??The most popular tractor in the world??

[ovrszd]

I think we need a definition of "most popular"???

Most sold?

Or most liked?

Understand the vast majority of tractor buyers in the World have the least options.

 

[Timbersawz]

I think I read somewhere that Belarus makes 8% of the worlds tractors

 

[ovrszd]

Belarus / MTZ produced over 3 million tractors and are still making 40-60,000 units per year.
This includes 50,000 units sold in USA and Canada last 40 years.
Unless someone else produced more, it would make Belarus / MTZ the most popular brand in the world

I doubt those numbers make them most "sold". And I've never thought of them as most "liked". So not sure how they would be considered most "popular".

 

[Thomas]

Depends on your location.

 

[rekees4300]

A little quiz:

What is the most popular (owned) tractor in the world? Lets see how many get this right.

Hint:: I own one.

New Holland

 

[ovrszd]

Depends on your location.

No kidding. In my community there has only been one Belarus tractor that I've saw in the past 50 years. Owner has died and tractor was sold out of the community. Today I know of none. There are at least 40 JD tractors within 10 miles of me.

 

[puddingman]

this is funny to read.

i guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. there is nearly 4 million MTZ-3 chassis tractors made (70-90hp....its the one everyone knows) thats not counting the MTZ-2 chassis the cased out to another factory to keep building in kharkov?! (the belarus 611), and the MTZ-1......that was built post WWII after the factory was built in Minsk (not russia), tooling experience that factory had previously was with IHC tooling, ie the universal (farmal f-12 ish?) etc. also i don't think anyone counted the licence builds that happened between communist countries with China back in the day

other tractors? per model i am not 100% sure, i am sure your americans will like to know the 4020 was pretty popular. SAME's explorer has been there most popular model, and they have built over 75000 of those apparently, i think the fiat 640 got built in similar numbers (oliver 1465, NH TT grandfather). MF135, T20, etc, all built in a major scale! if you get more specific and start talking about componentary, the IVECO 3908 engine had a life of over 40 years in fiat/NH/CNH tractors, trans components in the Farmall A, C and U (late models) have had a production live of 30 years in FIAT heritage (and Allis 6060's) machines

basically what got exported from here to other developing countries gives a indication on of some of the most popular and common tractors in the world, Ford 4000, 5000, 4610, 5610, 6600, 6610, 7000,7600, MF 135, 165, 175,178, 188, belarus 920 etc, MF 200 and 300 series, ....they all left NZ, this is partly why they are cheap to work on and get parts for........somewhere in the world they are still a front line machine doing 1500 hours a year

 

[CalG]

The link to the Fordson tractor is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. I have been there several times and it is a very interesting place. I would recommend it to anyone visiting the Detroit area. It is next door to/part of Greenfield Village, an early 20th century exhibit of original buildings including the Wright Brothers bicycle shop and Thomas Edison's Laboratory where he invented the electric light bub. It also has trains and farming exhibits. A very worthwhile stop. If you go, plan on spending the whole day. You still won't see everything.

I have a Fordson, does that make me popular? ...... or populus? ;-)

 

[Egon]

How does the size of tractor fit into the survey. Is it assumed that there will be many more small tractors?

 

[Timbersawz]

I was talking to a guy in ohio who had his belarus brought by someone who was sending it to the middle east, must be worth something there