Sure, the previous tractors were important and Case IH still supports those products with parts and service. But time marches on and new products become the focus point. If it didn't, we would be stuck with Titans and Moguls.
I included the Electrall gearbox as an example of a limited production item that IH pioneered at that time. The phrase "if you build it, they will come" didn't work out so well for that concept.
So I am wondering if the underside PTO was actually a concept that the engineers were thinking about but it died on the vine. Personally, I don't think the shape of that opening was purely conincidental with the shape of the SAE 6 Bolt PTO. It was drilled slightly different so that the market would have to buy IH product that IH could buy cheaply and mark up substantially.
But more to the point, that opening would/could expand the versatility of the SMTA and later models. Just wondering if the concept of the underside PTO ever saw more development during that period.
Doesn't look like anyone here can comment on that except Athol Carr who indicated that front PTOs were available in Europe. Now there is a good reason why IH might have been testing the waters over here.
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