Sam, you didn't mean to start a row??? That's funny. Your original question never really was answered, was it? JD, like most others, has gone with newer designs (not all that great, IMHO) and come up with the more modern tractor. Plastics, of course, being easy to mold, have been used more. And, much to my chagrin more than once, they employed some mad Bavarian puzzlemakers as injinears. Last week they couldn't spell 'injinear'- now they are one!
My 2520 and 4240 really aren't much different, but a big step from my old 'B'. Then, I look at my 6400, and it's a completely different machine, except for a similar engine and round wheels. But, then again, the 'B' is again, a totally different design- but still has round wheels.
Like Ferguson, the only thing the same is the wheels and engine- MF over here looks like an AGCO from the centertube back, but the Perkins engine. White has a Cummins, the AGCO has a Fiat, and they all share the same tail end- or so it seems from what I can see.
A lot of change has come down the pike in the last 75 years, and a bunch of changes in the industry. What was 20 HP then was enough to start to mechanize agriculture, but those machines are today's play toys. But, rugged and reliable they were- a testimony to the introduction of the machine age and simple and reliable tools of a trade.
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