Posted by wisbaker on December 11, 2012 at 14:37:41 from (207.118.147.113):
In Reply to: Farmall M H upgrades posted by Stevie J. Mote on December 11, 2012 at 11:57:47:
Others would tell you that was the beginning of the end for IHC, they were #1 in tractors, came out with a line of smaller tractors (guess they figured farms wouldn't get bigger) to replace mules or become the #2 or #3 tractor on farms. They also jumped into refrigeration, dairy equipment and were developing a really big bulldozer that was a flop. They were still selling every H or M they could make and had no incentive to move forward. Some claim fear of an antitrust suite caused them to not take full advantage of the blooming tractor market. Deere's up grade was more to catch up to IH and other manufacturers that were coming on strong namely Aliis Chalmers and Oliver. One innovation IH had that worked well in the 50's was fasthitch, I have heard some claims other manufacturers wanted to license it from IH, but they refused, had they licensed it they could of certainly used the revenue and it might of re-established them as a leader in their field. In my opinion they started to play catch-up after Deere came out with the first numbered tractors (40,50,60,70 and 80) with widely available power steering and live power. Their response was the 100 series tractors, not a bad tractor, but more of an improvement of the old tractor certainly not new ground. They figured on jumping back out front with the 460/560 but as we know that didn't work so well for them, before they could fully recover from the 560 fiasco Deere comes out with the new generation tractors and grabs 1st place. IH's response is the 706 & 806, not a bad tractor but a little late to the game, Deere comes out with the new & improved new generation (-20 series) and IHC was back trying to catch up. Others simply blame Fowler McCormick Jr, saying he really didn't have the right stuff to lead the company, it was overly conservative and a rigid in house promotion system stifled innovation.
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