American made tractors?

[Diamondpilot]

I wish...Just about to turn 40.

Chris

 

[Builder]

I guess so. I drink Coors Light, you are probably a Bud man. If your ever over this way hit me up and we can sit at a bar and argue all night. Probably wont fight over girls since our taste on everything else is different. Now that I think about it we probably make good drinking buddies. We could argue tractors, truck, politics, sports, women, unions, even gay marriage. Had to throw that in since its all over the tv today. Heck, maybe you will put me in your will. I want the backhoe, that new tractor, and your dump truck. Those things I love and would buy exactly the same.

Chris

I like Coors light!
Makes me feel young again since I can drink a 12 pack and still feel in control.

 

[Diamondpilot]

You sound like my dad. He say "Drinking Coors Light is like making love in a canoe, F______ Near Water".

But he always seems to come down to the lake all the time and has his hand in my cooler....

Chris

 

[chh]

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

Ok I didn't read all the thread and generally stay out of these discussions, but I wanted to throw this in. It looks like my Montana T 7074 ( a rebadged Tym 700, Korean) has more US parts than my MF 5455. The tires and wheels on the Montana are Titan and stamped "Made in the USA". The MF is all European made including the tires and wheels.

 

[Builder]

I wouldn't doubt that at all. I bet the Montana comes shipped with no tires/wheels and they slap domestic tires/wheels on them on as soon as they uncrate them. Saves a lot on shipping.

 

[WilliamBos]

Ok I didn't read all the thread and generally stay out of these discussions, but I wanted to throw this in. It looks like my Montana T 7074 ( a rebadged Tym 700, Korean) has more US parts than my MF 5455. The tires and wheels on the Montana are Titan and stamped "Made in the USA". The MF is all European made including the tires and wheels.

Your MF was built in Beauvais, France. We can thank the Euro gang for the nice fat Michelin AG tires. Some good things come from everywhere. If you can''t find it in NA, somewhere it will be.

 

[intel]

OK Guys lets start a American company to make Compact utility tractor

 

[WilliamBos]

OK Guys lets start a American company to make Compact utility tractor

Sure!! Two conditions, NO UNIONS, and NO grossly over paid executives, or no one will be able to afford them!!

 

[redneckford]

Sure!! Two conditions, NO UNIONS, and NO grossly over paid executives, or no one will be able to afford them!!

Why not an employee owned company???? So if someone gets hurt or killed we just have one less owner!! I will not blame all this trouble on Unions---just the 5% that bother to show up at the meetings and run the whole thing---kinda like american voters----they don't care until it affects them---Imagine the assembly line worker making the same thing as the head salesman--- what a company!!! But without Unions they would be doing workers like they did in the early 1900's-----Hurt a man we just hire another one---hurt a mule we have to "Buy" another one so protect the mule at all cost---If it is a bad job put a man there not a mule----So Unions do have a place---Many workers lives have been improve due to Union---But they got too greedy just like the Big Multi-National Companys!!!!

 

[Diamondpilot]

Why not an employee owned company???? So if someone gets hurt or killed we just have one less owner!! I will not blame all this trouble on Unions---just the 5% that bother to show up at the meetings and run the whole thing---kinda like american voters----they don't care until it affects them---Imagine the assembly line worker making the same thing as the head salesman--- what a company!!! But without Unions they would be doing workers like they did in the early 1900's-----Hurt a man we just hire another one---hurt a mule we have to "Buy" another one so protect the mule at all cost---If it is a bad job put a man there not a mule----So Unions do have a place---Many workers lives have been improve due to Union---But they got too greedy just like the Big Multi-National Companys!!!!

That is the best way I have ever heard it stated. The greedy unions killed my town. We were a town of 120,000 in 1999, today we have about 65,000 thanks to the unions. The wanted more and more and were warned that the jobs would just leave because the demands could not be met. That's what happened. No one won. Shops closed, I lost my job as a pilot, people moved, and the town went to crap. We were in the running for a new Honda plant that would produce 200,000 Civic's per year. Honda flat out stated the reason they did not chose to build here was the history of the Union's.

Chris