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Re: Re: IH's demise. . . McCardell's strike
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Posted by Buzzman72 on April 07, 2004 at 05:17:24 from (67.241.15.178):
In Reply to: Re: IH's demise. . . McCardell's strike posted by Hugh MacKay on April 07, 2004 at 04:14:49:
Hugh, I second your assessment of IH's fate...by '79-'80, the damage had been done. While at 49 I'm not old enough to have been a witness to all their miscalculations, Dad and Grand-dad always said that the 300/400 series tractors were the beginning of the end for them. Fast hitch vs. 3-point was a lot of it; add in the TA that not many understood, and IH's conversion diesels, and there was a he11 of a lot for farmers to be scared of on these tractors. And since a lot of dealers really didn't understand these systems any better than the farmers who were looking at them, the net result was to either (a) sell a lot of green tractors, or (b) sell a 300 or 400, let the farmer get good and p.o.'d when he was looking at a couple of grand to rebuild a TA, and THEN have him buy a green tractor. Attaching sheet metal with cage nuts that were always breaking loose-held by phillips-head screws to boot, which were prone to rust-- was another genius move by IH, and it only added to the general aggravation factor. How' bout it, Hugh...any of this sound familiar to you?
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