Posted by NY 986 on August 11, 2015 at 11:37:12 from (174.236.32.86):
In Reply to: Re: Allis Chalmers posted by Mike M on August 11, 2015 at 11:23:59:
The dealers were decent on average if nothing else. It just seems sad that a company such as AC just made things hard on itself without external forces. Oliver was ravaged by corporate raiders and IH was such a big company with many stock holders fighting over the direction of the company but not so with AC. Nobody was perfect across the board with ag products and it seems if some effort was put in AC could have been much more competitive going into the 1980's. Even if they were trying to save money on a corporate level they were not helping the dealers not all of whom had extensive shortlines to keep the doors open. Might have been nice to sell a manure spreader when nobody came calling for a tractor especially if you did not have a shortline to source it from. Quite a number of AC dealers had major shortlines while at the same time more than a few did not.
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Box Plow Blues - by Tom Schwarz. One of the first implements most tractor owners obtain is the box plow. For very little money, this piece of equipment promises to plow and flatten any hill or vale on your ranch road or farm. At least that's what I thought! As simple as a box plow appears, it can be rather challenging to make work correctly. In our sandy soils of Florida, traction is king. You can never have wide enough tires or heavy enough weights to get all the traction you want … unless you own a monster tractor. U
... [Read Article]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
