Being that they are an American company, I would consider purchases of their products. Might as well keep American dollars here in the United States!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It is an American company with a lot of(good) imported tractors. I would not buy them just because it is an American owned company,I would buy for quality and best value for the dollar.
The Valtra deal has not cleared all of the regulatory bodies yet. The EU just OK'ed it on Dec.12th. They expect everything to be finalized in January from what I'm hearing.
When I was tractor shopping, the Agco was one I was really interested in. I stopped by a local dealer to have a serious discussion on one, but it was almost like he wasn't even interested in selling. Most of his business is in large equipment. He acted like the CUT's were just too much of a burden to fool around with. Had his attitude been different, I may very well have gotten a "different orange" tractor............chim
It's strange how some of the old Ag dealers are handling the recent surge in compact sales. It is as though they don't have a clue that the compact sales is the only real growth area in agriculture at this time. When I was shopping back in 1999, the JD dealer wasn't interested and the NH salesman just wanted me to get a larger tractor. I finely just left, It is real irritating when you know what you want and they won't talk to you about it.
Woodbeef-I had a dealer tell me that Valtra would still operate as a seperate division(Valtra USA). Do you think that's true? If they do I'll bet eventually it will come under the same umbrella. Also I wonder if the Sisu (spell?) engine will be used to replace the Perkins engine
Chuck M.