Re: IH's demise. . . McCardell's strike

Posted by JC on April 08, 2004 at 22:17:13 from (63.245.139.100):

In Reply to: IH's demise. . . McCardell's strike posted by Mike on April 06, 2004 at 22:45:50:

All of the posts below get into great depth on this issue. I just have a observation.
I own all of my grandfathers machinery, and some of my great grandfathers machinery.
Every piece, plows, discs, cultivators, rakes, harrows, cream seperater, mowers and hay wagons were all IHC.
My father started buying machinery when he took over the farm in the late 1940's. Not one of his purchaces was IH.
By the time I was old enough to start work in the fields in the late 1960's and early 70's, not one piece of IH gear was used.
All John Deere, Ford and New Holland.
It sounds like this must have been fairly common on most farms in my area. It seems that IH started taking a down turn in the 1950's.
By the way, I am having a blast restoring all the old IH equipment. Some of it is 80 years old.
I am getting it all field ready and painted and as I get each piece finished, I go out and work with it a bit. Call me crazy, but it is a neat feeling working that old equipment on the old family farm.......

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