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Re: Re: Mahindra Tractors
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Posted by jdemaris on December 14, 2003 at 07:36:01 from (209.23.29.43):
In Reply to: Re: Mahindra Tractors posted by You'd better marry it, th on December 13, 2003 at 17:51:47:
So, what tractors do you consider NOT to be off shore junk? I worked as a John Deere mechanic more than half my life, and some (not all) of their best tractors were made in France, Germany, and Japan. Besides that, try to find any tractor that doesn't have foreign made parts in it. Don't think you will. So . . . where do you draw the line? I've got an 1960 Allis Chalmers ED-40 that was made in England (off shore junk, right?), a 1960 International B-275 (marketed as British but actually made in India by Mahindra), and two John Deere tractors from overseas. On to the subject of replacement parts, when we couldn't keep American made Delco starters from burning out in our Deere forestry equipment, what did Deere do? Starting using Nippo Denso and Hitachi stuff because it lasted longer. More foreign crap, I guess.
I am absolutely pro-American. That being said, either a tractor is well built, or it's not, regardless of origin. I've come across some really bad tractors made here in the USA and also made overseas. But, give credit where due. There are some very good tractors made outside of the USA. And on the subject of parts, I can still go down to my local IH/Case dealer and buy new parts, over the counter, for my 1960 Indian made tractor. I rarely need them though, it's a well built and rugged machine.
I will add that I grew up with a WWII sentiment of not buying stuff from our enemies, so I still have negative feelings toward the German and Japanese stuff, but you can't blame that on the tractors. It's an emotional thing, I guess. Same goes if someone starts building Viet Namese or Iraqi built tractors.
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