Re: IH vs evrything else

Posted by Greg H. on January 26, 2001 at 10:36:39 from (129.71.222.254):

In Reply to: IH vs evrything else posted by Charlie on January 25, 2001 at 19:24:00:

Charlie,
What I find in most of these tractor arguments is that what people had when they grew up, or what they are used to is what they argue for. My family used AC, but alot of other people in the area used Fords, and IH, and a few Cases. What sparked my interest in John Deere was an old excentric farmer that lived down the road, that had what appeared to me was the worst oddball tractor in the world, a 51 JD A. The tractor just facinated me, the way it would lug down nearly to a stall, and then just pick back up again almost effertlessly. All the tractors in my area were small tractors 70 Hp or less, and that ancient John Deere A.{mind you it was only about 30 years old at the time}my 4020 is now 34], realy took hold of my heart. Today I live on my in-laws farm of about 1500 acres, and alot of work gets done everyday on John Deere tractors, even now that it's winter, and feeding, manure removal, and fence building are the only jobs at hand. I still have respect for all different brands of tractors, and I know that some of their tractors are better than the current production of Deere products. However it's the heritage the name, and even pride of ownership that made me buy a John Deere of my own. In my mind I feel that the Other brands lost themselves through the course of their mergers. to me red should be IH, orange case or AC , and blue ford, but it's not that way anymore. Just a thought in closing. I remember as a teenager, being down at my grandads farm one day, and I saw the man almost in tears,which was something I had never seen before. I asked him what was troubling him, and he told me that AC had been taken over by AGCo. I thought to myself what a petty thing to be upset about, but now that I've grown up I understand, and Hope John Deere never looses it's name, and true identity, and suffers the same fate at the other great nameplates in american agriculture. Later, Greg H.

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