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By 1950, the
company was producing more than 150 Pow-R-Drivers per week, a device that
utilized a tractor-drive system to power hammermills, corn shellers and
irrigation pumps. In 1956, Vermeer introduced the Pow-R-Sprinkler which distributed water gently in large circles over crops. Soon, the company went international as it introduced new product lines such as the Pow-R-Ditcher (trencher). In 1957, while testing a new stump cutter prototype, an employee accidentally hit the wrong lever causing the blade to move horizontally across the stump. This mistake lead to the production of a top-of-the-line stump cutter design that is still used throughout the industry today. During the same decade, Vermeer Corporation began producing equipment for other companies such as John Deere and Allis-Chalmers. Gary had the vision to recreate age-old farming jobs in a new and better way, and irrigation was his next project to tackle. |
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