I would agree with that to some extent. It does make me wonder why several things are in the computer system and some are not. I may be wrong, but I don't see a lot of parts demand for several of the J. I. Case combines, IH 429 corn heads, or 816 mower conditioner parts anymore, either. They are in the computer system. Many are still out there and in service yet, but none bring C-IH millions of part sales each year.
I would also say that not much is available from C-IH for the W/O/I tractors that isn't shared with their row-crop brothers. Many tractor owners and counter guys don't know that some parts are shared between an M and a W-6, though.
A bunch of stuff is available from the Parts Depot and DPNI/Vintage Parts for tractors and equipment that isn't "online" (and for machinery that is "online"). There are several dealers that have parts on the shelves that have been there for 30+ years, too. Many dealers have been stuck with non-retrurnable parts when someone orders something and doesn't pick it up, and those parts are still looking for a home. The dealer computer system can locate these, too.
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From what I'm seeing, most dealers now view fiche machines as wasted counter space. Some don't have them on the counter, they might be tucked in the corner of an office, some may not have them at all. The dealer I go to the most has one left that works. Their plow bottoms, MF grain drill, bearing substitution, and a couple of other cards are so worn out that they are getting hard to read. They have many old parts books at the counter, too. They have many customers that use 40+ year old equipment and they are more than happy to try to the best of their ability to locate parts for them. If C-IH doesn't have them, they try to find them somewhere else.
I have stacks of parts books for most of the farm equipment I own and then some. Most people do not. Most of the time I do try to have part numbers for everything when I go in.
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