  Almost as strange as Coors.  Yes, Coors makes beer, but they also make ceramics.  During Prohibition, when they could not make beer, they started to make toilets!

[AMC RULES 37,145]

Very interesting history lesson, thanks for sharing with us Neil.

Edited March 13, 2014 by AMC RULES

[squonk 42,521]

Now we need "The Tecky Story" 

[Coadster32 793]

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

[SousaKerry 502]

It was my understanding that the cast iron bathtubs came first and thus the foundry was built, once you have a foundry you can cast almost anything.

[Wheel-N-It 2,971]

Interesting how was stated the Command series provided longer life. Personally I don't know of any command engine that has clocked as many hours of run time as the good old K or Magnum engines.