My line of thinking is they had management and stockholders that as early as the 1960's really wanted to be divorced from the agricultural equipment line. So the events of 1984-85 were really a dream come true for those individuals. The other issue was IH really had more than its fair share of unremarkable products during the 1960s and 70's. At the same time IH's competitors had some very good products depending on the machine in question. There were a lot of guys who had IH tractors but had either NH or JD balers and mower-conditioners then. The 15 series combines were not bad but Gleaner and Deere had a large part of the combine market here. The 400 series planters were not as bad as some made them out to be but they could not match the Deere 7000 released in 1974 or the White 5100 released a few years later. I could go on. No, the 560 alone did not sink IH but the timing was bad as its competitors were getting ready to release tractors on the market that were far more advanced.
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