Posted by wisbaker on June 23, 2018 at 09:16:17 from (173.30.37.8):
In Reply to: 3pt hitch posted by Bobby McMillan on June 23, 2018 at 05:14:17:
As others have pointed out Harry Ferguson had been making/marketing his version in the 1930's, Ford went into production with their N series tractors using Ferguson's patents in 1939 and in 1948 started making tractors using the 3 point system in 1948 without paying royalties to Ferguson, a contentious law suit followed that was eventually settled, Ford went on making tractors for another 50 years or so Ferguson merged his interests into Massey-Harris forming Massey Ferguson. Also in the 50's Case came out with the Eagle hitch, IH with the fast hitch and Allis Chalmers with the snap coupler. I have heard many say the IH fast hitch was the better design and that Deere had approached IH for a license to use but was rebuked so they went with the conventional 3 point instead. The point to my ramblings is their was a need and several different designs appeared, each with it's own strengths and weaknesses the "winner" wasn't necessarily the best design but the one that was most widely adapted. For a similar situation go back to the 1990's when Apple had their GUI system and Microsoft had DOS, DOS wasn't as good of a product but won the battle and primed Microsoft to come out with Windows, first as an ad-on then as an operating system. Yes Apple has done well for themselves but had they licensed their operating system they could be the dominate influence in the computer world
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