Posted by NY 986 on May 22, 2018 at 12:46:15 from (184.53.48.77):
In Reply to: More 2+2 questions posted by Al Baker(pumpman) on May 22, 2018 at 10:44:45:
They were popular in pockets around NY when they sold new back in the late 1970's. There were several wet falls back to back around that time so guys who could afford them bought them to chop corn as they could get through the field. What hurt 2 + 2 sales were the late 1970's was when Deutz and Same were making their push for the same small dairy customer and farmers were suffering price shock on new US built units. To go along with that the 2 + 2 tractors carried a rather high selling price versus the competition. We bought a 4 wheel drive tractor in 1979 and we could price an 8440 Deere cheaper about any place than we could a 3788. What ultimately happened for us is we found a very low houred 8430 which we have to this day. The 1970's grain boom brought about increased trade in's on the local market that included tractors such as the Case 2470 so farmers not wanting to spend on new had alternatives. Less than a couple years after the 2 + 2 came out the grain boom ended and Farm Credit started tightening down on loans including for a lot of dairy's. For 1983 John Deere came out with its 50 series row crops which included MFWD and JD credit was a little easier to get at the time so JD gained a lot of market that might have gone to IH. Also, at that time IH was starting to circle the drain with no savior obvious to the farm community so that made customers skittish as to buying IH products.
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