AC had many problems. Most of the dealers were pretty good in our area but the tractors didn't last as well as other brands or failed to perform well enough to become real popular here.
Also the proprietary Snap coupler hitch system hurt sales too. Same thing happened to IH with their Fast Hitch. Farmers wanted the freedom to pick the brand of the implements they wanted.
By the time the 190 came out other companies were making independent PTO. I had a 190XT. Having to put the PD in neutral, while lifting the 3 point was a pain in the backside because your right hand was trying to do multipal things at the same time. Wasn't real good on a snow blower. Shift the PD to N while stopping, steering, lifting the blower and shifting to forward while trying to keep the blower from plugging. I had a 190XT series III, never again.Give me a Deer, Ford or Farmall any day. Having owned one I can knock AC all I want. Go talk to my BIL. They have a MFW 8030 that they got about 18 months ago. He went AC because of the price for a tractor that size with MFW. He is really whishing that he would have spent the extra money on a CIH/Deer or Ford. AC killed themselves with bad designs, underengineering and even worse management decisions.
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