Posted by rockyridgefarm on July 29, 2021 at 13:26:52 from (96.61.191.22):
In Reply to: Worst ever 2? posted by johnlobb on July 29, 2021 at 05:02:55:
I think IHs biggest downfall was thier success. They were #1 in sales into the 60s. Thier attitude seemed to be - We will build it, and they will buy it.
Deere stuck with the obsolete horizontal two cylinder design for far too long. I like my two bangers, but they were at thier limit 20 years before US production ended. When they finally dumped it for the New Generation, IH stuck with thier attitude. Unwittingly slipping behind. Turns out customers will not necessarily buy it just cause IH built it. I think that IH slipped bad with the 4/560, but could have recovered. What really sunk them was putting the 86 series against the 4_30 series, then the 4_40 series.
I grew up driving a 1086. Dad still has it. What an awful setup. That cab was designed by buffoons. You know you screwed up when you mount a mirror on the ceiling in order to help hitching equipment. Might as well drag the fuel hose thru the cab to fill it up. Hope you are limber enough to climb the ladder and not get your foot smashed on the last step as the wrong-way door comes slamming shut behind you. Never mind the wrong side UNSYNCHRONIZED shifters! Neighbor long said that the 1086 sold far more 4440s than any Deere dealer sales pitch ever did. Farmer would test drive a 1086 in the morning and sign papers on a 4440 in the afternoon. The sound-gard cab surely has its limitations, but it was the best thing going in the 70s.
You can make any excuse you want, but the 86 series cab is what sunk IH.
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