Ronaldson Bros & Tippett& of Ballarat in Victoria
R & T tractor from company product line c 1927
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Introduction
R & T.
The Ronaldson brothers started to produce farm machinery in 1903, Jack Tippett joined them in 1905. They produced some of Australia's earliest internal combustion engines including the Austral brand, by the early 1920's they had produced over 4000 engines. They experimented with tractors as early as 1910 but it was not until the mid 1920's that they introduced their Super Drive tractor.(see story below on the Aussie Tractor Page, link below) They also imported the Wisconsin engines and later made them under license, they produced a lot of engines for WW2 and by the end of the war were Australia's largest engine manufacturer. They ceased making tractors in the late 1930's and continued making engines until 1972.
Reference: The Aussie Tractor Page
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R & T Spraying Plants from Company Cat c 1927.
Spanners as listed in R&T Sprayplant book 113A 1945 © ozwrenches
R & T Sprayer with spanners F390 and F391 from the toolbox© ozwrenches
450-43 Spanner (similar to the R & T F-390) and a Myers Ashland Ohio - © J Hawking. If any reader can provide additional information or images please make contact via the link below
Ronaldson & Tippett DOE Spanner - © D Symons. If any reader can provide additional information or images please make contact via the link below