American made tractors?

[Diamondpilot]

I would not worry about it. This is now a global economy, just watch CNN for 3 minutes. I read a article about 1/2 year ago and the most "American Made Truck", in the 1/2 ton class, was the Tundra. The used part origin and man hours to calculate. The Dodge was the least American made.

Chris

 

[MossRoad]

Is Power Trac the company who began by making mining tractors and grew out from there? If memory is correct they make some neat changeable attachements and I really wonder why with landscaping people they were no more properly than they are.

Yep. They started out and still do make mining equipment. The quick attach system is awesome. I can change an implement in 15 seconds without getting off of the tractor. Add about 30 seconds if the implement needs power via hydraulic hoses. Landscapers do like them. They are sold factory direct. No dealerships. If you can work on a car or lawn tractor, you can work on these yourself. Click on my little animated icon in my signature and go to my website and view the videos page if you want to see one in action.

 

[Iowachild]

The simple answer is none of them. No compact tractor, or tractor company is really any more red white and blue than any other.

I respectfully disagree. Last I knew John Deere is an American company and Kubota is a Japanese company. The difference is where the money eventually ends up.

 

[skipro3]

Montana is an American company. I'm not sure where they get them from though.

 

[intel]

John Bud has a good point, even if a tractor was 50% American they would be plastering that all over.

The used DK45 Kioti i bought for $12000 would been about another $10000 for a john deer 4320.

 

[RWolf]

JD is an American company however the 5x03 series is "mostly" made in India. But what I've researched is that they have to manufacture to "American specs" or else JD won't brand them. As DiamondPilot said this is a global economy and as a side note why I believe that is a reason for why it's not just the USA's economy but the World's economy that is in the toilet. Without starting anything what I've seen on the news is that any country that does'nt/hasn't participated in the global market are the only one's that aren't affected by what's going on with the markets. Of course these few countries are still somewhat in the "dark ages". And back to topic each year you can see that parts will change from one country to another i.e. Mexico, then maybe Tiawan, to China, and then wherever.

 

[slowzuki]

Where the money ends up? Well, are Deere stocks American only? Or do they even pay dividends? Kubota in the US is a US company too. It is separate from the Canadian Kubota.

 

[Builder]

Montana is an American company. I'm not sure where they get them from though.

Their tractors are made for them by LG in Korea, I believe. Montana probably does less than partially assemble and sell them.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

Where the money ends up?

Thats the golden question. Dividends, profits, etc are a drop in the bucket compared to whats made in investments in factories and the product itself.

This has been said before, but its very possible that buying a tractor from a foreign company can do more for the American economey than buying from a company who just happens to have their home offices here. Case in point, Kubota BX2360 vs Deere 2305.

 

[peter_vii]

There are no American made tractors. They are all designed and manufactured outside of US.

The only considerations these days are features/support/warranties.

JD, Kubota, Kioti, Montana, Mahindra are pretty much the same
price, +/- few thousands.

I would put JD/Mahindra in the Indian bucket, Kubota/Kioti/Montana in
the Asian (Japanese/Korean) bucket.

65HP+cab+FEL would cost 38K-44K regardless of the name or color.

I think it is too late for being patriotic. All these companies are
multinationals.

The only thing American about John Deere tractor is its name.