I don't disagree with the 3pt deal. But the book I've read was very detailed, very in-depth, almost too much so. And while the 3pt hurt them, it wasn't what did them in. If you're really interested in this stuff you should get it. Talks all about who was in, (different McCormicks), who was out, when, why, how. Talks about what sales wanted when, what engineering and R&D was doing all through the 1920's, (even before), until the end. Very informative.
My Grandfather had a 560, was the first tractor I really used a lot in the field when I was about 12, although I ran the letters some when I was younger. He never even knew about the problems they had with them. Then again, he never had a brand new tractor.
I don't pretend to know a lot, not nearly as much as you and the other elders here, but that book was very enlightening. I think it's a must read for anyone interested in tractors in general, and Reds in particular. Talks all about what they were thinking in regards to the 3pt./fast hitch debate inside the company. The fall wasn't due to external forces or competetion alone, if at all, it all came from within the company. They just became huge and bloated, couldn't control costs, and collapsed during the economic slow down. As you read it with the benefit of hindsight you sit there and say to yourself, "How could they do this/that, what were they thinking??"
The 560 is still up on the hill with about a dozen others tractors they wore out, mostly H's and M's, and a couple F-20's. But the machine shed still has an active M and H in there, and we fixed-up the C last year just before Grandad died. Got it running at Xmas, he passed in March. Saving up to bring the 560 back to life, still my favorite.
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