The dealers were very good here and wished more of them had taken up with shortlines such as New Holland. There biggest problem was they had fallen behind the industry on tractors by 1970 and the narrowing of the product line. Even in implements they fell behind their competition in the 1970's. Farm equipment was never a huge part of what AC did and I don't think there was a year where the ag division was responsible for more than twenty percent of overall sales. The ag division was mostly an outlet for components such as engines that were built for other divisions. I don't think the ag division was run as an entity where innovation was heavily encouraged. Getting back to tractors they should have jumped from the 200's to the 8000 series in theory. The powershifts probably would not have been ready that soon but they could have released the power director versions. The 301 diesel should have been a strictly sub-100 HP engine. The 426 was fine but something else should have been developed for 160 HP and greater. Most farmers here just did not get excited about the 7000 series tractors unless they were diehard AC or got the best deal. Hay and forage were good in the 1960's but lagged greatly in the 1970's. Since these products disappeared soon in the 1970's would seem to indicate AC had no long term plans past 1970 to stay in those lines. The combines through the L and M series were considered decent but not heavy built. The N series rotaries were a black when they did not need one as the ag recession of the 1980's set in.
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Today's Featured Article - Good As New - by Bill Goodwin. In the summer of 1995, my father, Russ Goodwin, and I acquired the 1945 Farmall B that my grandfather used as an overseer on a farm in Waynesboro, Georgia. After my grandfather’s death in 1955, J.P. Rollins, son of the landowner, used the tractor. In the winter 1985, while in his possession the engine block cracked and was unrepairable. He had told my father
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