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Nichols-Shepard
Explore 3 farm tractor models. Follow a model into its engine specifications, transmissions, dimensions, historical photographs, and available test records.
About Nichols-Shepard
Nichols-Shepard developed from John Nichols’s Michigan blacksmith business into a maker of threshers and steam machinery. It joined the Oliver combination in 1929.
- Beginning
- Exact original founding year not established here
- Founder / origin
- John Nichols’s blacksmith enterprise; later partners not detailed here
- Known for
- Threshing machines, steam engines, and farm equipment
- Sale / later history
- Merged into Oliver in 1929; Battle Creek factory closed in 1962
History and legacy
Combine and corn-picker work continued at Battle Creek long after the merger. The factory’s 1962 closure followed White’s purchase of Oliver; those dates should not be collapsed into a single end-of-business event.
Sources & further reading
History reviewed 2026-10-20.
Showing 3 of 3 models
35-70
1913–1920
38 hp
Engine estimate from belt power
2WD Only
Drive
25-50
1913–1927
27 hp
Engine estimate from belt power
2WD Only
Drive
20-42
1918–1925
22 hp
Engine estimate from belt power
2WD Only
Drive
Index power values can include estimates derived from belt or PTO power. They are identified on each model card and are not interchangeable with a measured engine rating. Model years and missing values follow the source index.