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The Tractor So Powerful It KILLED Its Own Operators

In 1919, the Titan Type D 30-60 became America's most powerful farm tractor—and its deadliest. With 60 horsepower versus competitors' 25, this monster could pull sixteen-bottom plows and uproot trees. Within 18 months, seven states banned it. Hermann Schneck's $800 disaster started it. When William Koehler died in Illinois, crushed by his stone boat, legislators acted fast. The Type D failed catastrophically—launching implements hundreds of feet, killing operators who trusted its power. This untold story reveals American agriculture's most dangerous machine, the farmers who operated it, and legislation that changed farming forever. From International Harvester's engineering to emergency hearings, discover why raw power without control destroyed lives. Three survive today—one permanently disabled in the Smithsonian. Others remain uninsurable.