The Rumely Company became most famous with their line of kerosene tractors, called the OILPULL (because of their unique oil cooling). The Rumely company made 58,435 OILPULL's from 1909-1930. These tractors are now a favorite to many collectors including myself. This section of the homepage is dedicated to these tractors. The cart below shows the different models that Rumely produced with the model letter, the rated horse power, & actual horse power.
[ex. E = (30-60) 30 HP on the drawbar, 60 HP on the belt]

Model	Rated Horse Power	Actual Horse Power	Weight
B	25-45	N/A	23,800 lbs. *
E	30-60	50-76	26,000 lbs. *
F	15-30 LATER-18-35	N/A	16,000 lbs. *
G	20-40	30-46	11,000 lbs. *
H	14-28 LATER 16-30	23-30	9,500 lbs. *
K	12-20 ALSO RARE 10-20	15-26	6,638 lbs. *
L	15-25	16-30.5	6,050 lbs. **
M	20-35	27.5-43	8,750 lbs. **
R	25-45	27.5-50.6	13,205 lbs. **
S	30-60	40-70	17,500 lbs. **
W	20-30	24.9-35.3	6,776 lbs. ***
X	25-40	37.8-50.26	9,440 lbs. ***
Y	30-50	44.5-63.32	13,025 lbs. ***
Z	40-60	N/A	17,500 lbs. ***
Series Key:	Heavy weight: *	Light weight: **	Super light weight: ***

The above actual horse powers were obtained from the Nebraska Tractor Tests records. The Nebraska Tractor tests were the only tractor testing labs in the world for many years. They were begun in 1920. The tractor must complete & pass the tests to be sold in the state of Nebraska. They had to preform without probelms & to or beyond their rated horse power. The Rumelys never had any problem meeting horse power requirements as you can see.

Heavy Weight 25-45 'B' Oilpull 30-60 'E' Oilpull 15-30 or 18-35 'F' Oilpull 20-40 'G' Oilpull 16-30 or 14-28 'H' Oilpull 12-20 or 10-20 'K' Oilpull Light Weight 15-25 or 15-24 'L' Oilpull 20-35 'M' Oilpull 25-45 'R' Oilpull 30-60 'S' Oilpull Super-Light Weight 20-30 'W' Oilpull 25-40 'X' Oilpull 30-50 'Y' Oilpull 40-60 'Z' Oilpull

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Chris and Rod Epping
12015 734 Rd.
Funk, NE 68940
Ph: (308) 263-4371

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