Yea they were a big player but most large companies were using Cat. IH's market share was small compared to Cat. Talk to some old operators and you consistently hear "well this dozer that was supposed to compete against the D (fill in the number) had this issue. On one it was weak finals. That's not saying that IH didn't build some good equipment but when every company at the time was trying to compare their equipment to Cat it's got to be as good and as productive for the same or less cost. Cat for a very long time set the industry standards. When Cat dropped the D2 that opened the door for small dozers. JD, Case, AC and IH became the big competitors for that market. Both Case and JD grabbed the brass ring with their respective 300 series. Case JD and Ford were the big 3 as far as backhoes went with both IH and AC missing the mark but were still spending a lot of money on those programs. Why AC and IH couldn't build a small dozer or backhoe to compete with the others is beyond me.
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