Posted by 135 Fan on January 12, 2010 at 23:43:26 from (68.149.56.30):
In Reply to: Re: JOHN Deers posted by blinwmiaol.com on January 12, 2010 at 20:05:27:
I'm not talking about tractors with turf tires. JD went into the commercial turf equipment business in the 80's when the tractor and AG markets were declining. Look how many other companies, like IH, went under in the 80's. Golf courses have been on a steady increase while other industries were failing. I'm talking about reel mowers and sand trap rakes and other golf course specialty machines. JD wasn't setting sales records for turf tractors. MF and Ford were always big in turf and LCG tractors. Jacobsen sold an MF20C turf as their G20 tractor in the 80's. Jacobsen has always specialized in turf equipment. JD are the biggest selling tractors in the US only. The rest of the world is a lot bigger than the US. Although not nearly as popular in N. America, MF has been the largest selling tractor in the world since 1962 by a pretty good margin over 2nd place which I think is CNH. MF sales account for a little over half of Agco's sales. The first JD reel mowers were pretty crude and not up to the standards of Toro or Jacobsen. It's suspected the early Deere machines were sourced from Japan. They have gotten a lot better since the first ones though. There's no such thing as a 40 year old JD greens mower, fairway mower or sand trap rake. Dave
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