Case IH History

   / Case IH History #1  

danbike

Silver Member
Joined
Jul 4, 2005
Messages
116
Can anyone point me to a web site related to the history of JI Case? Just drove by what is left of the Racine Wisconsin facilities on Highway 11 and the former lake front plant. Thanks in advance.

Dan
 
   / Case IH History #2  
The title actually would refer to 3 major (and several other ones consumed too) founders:

so why not start with the "horses mouth":
CASE IH

But google "JI Case" and you'll be buried in information!

Have fun! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
   / Case IH History
  • Thread Starter
#3  
Thanks. I tried all of those and they don't discuss the shutdown of the Racine facility and the human toll it has taken. I'll keep digging.
 
   / Case IH History
  • Thread Starter
#5  
IHC has an interesting history. I started there out of college in the 1960s and learned on my first day that the plant, TRACTOR WORKS was shutting.

I lived in Libertyville, Ill for some time; in the shadow of the Frank G Hough Company, It didn't take long, after IHC bought them, that the plant started cutting back and eventually closed.
 
   / Case IH History #6  
Unfortunately, it is the reality of the ag machinery markets in the Western world...bigger farms with fewer farmers. Bigger machines and fewer of those big machines sold. Thus, fewer plants and fewer people to employ.

2000 Triumph Sprint ST
 

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

2015 WACKER NEUSON LIGHT PLANT (A50854)
2015 WACKER NEUSON...
Craftsman T1800 42in. Riding Mower (A49346)
Craftsman T1800...
(INOP) 2005 JCB 506C TELESCOPIC FORKLIFT (A50459)
(INOP) 2005 JCB...
2018 Nissan Murano S SUV (A50324)
2018 Nissan Murano...
2007 PETERBILT  385 CAB AND CHASSIS (A50854)
2007 PETERBILT...
2018 INTERNATIONAL 4400 SBA 4X2 SERVICE TRUCK (A51406)
2018 INTERNATIONAL...
 
Top