I wish they had plaques on tractors showing parts content by country of origin.
At least my Masseys clearly say on them who built them, Iseki/Japan and Simpson/India.
Shows you what the brand label is worth...I sure would not have normally bought a Simpson, frankly never heard of them.
Manufacturing tractors now seems to be assembling them from parts coming for all over the place. Not like it was just 30 or 40 years ago.
Now we drive international tractors with shiny paint jobs and snazzy decals.
Which is why the parts counter will always be a very important place. It's the first thing everyone asks, can you get parts FAST?
Slow boat from China? well......
I've never had anything major break on any of my tractors, but I sure see them in giant pieces broken apart at the dealers. With big Sisu engines and giant IVT transmissions and they
are broken down just like the little guys...just with some AED grabbing repair bills. Anyone who owns a combine has my sincere respect.
Now there's a complicated gizmo, talk about belts and adjustments and all the support needed. Way over my pay grade.
Besides my Super A is coming home this week for the first time and I have to learn how to drive/cultivate with that. Starting to do a small bit of row crop farming.
I bet the Super A's and 140's would gotten good scores but what about IH back then?
Sure not the IH of today.
And if someone can diagram the Agco family tree easily and have it actually fit on one page...
When you say Agco you always have to wonder yeah and? because it could be so many different things.
Which of course is exactly what they want I believe.
Kubota has kept it simple. I like simple.