Posted by mkirsch on December 26, 2008 at 12:48:07 from (67.240.251.254):
In Reply to: Farmall H stage 2 posted by Wild Bill Caldwell on December 25, 2008 at 17:58:26:
I think IH was afraid that farmers would reject too much change at once, so they worked the new modern features in gradually.
Just look at the tractor industry as a whole. Oliver had live PTO and hydraulics before everyone else. They're out of business. John Deere had the most technologically backward tractors, and were the last to come out with a truly "modern" tractor, yet they are the only manufacturer that is still independent. Everyone else has been merged into one of the major conglomerates.
The key was not forcing modern gadgetry on farmers until they were ready to accept it. There were still too many farmers who grew up behind horses still calling the shots in the 1950's. It wasn't until the next generation took over in the 1960's that farms were ready for some convenience features.
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