Posted by JDseller on August 24, 2012 at 08:10:01 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: McCormick tractors posted by MNGraybeard on August 24, 2012 at 06:56:11:
If you are looking at a CX95 CIH and a CX 95 McCormick??? They are similar but not exactly the same. The McCormick has a Perkins motor and the CIH has a Cummins/CIH motor. I would stick with the CIH over the McCormick one.
I am not sure what the long term future of McCormick is going to be. They sold the factory and tooling from the Dorchester England plant. The last series built there was the XTX series. McCormick sold that tooling and manufacturing rights to the Russia company, KamAZ, in 2006. They moved production to a Landini plant in Italy.
The earlier McCormicks where well received here in the US but the newer models have not been as good. I haul feed on several farms that have both old and newer models of the McCormick tractors. Mainly CIH guys that wanted to save some money on a simple tractor. The early ones where just that, a simple tractor. The newer ones have been changed to a more sophisticated computerized tractor. I think the Landini influence is starting to show. They want to be able to run with the HIGH tec Fendt type of tractor in the European market. The newer ones have been headache over here. The guys I am seeing with them are saying that the newer McCormick will be the last they buy. Many computer and transmission problems. Pricey to repair and many of the McCormick dealers here in the US are not equipped to handle a high tec tractor.
McCormicks sold well here because they where a simple dependable tractor. That was their niche. They sold through many smaller implement dealers not full line tractor dealers. So many of these dealers do not have the knowledge and personal to work on the newer models very well.
I would not bet that McCormick will survive long term in the US market. They have lost their niche. Then in the high tec market they don't have the quality to compete with the big boys. A lot of their customers around here are looking at Massey Ferguson to be their next tractor.
The CX McCormick tractor is a simple tractor as is the CIH. So the machine is not an issue the company is. So unless the price difference is really great and you plan on keeping it forever I would go with the CIH. CIH is a much larger company and should be around longer.
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