I worked at THE FARMALL PLANT from October 1976 to December 11, 1981. ALL the 86-series tractors ran down the single assembly line in a mixed order, two assembly lines, the Start Line and the FINISH line. When they pulled the 686 off the main line they built them in an area by the west tractor shipping dock. The 4100, 4166, 4156 and 4166 series were built there too starting on a pair of heavy steel saw horses. I've seen pictures of tractors going down the assembly line in the H & M Era and it looked like both models went in mixed order down the same line. The H & M being so much simpler than a 1486, the assembly line was shorter, it ended where the Start assembly line ended. Tractors in the 66 & 86 series Era went through a repair loop hanging off hooks from an overhead rail system. Tractors were released from repair in random order, the branch & region order number was broadcast to the finish line and the tire room so the proper tires & wheels could be mounted and ready to install by the end of the finish line. The tractors had no sheet metal on them when they came off the start line, that all got installed on the finish line. If you saw pictures of the FARMALL PLANT the finish line ended right about where the Huge water tower was located along the South drive. They had a fleet of Hydro tractors, Hydro 186, Hydro 100, Hydro 1066's they picked up the front ends of new tractors with their 3-pt hitches and pulled them to the west yard and parked them. 2+2's were built in the building further west of the water tower and had to be driven to the west yard.
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Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
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