Re: Can someone teach me about number series?

Posted by Nat 2 on May 14, 2007 at 14:32:49 from (64.80.108.52):

In Reply to: Re: Can someone teach me about number series? posted by Mike CA on May 14, 2007 at 14:19:24:

MARKETING is why there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's whatever sounded "cool" at the time.

The A, B, and C were never manufactured at the same time. The A and B were manufactured through 1947. Then they introduced the C and SUPER A in 1948.

When they went to the 30/50 series, they already knew they were coming out with the 40/60 series. The decided that the middle number in the 40/60 series would indicate the number of cylinders in the engine, and they certainly could not go "backwards" from a 250 to a 240. So, they used 30's for the smaller tractors. Besides 230 has more of a "ring" to it than 250.

You'll notice that the number series ALWAYS progressed forward, and the numbers got bigger. It was a marketing ploy. They didn't think farmers would buy a tractor with a smaller number. Sometimes the jumps were not logical, especially when new "classes" of tractor were added.

You will do yourself a big favor by locating a copy of "150 Years of International Harvester" by CH Wendel (out of print, may be at your local library).

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