SIMAR C-30
s/n 13049
SIMAR
SIMAR
is an acronym for Société Industrielle de Machines Agicoles Rotatives. These machines were made in Geneva, Switzerland and imported by ROTOTILLER, INC. from 1932 until 1939. After WW II, E. C. Geiger Co. of North Wales, PA became the sole distributor in the US. SIMAR exported their tillers to the US until 1975. They manufactured tillers from 1918 until they stopped production in 1982.SIMAR manufactured several size machines. They ranged from 2 1/2 to 10 horsepower, a tilling width of 14 to 36 inches, and weighed from 220 to 880 pounds. Most likely, this was where ROTOTILLER obtained the engine design and tine configuration used in the tillers they manufactured.
The model on display is a C-30 and was probably made around 1936. It has a two-speed transmission, which is selected by inserting a long plug in either the right hub for high speed or left hub for low speed. It has separate controls for the tiller and wheel drive. It has ratchet hubs to aid in turning the machine. The C-30 is a 3 hp machine with a 14" tilling width. The handlebars can be moved up, down, left, and right to accommodate the operator's comfort.
The information above was gathered from Donald A. Jones' book The Rototiller in America and the two websites listed below.
For additional information on SIMAR, check out
Donald's Antique Rototillers and Bungartz and Siemens Machines.