Posted by Deere Scotty on March 27, 2011 at 23:55:10 from (68.57.255.70):
In Reply to: IH Tractors posted by JoeG on March 27, 2011 at 21:54:28:
During the 70's, & 80's most people grew up on the farm with John Deere. Those people turned around & bought, & continue to buy what dad's, & Uncles, etc bought.
Farmall, & IH in the 40's & 50's turned out double the number of Deere's. Then in the 60's developed tractors that were a disaster for service shops. International had 100+ farmers calling in a day with transmission problems on tractors with only 100 hours on them in some cases, & then didnt want to honor the warranties.
John Deere in turn offered to take - in Farmalls defective tractors for "New Generation Tractors" like 3020's, & 4020's! While Deere sales doubled, Farmall / IH suffered heavy losses in which they never recovered.
So fewer IH's on the farms then, means fewer people want them today; Even though the tractors of the 70's were corrected. My Dad bought a 666 gas new in Dec. 74, & he still owns it today. He's not sorry for it, never had a major mechanical breakdown. But the 460, & 560 Farmalls; NO SUCH LUCK!
I own a 1995 Case-IH 7220 & wish now I would have kept it. No major problems with 5,000 hours on it, bought it new. If Farmalls $'s bother You; then You havent looked at Allis Chalmers of the late 70's, & early 80's. I needed to buy a another last year, & wanted a 7020 Allis. Needed to finance; found one with 2500 original hours looked almost brand new the owner wanted $17,500 for it. Loan Value... was around $3,650. I bought a 1992 JD 3055 for $22,500, & $3000 down instead!!! I would have rather had the Allis; But no loan company, or dealer fincaning would touch it!
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