Most domestic content question

[Builder]

Anyone have any factual data on what 4x4 utility tractor around 70-80HP has the most domestic content?

Thanks.

 

[Rara Avis]

Product Specification for 5425 Utility Tractor (81 hp)

 

[mboulais]

My mahindra was assembled in Ga too. Do you have any reason to believe all components came from Augusta Ga? That Nebraska test data sheet form the John Deere site would not make my top ten list for reliable sourse on the domestic content of the tractor. I don't think that is info any of the mfgrs want to share. Not even the saturn cars are made completely under one roof anymore, I'm not sure they ever were.

I know my ROPS and FEL are 100% American Made and I suspect my tires are. THe rest comes from Korea and is assembled in Georgia (The State, Not the Country)

 

[Builder]

For the moment, I'd like to forget about assembly and concentrate on actual domestic component content.

Are there any sources that track such data?

 

[john_bud]

I only have old data, but a buddy used to sell Mahindra tractors before they were fashionable. He had all the data on which companies built and rebadged the "domestic" machines. This may or may not be true any more, but it was ALL tractors under 50 hp were imported. Tires and the air in them were about the only domestic items.

Ford, NH, Case, JD, Massey all were imported. Screwing the fenders on does not make it "made in America".

 

[mboulais]

Tires and the air in them were about the only domestic items.

Ford, NH, Case, JD, Massey all were imported. Screwing the fenders on does not make it "made in America".

Exactly. Just buy what fits your needs / budget.

 

[chh]

My neighbor was screaming mad when 2 days after it was delivered he noticed "Made in Japan" on the side of his JD engine block. He had assumed JD's where American made.
We've got 3 MF's. 1433 from Japan, 4243 from Great Britian, and a 596 from Brazil.
My tractors are better travelled than I am.

 

[Builder]

Exactly. Just buy what fits your needs / budget.

Marcel,

Thank you for your contribution. This thread is not to start a debate about what is made where and why it suits someone better. It is a thread asking what tractor brands have the most domestic content. There's no insidious reason, just pure fact finding.

 

[Podunkadunk]

Builder,
If someone answers this question, I think the earth would stop and counter-rotate. As you know (and I know you weren't trying to open that can of worms) this question has been argued almost continuously in my extremely short, newbie time on TBN.

Good luck with your answer, I'll be checking this post regularly!!!

Podunk

 

[Builder]

Builder,
If someone answers this question, I think the earth would stop and counter-rotate. As you know (and I know you weren't trying to open that can of worms) this question has been argued almost continuously in my extremely short, newbie time on TBN.

Good luck with your answer, I'll be checking this post regularly!!!

Podunk

That's funny! Yes I know it conjurs up everything from friendly debates to physical threats

I'm just looking for information, there's no guy behind a curtain ready to pull a lever or anything.

I just want to know if any of our membership can show what brand(s) contain the highest percentages of domestic content.