Different Applications

[Robert_in_NY]

I'm not sure but I think the McCormick name has only recently been brought back here in the US. I'd assume CNH, but I don't know that for sure either.

Rob, McCormick is owned by Argo now. When New Holland bought Case-IH they had to sell off the plants in England (which recently closed down). Argo bought the plant and lines there and also bought the McCormick name for tractors (but CNH didn't give up marketing rights to that name). There are some McCormicks around the US but they are not as popular yet because of the few dealers there are. Also, a lot of the McCormicks are the same as Landini's but just like CNH, there are blue and red versions

 

[RobS]

Rob, McCormick is owned by Argo now. When New Holland bought Case-IH they had to sell off the plants in England (which recently closed down). Argo bought the plant and lines there and also bought the McCormick name for tractors (but CNH didn't give up marketing rights to that name). There are some McCormicks around the US but they are not as popular yet because of the few dealers there are. Also, a lot of the McCormicks are the same as Landini's but just like CNH, there are blue and red versions

Robert, is that Argo or Agco? I figured someone out there would have the low-down on McCormick. I remember seeing their compacts at a farm show a couple of years ago and I think there is a dealer between here and Monticello, IN maybe. Thanks for the info.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

It is Argo. A lot of people get confused between Argo and Agco.

 

[flusher]

Hi Everyone
I just thought I would post a couple of pictures of some differnt applications we have had tractors working in down here in Aus.
The first one is a Vicon 2190 Balepack on the back of an McCormick MTX tractor. This is a baler and wrapper combination in one.
The second one is a McCormick XTX with the front axle removed and a trailer mounted to the rear in an articulated design for sugar cane haulage. These are set up this way as they travel up and down the field in fwd & rev and are used in the wetter areas to keep the balance of the machine correct.
The third one is from a few years ago of a McCormick XTX set up with reverse drive configuration for harvesting poppy seeds for cosmetics.
The fourth one is of what used to be used for sugar cane haulage before the articulated units became available. It was a locally built hydrostatic drive unit and Cummins powered.

Nice tractor. Strange looking implements, almost as unusual as some of the stuff used in these parts for rice agriculture.

 

[Trac-Tech]

Hi Guys
Yes the factory in Doncaster has now closed and the assy has been moved to Fabrico in Italy. The transmission plant in St Dizier in France is still producing the trans for the traditional Doncaster machine, ie CX, MC & MTX models as well as the XTX tractors shown in the cane haulage. There is a cross over of product in red and blue, but mainly in the smaller models for the moment.
Cheers

 

[slowzuki]

We have tree forwarders, basically powered wagons with a grapple here that are constructed the same way out of Case backhoes. The front axle is removed and the hoe replaced with an articulated and driven wagon.

The baler wrappers are becoming more common here too but the wet soil in spring last year found most of them shedded and the old plain balers out in the fields. They were just too heavy and cut through the sod.

 

[ScottAR]

Slowzuki, would that be the ponsscee (sp?) machines? I saw one go through on a lowbed awhile back and couldn't help but think "that's a case backhoe " as it went by. Makes sense really; Solid frame, powershift trans, plenty of hydraulic power, semi bi-directional cab...

The old Iron mule forwarders were Ford or Massey tractors without a front axle and the wagon added on the back much like the cane hauler above.