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GP Hansen 12-03-2012 06:42:31 65.101.104.61 Report to Moderator	I think one factor is that British farm acreages were and still a lot smaller then US farms. It seemed to survive in farming in the US farmers had to greatly increase their acres thus requiring bigger tractors. [Reply]   [No Email]
dhermesc 12-03-2012 06:51:33 24.248.193.103 Report to Moderator	Re: Why were British Farmalls behind the times? in reply to GP Hansen, 12-03-2012 06:42:31   I agree with the idea that the acreages stayed small in the UK. The other "issue" is that the economy in the UK stayed stagnant for years after WW2 while the US's grew. If I recall correctly they were still rationing food well into the 1950s (just like when the Germans were sinking transports during WW2) and their standard of living fell far behind the US's. Basically they had to make do with less, something we will probably learn to do in the US in the next 4 years..... [Reply]  [No Email]