3,000,000th IH tractor

The M that everybody knows about may not have been the 1,000,000 IH tractor, but instead the 1,000,000 FARMALL- bit of a difference.

If the 1950 M was the 1 millionth Farmall built tractor, it took 26 years to make the first million and 28 years to build the second million.
Looks like Farmall had a pretty constant production pace.

Also, if the 1950 M was the 1 millionth IH tractor of all time and the 300 utility (built 1955) was the 3 millionth tractor, how did IH build 2 million tractors in 5 years time?? They didn't.

Reason I say this is: A quick count of the numbers produced on this page:
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gets me from 15-30's to Super letter series and totals about 2.5 million tractors by about '54.

Number 501 300U was built around '56 or '57, I suppose. Next milestone was around '65 with the 4 millionth being an 806, I read.

Question is: if it took ~8 years to make a million tractors from ~'57 to ~65, where did half a million tractors come from in the two to three year '54 to '57 time period? My guess is that some foreign built tractors might be included in the totals -- or, the decline in IH production starting around 1960 is more dramatic than I'd imagined. Anybody got a good handle on this?

The webpage you list doesn't come even close to the different models of tractors produced in that time frame even in the U.S. Titan 10-20s were produced in signifigant numbers, as were the Mogul 8-16 and 10-20. W-4s and W-6s are completely missing, as are the post-1938 crawlers (which were included in the IH numbers).

With thier tremendous production volume capability and wordlwide marketing, it was not hard for IH to make a million tractors compared to other companies.

Farmall figures North America for the following A, C, H and M or Supers which ever was being built that year 1950 102,000; 1952 68,000 and then 100, 200, 300 and 400 in 1955 79,000 Further in 1957 130, 230, 350 and 450 at 46,000. And we all know the Farmalls were the big sellers. I question if IH ever hit 4,000,000 farm tractors world wide.

The actual one millionth IH tractor probably was built in the 1930s (I've never seen mention of this one, although they did celebrate numbers of individual tractors like the 100,000 Farmall, 100,000 10-20, etc). 2,000,000 was probably in the late 1940s, 3,000,000 was in 1955 (article in Tractor Farming if you want documentation of that particular one).

I seem to remember a decal for the St. Dizier France factory celebrating 300,000 tractors produced there by 1976 or something like that- anyone have a better memory? And that was certainly the lowest producing European factory by a bunch. I do wonder if the IH-India joint venture tractors were included in the numbers.

In addition, starting in 1955, the International 300 and later 350 Utilities did very well compared to the Farmalls- maybe not as many, but very respectable.

We're not making up the numbers- IH advertised tractors as being this number produced. 5 millionth was in 1974. You want to say IH was lying, fine, whatever trips your triger.

But all those "Minor" models, and there were hundreds of them, do build up to some pretty big numbers. Count just the -4 and -6 tractor total including the Supers- I don't think you hit 100,000, but you come close.