American made tractors?

[tman1020]

Messick. Thank you for your input I have a greater respect for Kubota now. If that's true they may be the most American-made one available sounds like it would be between John Deere and Kubota in a conventional style tractor. I just drove a 2650 cab tractor yesterday it was very nice couldn't believe how quiet it was.

 

[torrin]

My Kubota BX1500 was built in US, but like cars trucks and other everyday things, parts are from all over the world.

I love the Chrysler 200 commercials, "imported from Detroit", maybe, but I will bet they are assembled in Canada.

Ford Transit Connect, designed, manufactured and entirely assembled overseas or Mexico

 

[TSO]

My Kubota BX1500 was built in US, but like cars trucks and other everyday things, parts are from all over the world.

I love the Chrysler 200 commercials, "imported from Detroit", maybe, but I will bet they are assembled in Canada.

Ford Transit Connect, designed, manufactured and entirely assembled overseas or Mexico

Chrysler 200's are assembled in Sterling Heights, Michigan... not sure how many American parts tho.

Aren't many of the AGCO tractors built here? Their large stuff I mean, the AGCO, Challenger & big Massey lines? Most (if not all) of the Massey CUT's are built by Iseki in Japan. Not sure about the loaders.

 

[MHarryE]

My Kubota BX1500 was built in US, but like cars trucks and other everyday things, parts are from all over the world. I love the Chrysler 200 commercials, "imported from Detroit", maybe, but I will bet they are assembled in Canada. Ford Transit Connect, designed, manufactured and entirely assembled overseas or Mexico

My wife's nephew is working on the Transit assembly line in Claycomo, Missouri.

 

[MHarryE]

Chrysler 200's are assembled in Sterling Heights, Michigan... not sure how many American parts tho. Aren't many of the AGCO tractors built here? Their large stuff I mean, the AGCO, Challenger & big Massey lines? Most (if not all) of the Massey CUT's are built by Iseki in Japan. Not sure about the loaders.

AGCO does assemble their large Massey and Challenger tractors in their Jackson, Minnesota, assembly plant.

 

[tman1020]

Mharrye do you know what type of motor and where it's made?

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Chrysler 200's are assembled in Sterling Heights, Michigan... not sure how many American parts tho.

Aren't many of the AGCO tractors built here? Their large stuff I mean, the AGCO, Challenger & big Massey lines? Most (if not all) of the Massey CUT's are built by Iseki in Japan. Not sure about the loaders.

The high horsepower Challengers and Masseys are made in Jackson MN. AGCO is pretty tickled about it and encourages people to sign up for tours.

AGCO is trying for a land grab in market share since it is now in its second gen of tier 4 compliant diesels that when combined with CVT transmissions seriously reduces fuel and operating costs in crow row tractors.

 

[dragoneggs]

I understand and respect the 'Made in USA' pride. My company is made in USA and we are a 'net exporter'. Meaning we export more than we import. Actually we import very little other than commodities (consumables) to manufacture our product. But com'n guys... parts and pieces are made throughout the world nowadays. One big reason for this is 'offsets' or access to markets. Many countries leverage buying product with getting a piece of the pie.

This said, we all get to decide on the products we buy as we have a free market. If the best for our money comes from outside the USA... I am okay with that. I take that as a challenge for us US folk to do better!

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I understand and respect the 'Made in USA' pride. My company is made in USA and we are a 'net exporter'. Meaning we export more than we import. Actually we import very little other than commodities (consumables) to manufacture our product. But com'n guys... parts and pieces are made throughout the world nowadays. One big reason for this is 'offsets' or access to markets. Many countries leverage buying product with getting a piece of the pie.

This said, we all get to decide on the products we buy as we have a free market. If the best for our money comes from outside the USA... I am okay with that. I take that as a challenge for us US folk to do better!

Exactly. Every one of the imported tractors I'm looking at uses a Donaldson air filter system. Donaldson is a publicly traded company based in Bloomington, Minnesota, that employs thousands of people throughout the world, and Donaldson air filter systems have been pointed out as a feature by a number of salespeople on the various tractors I've looked at. For me, I'm tickled to see these foreign centers of manufacturing using components made throughout the world for local their markets by a Minnesotan company because my sister works for Donaldson as a process engineer (a mechanical engineer specialized in designing assembly lines).

The world continues to get flatter and flatter as global commerce expands. Famously Milton Friedman explained the phenomenon though the simple illustration of the humble mass-produced pencil, a tool he observed that not one of us could build.

 

[dragoneggs]

Exactly. Every one of the imported tractors I'm looking at uses a Donaldson air filter system. Donaldson is a publicly traded company based in Bloomington, Minnesota, that employs thousands of people throughout the world, and Donaldson air filter systems have been pointed out as a feature by a number of salespeople on the various tractors I've looked at. For me, I'm tickled to see these foreign centers of manufacturing using components made throughout the world for local their markets by a Minnesotan company because my sister works for Donaldson as a process engineer (a mechanical engineer specialized in designing assembly lines).

The world continues to get flatter and flatter as global commerce expands. Famously Milton Friedman explained the phenomenon though the simple illustration of the humble mass-produced pencil, a tool he observed that not one of us could build.

Great video! Thanks for posting.