The Silver King tractor brand was created when manufacturer Fate-Root-Heath found itself in a battle with Chrysler over the Plymouth brand name. Fate won the fight, having built Plymouth-brand vehicles long before Chrysler, but sold the name to the automaker. Taking a cue from the silver paint on the tractors, the Silver King brand was born. Silver King tractors could be considered utility/industrial tractors ahead of their time, and were popular with factories. The Silver King tractor line was sold to Mountain State Fabricating in 1954 as parent company Fate-Root-Heath sought to focus on their locomotive business. Mountain State had only a brief production run before closing and the Silver King line ended.
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Model | Power | Years |
R66 | 20 hp | 1936 - 1939 |
R38 | 20 hp | 1937 - 1939 |
R44 | 24 hp | 1937 - 1939 |
380 | 25 hp | 1939 - 1945 |
440 | 25 hp | 1939 - 1945 |
340 | unknown | 1940 - 1945 |
600 | unknown | 1940 - 1944 |
660 | unknown | 1940 - 1944 |
720 | unknown | 1940 |
345 | unknown | 1945 |
445 | unknown | 1945 |
346 | unknown | 1946 |
446 | unknown | 1946 |
347 | unknown | 1947 |
447 | unknown | 1947 |
348 | 37 hp[B] | 1948 |
448 | 37 hp[B] | 1948 |
349 | 36 hp[B] | 1949 - 1950 |
449 | unknown | 1949 - 1950 |
Row-Crop | unknown | 1951 - 1954 |
Standard | unknown | 1951 - 1954 |
370 | unknown | 1955 - 1957 |
371 | unknown | 1955 - 1957 |