about the author jarrod w. pakosh is the grandson of versatile co founder peter pakosh and the author versatile tractors a farm boy s dream the following are some reviews of versatile tractors a farm boy s dream life of peter pakosh previous next tractors & other versatile equipment humble beginings original versatile machinery continue to run strong on farms around the globe . it hydraulic engineering company hydraulic engineering co. was founded in toronto in 1945 . shortly thereafter peter baling wire and spit following the success and overwhelming demand for their grain augers peter and roy versatile manufacturing ltd. not content with continuing to manufacture only small implements peter developed view more peter pakosh quote sign in the fall of 1965 we thought we d handle another product . it was the model 100 four wheel drive tractor . i d been fascinated by the possibility of producing an inexpensive four wheel drive tractor for several years and we d kicked around its potential . the trick would be to design one that wouldn t be a luxury . to mass produce such a machine was a radical move . the majors were saying that four wheel drives were unwarranted but what they were really saying was that they were timid . their decision makers were unwilling to take risks . innovation was restricted by their ponderous system of justification . quote sign peter pakosh june 11 1911 february 20 1999 was co founder of the versatile tractor company and is credited with many inventions and equipment innovations including the modern day grain auger used by combine harvesters . he is considered an innovator in the field of agricultural machinery on a level with john deere and cyrus mccormick . versatile was the first company to mass produce articulated four wheel drive tractors . read more video web articles 10 apr 2013 introduction to web articles i asked don to contribute a series of articles due to his passion and knowledge of read more quote sign if you know anything about tractors and farm equipment then you know about versatile quote sign corporate history home about book articles discussion board photo gallery write us copyright 2013 versatile tractors . all rights reserved.powered by computer kingdom