Posted by NY 986 on July 29, 2021 at 15:00:06 from (67.249.255.74):
In Reply to: Re: Worst ever 2? posted by rockyridgefarm on July 29, 2021 at 13:26:52:
The 2 cylinders were the single most profitable product in the JD system when they were being built. This allowed JD to build up the rest of the company including financing/credit that most companies could not match. I still remember the hysteria in 1986 when it was revealed that Ford was buying New Holland with Ford's poor attitude towards financing farm equipment.
Everybody made blunders in terms of product lines and I don't think IH was sunk because of the 86 series. During the late 1970's IH was a strong number 2 in the 100 and up HP row crop tractor market. JD commanded 40 percent of that market while IH had 33 percent. The 1979 strike followed by the twin disasters of the grain embargo and heavy truck recession cooked IH's goose. Some contend that if IH could build at 1978 levels during the early 1980's that IH could have staved off disaster. But the reality was with the downturn that extra production had no place to go except sit at the Farmall plant waiting for a dealer to sit on some tractor for a couple of years.
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