Posted by Bob Huntress on December 06, 2011 at 10:07:20 from (184.41.92.244):
In Reply to: trade secrets? posted by LOU from Wi. on December 06, 2011 at 01:14:01:
Companies do this and take a chance. At the risk of going off topic, allow me to mention tractors. The hitch on an Allis Chalmers WD45 is far better than a 3 point hitch. As the load weighs heavier, it pulls the front of the tractor downward, making it highly unlikely that you would ever flip the tractor. Why is it that today none of the massive array of tractors have this belly hitched system? I'm not old enough to have watched this unfold, but many old timers have told me that had they bought one of the tractors that did use this, all A/C, they could only use implements by Allis Chalmers. The 3 point hitch that we all know waived their patent so that implements form other makers could be interchanged with their tractors, making their tractors more marketable. If any of you know this to be a myth circulated around old tractor folks, please tell me how the belly hitch used on WD45's is not more widely used, as it is a far better system? My point is that when a company that produces both the a base product as well as accessories, they take a calculated risk when they make their base products to match only their acc.
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