How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest??

Posted by JD Seller on September 07, 2014 at 07:47:20 from (208.126.198.123):

I see in their advertising that AGCO/MF and Mahindra both claim to be the "largest" tractor maker in the world???

I know MF has done this for years but it was on total units built world wide so the smaller tractors made for the third world market added up fast.

I would assume that Mahindra is doing the same thing. Their main local market is SMALL tractors for the market in India. That would be lots of 20-30 HP tractors.

It almost would be like JD counting the Garden tractors they build in the total.

The numbers change a lot when you get them to actually list the DOLLAR value of what they sell. Then other companies are on top.

The US AG tractor market is a good example of this. AGCO is in a distant third place with JD in first and CIH in second.

Then if you go to under 50 HP tractors I think Kubota is the top seller. I don't know if JD or NH is in second or third anymore.

You can figure numbers fifty ways to Sunday to make your point. I just find it interesting what different companies advertise about.

I really do not care if the company I buy from is the top seller or not. I want to know about the product I am looking at to buy.

Here is a funny one along these lines. Just a few weeks ago a Long time MF dealer was arguing with me that MF sold more combines in North America than JD in the 1970s and 1980s. I had to laugh about that. MF was not even in the top three. JD, IH, Gleaner, and then MF. These numbers are from the Dealer Association sales records. I tend to trust them more than what Companies are publishing.

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• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? W_B 17:48:48 09/09/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? mkirsch 06:36:46 09/08/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? Jason S. 15:41:28 09/07/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? cbop 10:11:06 09/07/14 (1)
  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? Jon Hagen 09:54:59 09/08/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? rrlund 10:10:50 09/07/14 (8)
  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? JD Seller 10:40:50 09/07/14 (7)
    • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? rrlund 11:42:30 09/07/14 (6)
      • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? JD Seller 12:47:10 09/07/14 (5)
        • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? bison 12:50:36 09/07/14 (4)
          • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? rrlund 15:15:36 09/07/14 (0)
          • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? JD Seller 13:05:33 09/07/14 (2)
            • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? Trkr 17:02:57 09/07/14 (1)
              • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 09:47:08 09/08/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 2 Old 2 Care 10:04:36 09/07/14 (8)
  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? hot wrench 14:59:03 09/07/14 (1)
    • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 2 Old 2 Care 05:10:54 09/08/14 (0)
  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 14:37:56 09/07/14 (5)
    • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 2 Old 2 Care 03:01:50 09/08/14 (4)
      • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 04:56:31 09/08/14 (3)
        • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 2 Old 2 Care 05:09:58 09/08/14 (2)
          • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 09:41:26 09/08/14 (1)
            • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 2 Old 2 Care 09:02:03 09/16/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? ocdecks 09:35:43 09/07/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 09:09:10 09/07/14 (9)
  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 495man 13:13:07 09/07/14 (8)
    • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 14:28:18 09/07/14 (7)
      • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 495man 12:58:05 09/08/14 (6)
        • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 14:14:10 09/08/14 (5)
          • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 495man 02:24:19 09/09/14 (4)
            • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 05:45:41 09/09/14 (3)
              • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 495man 14:01:08 09/09/14 (2)
                • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? RodInNS 19:10:47 09/09/14 (1)
                  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? 495man 15:17:39 09/10/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? welding man 08:41:38 09/07/14 (4)
  • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? johnwayne360 09:48:13 09/07/14 (3)
    • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? JD Seller 10:12:02 09/07/14 (1)
      • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? johnwayne360 10:20:10 09/07/14 (0)
    • Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? welding man 09:51:52 09/07/14 (0)
• Re: How does Mahinder and MF both claim to be the largest?? Donald Lehman 08:36:17 09/07/14 (0)

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